Is Hoodia Gordonii really a recent discovery? It is, yet it isn't. Actually, Hoodia Gordonii is a new discovery to our modern world-however, ancient tribes in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa have been using it for thousands of years.



And we think of ourselves as being scientifically advanced. Yet we are the ones who have been using drugs that have harmful (even dangerous) side affects, while the ancient South African Tribes of the Kalahari Desert have been using a safe and natural appetite controller for more than two thousand years.

*Where Does Hoodia Gordonii Come From?*

The remarkable Hoodia Gordonii plant is found in the wilderness of the South African Desert. Hoodia is a succulent plant that retains water in dry conditions, much like a cactus does.

The desert tribes made good use of hoodia gordonii, especially on long trips, when they new that food would be in short supply. They would bring some hoodia plants with them. Then when they would get hungry and no food was around, they would just nibble on the hoodia plant and they would be good to go for hours to come. They used the hoodia plant whenever there was no food, which was often, to get them by without feeling hungry.

Can it get any better? Well, a chicken dinner would be better, but that wasn't an option. When they started getting hungry and no food was around, they would just eat a little off of a completely free and safe plant they had brought with them. No negative side affects, and it worked!

*Hoodia Comes To The Modern World*

In 1937 a Dutch anthropologist was studying the habits of nomadic hunters in Africa and noted that they would eat this plant when food and water were scarce. He reported that the Hoodia Gordonii plant was not particularly tasty and would not be suitable for our snobby little taste buds. Thus, what you buy today has been processed into a form that offers you the same benefits of suppressing your appetite safely, yet without the bad taste.

It wasn't until 1963 that a study of the hoodia gordonii plant was set in motion by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. It was an organized study, which found that laboratory animals that were fed hoodia lost weight consistently.

Since that time, progress has crawled forward. Sometime in the 1990's, scientists in South Africa convinced Phytopharm, a British pharmaceutical company, to develop Hoodia. They were able to isolate and identify 'P57', which is the active molecule in Hoodia Gordonii that suppresses the appetite.

Hoodia gordonii is a plant that thrives in high temperatures, and it takes four to five years for the plant to mature sufficiently for harvesting. Therefore, creating and building Hoodia Gordonii plantations in South Africa, where the climate is perfect for this plant, has become the focus.

*It Really Works*

Hoodia gordonii works great as an appetite suppressant. However, you should know that it doesn't work at the same speed for everyone. For some people the length of time it takes to suppress the appetite occurs quickly, even after the first dose. However, others may not notice a significant difference until after two weeks.

But it does work. And the best thing about it is that bad side affects are not a part of the package. If you are serious about losing weight, you may want to give hoodia gordonii a try.