How Hoodia Works
Copyright 2006 Alvin Toh
Hoodia has been used by the San people of Southern Africa as an appetite suppressant and cure for indigestion for ages. The San have used Hoodia for centuries to combat hunger on long trips in the desert.
Hoodia is a cactus, and the San would cut a piece of the plant and eat it fresh.
Hoodia is native to a narrow region of Namibia, on the edge of the Kalahari Desert.
Hoodia acts as an appetite suppressant. Appetite suppressants are drugs that reduce the desire to eat.
They can be used in the treatment of obesity.
Some appetite suppressants are only available with a prescription, while others are available over the counter.
They contain a variety of active ingredients, and work in different ways. The majority of appetite suppressants are stimulants.
However, unlike other appetite suppressants, Hoodia is not a stimulant. It seems to have no other effect than to suppress appetite.
It does this because it contains a particular molecule which has a surprising effect on your brain. Within your brain, you have several distinct parts. Each part of your brain has a job. The hypothalamus of your brain is the part that sends signals to tell you whether you are hungry or not, and in which there are nerve cell receptors that sense your blood sugar level. When you eat, your blood sugar level rises, signals are sent to the hypothalamus, the nerve cells fire, and your hypothalamus tells the rest of your brain and body that you are full.
This is why it is best to eat slowly ? if you eat too fast, your body does not send the signals in time, and you over eat. Slow eating is also a good way to ensure you are only getting the amount of food that you actually need to be full.
The active molecule in Hoodia sends chemicals to your hypothalamus which sets off the nerve receptors, convincing your brain and body that you are full when you may not have even eaten. This effect can last for some time, depending on how much Hoodia you have ingested.
Hoodia seems to work best in its natural form, but drug companies are trying to make synthetic versions, and have not yet been successful. Pills are available which contain some natural Hoodia, but you should check the origin of Hoodia. It should be from South Africa.
The pills contain a lower dosage of the natural ingredient, so they can only suppress appetite for a shorter period of time. There is some evidence that consumers who are buying Hoodia supplements over the internet or at health food stores may not be getting what they're paying for.
Many supplements seem to contain little or none of the active ingredient in Hoodia.
Some people have questioned whether or not products boasting of Hoodia actually contain Hoodia or its active ingredient. Some critics have pointed out that there hasn't been enough Hoodia plant cultivated or imported to supply all of the pills that supposedly contain it.
As a weight loss method, Hoodia works best when combined with proper diet and exercise.
Exercise will help your body burn more calories. Some people have had success when combining Hoodia with the Atkins diet. Others, however, have reported little or no effect from taking Hoodia supplement. Hoodia does not replace food. You will not eat enough of it to get any nutritional value.
Instead, it makes it easier for you to control your eating and eliminate food cravings, thus, it can be a part of a healthy diet.
At present, there are no known side effects to consuming Hoodia.
It certainly doesn't cause the same problems that led to the withdrawal of certain stimulant-based appetite suppressants.
It should be noted, however, that Hoodia has not been in recorded use for very long, and not many formal clinical studies have been done. Experts say that almost all of the evidence for Hoodia is anecdotal. One should also be careful when taking a Hoodia supplement to ensure that it doesn't contain a stimulant.
Some products claim to be Hoodia, and thus safe, when in fact they contain dangerous levels of stimulants.
There may be more than just Hoodia in that little pill you are taking.
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Poplarville, MS (ContentDesk) May 13, 2006 -- JCB Marketing, after interviewing with several wholesalers, decided to sell HOODIA DIET SENSE as this product not only has all the recognized and necessary documentation, but also offers a product with sensible, adjustable dosages and the integrity to stand behind the product.Hoodia gordonii has gained a lot of attention recently, appearing on 60 Minutes and many other news reports and in countless newspaper and magazine articles for its potential as a diet aid, providing significant loss of appetite without the "jitters" associated with other diet supplements. Hoodia gordonii is a cactus grown for centuries by bushmen in Africa. As the anchor on 60 minutes reported after trying a small amount of Hoodia cactus, she had no appetite at all for 24 hours.As important as the brand, is the manufacturer of the product. One such manufacturer is Advanced Dietary Formulas. They use authentic South African Kalahari Hoodia Gordonii in their diet supplements....
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Pure Hoodia
The South African Research Institute, CSIR, started a study on Hoodia Gordonii, a succulent growing wild in the Kalahari Desert. This plant has a reputation amongst the San tribe as a hunger suppressant. They chew this plant during their long hunting expeditions to prevent hunger. CSIR isolated the active molecule, named it P 57 and patented it in 1997. They sold the rights to a British company, Phytopharm, in 1998 to test and market the product.
In a double blind test, conducted by Phytopharm, 400 mg per day of Hoodia Gordonii powder, for 15 days, reduced the calorie intake by 1,000 compared to the control group.
Capsules, pills, tincture and diet gum all followed. This obviously includes genuine as well fly-by-night operators. The only thing that they could not do is to claim that their product is an aid for weight loss. That would be a patent violation. So they market it as a food supplement.
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Appetite be Gone with Hoodia Gordonii by Millennium Health Supplements (Canada)Inc.
Millennium Health Supplements (Canada) Inc. is introducing 100% Pure Hoodia Gordonii directly from South Africa.Hoodia Gordonii's revolutionary properties will take the multi-billion dollar diet industry by storm, after much research by South African scientists and western pharmaceutical companies have proven that Hoodia has no known side effects and no stimulants.Hoodia Gordonii grows in the high deserts of the Kalahari Desert region of South Africa where temperatures reach as high as 50 degrees Celsius.
Although there are other species of Hoodia, the Gordonii is the only one that contains the all-natural appetite suppressant.
South African scientists have been testing the Hoodia plant since 1996 when they discovered the plant contained a previously unknown molecule, dubbed P57 by Britain's leading pharmaceutical researcher, replicates the effect glucose has on nerve cells in the brain fooling the body into thinking it is full, even when it is not.
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Hoodia and Hunger
Perhaps you've already heard of hoodia, the unsightly and unpleasant tasting cactus-like plant which grows in the Kalahari Desert.
In recent months, hoodia has received an overwhelming amount of attention from the media for it's ability to suppress hunger with no discernable negative side effects.
But how exactly does this plant fool our brains into thinking we are full?
Hoodia contains, among other things, steroidal glycosides.
These glycosides, when consumed, act on the hypothalamus of the human brain in much the same way that an increase in the amount of sugar in the bloodstream would.
When the hypothalamus believes that blood sugar is high, it sends out a signal to the body that no more sustenance is required.
Effectively, one of the components of hoodia's biological make-up tricks our brains into thinking we have already consumed enough caloric intake, which consequently suppresses our hunger.
Several studies...
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March 2, 2005 ? PGHProducts ? Parent Company of HoodiaDietPills is pleased to announce Phentramine Hoodia Diet Pills and Adaprex Hoodia Diet Pills.
Our mission: To develop and offer products formulated from all natural, non-prescription ingredients that would mimic the effects of popular weight loss medications. We took it a step further and added the most sought after diet ingredient in the market today ? Hoodia Gordinii (as seen on 60 Minutes) meanwhile providing impeccable customer services."Imagine this: an organic pill that kills the appetite and contains a molecule that fools your brain into believing you are full." Quote from BBC News Report, 30.05.2003.Phentramine and Adaprex
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Diet pills may suppress appetite, but low-carb nutrition and whole food supplements work far better
Copyright 2006 Truth Publishing
A Paris-based pharmaceutical company has unveiled an experimental new drug to combat obesity. The drug is, according to preliminary research data, a powerful appetite suppressant. Prescribe it to patients, the thinking goes, and they'll automatically eat less. Sounds good at first, but here's the real story on appetite suppressants and prescription drugs.
Appetite suppressants initially seem to be a promising strategy for weight loss. By taking a prescription drug or an herbal supplement, the body will theoretically shut down its hunger and automatically eat less.
As a result, the person will drop excess body fat and experience a steady decline in all the obesity-related risk factors: diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and so on. It all sounds great at first, but a closer look at the complex relationship between people and their foods reveals that this approach is only minimally successful, at best.
Here's why:...
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Does Hoodia, the African weight loss secret actually work?
Astounding as some dieters say the new Hoodia weight loss supplement is, other dieters say it's a fake and doesn't work at all. If you're not familiar with Hoodia Gordonii, it's the new fad in dieting products. It comes from a cactus type plant in South Africa and has been eaten there for thousands of years by the aboriginal natives. The San Bushmen in the Kalahari Desert eat the Hoodia succulent plant by picking off a piece before a hunting trip or period of time they know they won't have much food to eat. By ingesting the piece of Hoodia they know that they will not be hungry for the entire day.
This of course is very helpful when you are living in the desert and the availability of food is very scarce. So what about if your living in middle America and are looking for something to help you curb your cravings and keep of the pounds, will Hoodia do the trick? It depends on who you ask...
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The Weight Loss Secret Behind Hoodia
Kalahari Desert, South Africa (ContentDesk) July 6, 2006 -- The onslaught of fashion magazines and shows has drummed the perfect shape of a fit body into everybodys brains. We all know how were supposed to look like to be attractive and to give off that carefree success look. What we did not know is that the next big thing in dieting comes from South Africa. From the sandy expanses of the Kalahari Desert intrepid businessmen bring a cactus called Hoodia. Weight loss experts are already excited over the avenues opened by this plant that curbs hunger.For hundreds of years the Kalahari bushmen have been eating Hoodia to keep hunger at bay during long hunting trips and in times of drought.
And now millions of people living in industrialized countries are about to join them, as Hoodia-based pills are made available worldwide. However, for all the glittering promise of a better tomorrow, Hoodia is still somewhat of a problem. First, no scientific tests have been conducted on humans...
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