Hoodia Gordonii is a leafless spiny succulent plant (not a cactus) with fleshly finger-like stems. Rows of thorns are present along the stems, bearing flesh coloured flowers.
H. Gordonii grows naturally in the harsh desert conditions of the Kalahari Desert of Southern Africa. For many generations the nomadic SAN tribe's people of the region have used the Hoodia Gordonii plant to suppress appetite and thirst during long hunting trips of several days duration.
Although there are over 20 species in the Hoodia family only the Hoodia Gordonii plant contains a natural appetite suppressant. In 1937, a Dutch anthropologist visited the Kalahari and recorded the SAN tribe's people using Hoodia Gordonii as an appetite suppressant. International pharmaceutical firms did not research the plant using modern techniques until just a few years ago when it was discovered that a new, previously unknown, naturally occurring, molecule was responsible for the appetite suppressing effects of the Hoodia Gordonii plant.
It was not possible to patent a naturally growing plant, so the SAN tribes people sold the 'traditional knowledge' rights to develop a drug based on the new molecule contained within Hoodia Gordonii to a UK based firm called Phytopharm. Phytopharm researched the new molecule, which they called P57, and sold the commercial development rights onto the pharmaceutical giant, Pfizer.
During clinical trials of the pure dried Hoodia Gordonii powder, it was discovered that the P57 molecule could reduce the appetite by up to 2,000 calories a day.
The P57 molecule within Hoodia Gordonii is almost 10,000 times stronger than glucose and works by fooling the body into believing it is full when little or no food has actually been eaten.
Hoodia Gordonii may be destined to become the top weight watcher supplement of the year - and stay there! Dried powder or extracts of this cactus like plant from the Kalahari Desert in southern Africa tricks your brain into thinking you have a full stomach, the result being no hunger pains.
This is not a "fat burner" or metabolism booster. It simply negates - as in "no desire" for food - your appetite for up to 24 hours a serving. Desert natives of the Sans tribe use it to go 2 or 3 days at a time without food and function normally. There are no known negative side effects, though some reports say many users experience a "good feeling" and others report a noticable aphrodisiac effect.
Both the BBC and 60 minutes have run special programs on Hoodia. One large pharmaceutical company has researched it for a number of years to try and synthesize the active ingredient - to no avail. The secret got out a couple of years ago and the plant is being commercially farmed in South Africa. Since it can take up to 5 years to make a harvest, availablity has been limited. This is now changing.
Young Again's research staff have located several farm sources in South Africa and we are bulk importing only the highest quality of 100% pure Hoodia. Expect to see and hear more about this amazing natural herb. Take 3 Capules Twice a day to suppress feeling of hunger
120 CAPSULES OF 500mg PURE HOODIA GORDONII Only £32.02 per bottle of 120 caps.