Hoodia gordonii is a type of succulent plant that resembles a
cactus, and is known to have suppress a person's appetite and thus help
with losing weight. It's sold in capsule form, and as a liquid or in
tea form.
The hoodia cactus is found in the semi-deserts of
Africa and grows in clumps of green stems. It usually takes five years
before it can be harvested. From the twenty types of hoodia, only the
gordonii variety has the appetite suppressant.
To the world,
hoodia is a new discovery - but for the San Bushmen of the Kalahari
desert, hoodia has long been part of their food. There really isn't
much published research on hoodia, but one study conducted at Brown
University found that the hoodia's steroidal glycosides fool the brain
into thinking that there's an adequate supply of energy in the form of
blood sugar, and therefore doesn't doesn't signal the body to eat.
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