What is Hoodia?

Do you want to know what is Hoodia? Hoodia Gordonii is a South African desert succulent. It’s also known as hoodia, xhooba, !khoba, Ghaap, hoodia cactus. It became very popular some years ago, when the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) examined the food of Bushmen tribes. They found that this plant helped in losing weight. For the centuries Bushmen ate Hoodia to shake off hunger and thirst during their several days lasting hunting. In our time Hoodia Gordonii is the most talked about natural appetite suppressant on the west world. Its active component (called molecule P57) tricks the brain making it think, that the stomach is full and feel you fed up. So you eat less and feel satiety quicker. As you can see the organism’s reaction on Hoodia is similar to one on glucose. But in contradistinction to glucose sugar Hoodia is almost calories free.

Pure hoodia extract is rather expensive, because this wonderful plant claims some particular conditions for growing up and ripening. It grows up wild in deserts, so the definite temperature is necessary for successful maturation of Hoodia Gordonii. In the second, the process of maturation itself ranges from 4 to 7 years. The both of the reasons make amount of Hoodia limited and price it up. Original Hoodia Gordonii is exported from South Africa.

Hoodia Gordonii appears in the market in 2004. But the first research was done in 1963! It took more than 30 years and $20 million to recognize what is hoodia active ingredient and separate it. It was a hard job to create an effective weight loss supplement. The safety of Hoodia Gordonii products is proved by C.I.T.E.S Certificate and the Protected Plant Permit.