| You have tried many ways to lose weight and | | | | bush men in the Kalahari Desert have been |
| have probably read about many types of weight | | | | eating it for probably thousands of years. |
| loss products and weight loss diet plans. | | | | The first scientific investigation of the |
| Maybe you are even a self styled expert of | | | | herb was researched at South Africa's |
| anything to do with losing weight. | | | | national laboratory. They found that when |
| | | | Hoodia were fed to animals, all the animals |
| Then all of a sudden, you are reading | | | | lost weight without any exception. |
| advertisements after advertisements in the | | | | |
| print media and the internet about a new | | | | It took the South African national laboratory |
| herbal weight loss product. This natural | | | | about 30 years to isolate and identify the |
| herbal weight loss product, touted to be very | | | | specific appetite suppressing active |
| effective for losing weight quickly is | | | | ingredient in the Hoodia plant. When they |
| something that you have not heard until very | | | | found it, they applied for a patent and |
| recently. It even has a very weird and | | | | licensed it to Phytopharm, a pharmaceutical |
| strange name. This product is called Hoodia. | | | | company. |
| Just what is Hoodia you must have wondered? | | | | |
| Why is this herbal weight loss product | | | | Clinical trials were then conducted on obese |
| becoming so popular? | | | | volunteers with excellent results. Subjects |
| | | | given Hoodia supplement ended up eating about |
| Well, when consumed, the Hoodia plant tricks | | | | 1,000 calories a day effortlessly. |
| the brain by making the stomach feel full | | | | |
| even if you have only eaten a tiny weenie | | | | If the Hoodia plant is indeed the fast weight |
| morsel. This herb has already been in the | | | | loss magical herb, then this humble herb may |
| diet of Africa's Bushmen for hundreds if not | | | | be the savior of the developed world where |
| thousands of years. | | | | obesity is the main threat to many people's |
| | | | lives. |
| Hoodia is a very bitter tasting cactus like | | | | |
| plant. This herbal weight loss plant can only | | | | There is one glaring problem though. If the |
| be found in the Kalahari Desert of South | | | | Hoodia plant can only be found in the African |
| Africa and nowhere else in the world. Is it | | | | desert which is already quite barren with |
| any wonder why no one knows about this weight | | | | vegetation, then will it be very expensive |
| loss herb until very recently? | | | | owing to its scarcity? Will there be enough |
| | | | Hoodia to supply and meet demand? Or will |
| Although the civilized world is just trying | | | | there be large commercial farming to cater to |
| to understand Hoodia better now, the African | | | | the demand fast enough? |