Obesity refers to the unwarranted calorie ingestion making it difficult for the body to burn off. Every year sees an increase in obesity percentage, and now it has become one of chief health problems in the world. Lots of diets, pills, medications, and painful and painless surgeries are invented just to combat this ever growing problem. But at the end of the day, obesity still remains as a problem without being affected much by such efforts to alleviate it. Although medications are the most common way to lose weight in an instant, there’s a far safer option and those are herbal medicines. Among these options is the widely accepted hoodia gordonii.
Basics of hoodia gordonii
Hoodia gordonii was drawn from the extracts of a plant looking much like a cactus that is commonly bred in deserts, such as the Kalahari Desert and the ones found in South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Angola. In the past few years, the plant has gained popularity in the market as a major weight loss supplement. The plant has been discovered to possess an active molecule, steroidal glycoside known as P57 which operates by suppressing the appetite of a person. In short, it is capable of instructing one’s brain that you aren’t hungry.
It was discovered as a new diet pill when the San Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert made assertions that they have been using hoodia for years now when they want to fend off their appetite and thirst all through out their hunting journeys. By eating the bitter-tasting plant as they cut off its stem, their hunger diminishes abruptly.
According to recent studies, the hoodia usually breeds in a bundle having green standing stems. More often than not it is mistaken for a cactus when in fact it is a succulent plant which has 13 classifications.
Tracing back the roost of hoodia
It was in 1963 when the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) launched in their laboratory in South Africa the extensive study of hoodia on the account of the San Bushmen’s assertions. They tested animals by injecting hoodia extracts on them and after days results showed that they lost weight.
A group of scientists from the British Company, Phytopharm who are working with South African scientists were the ones who separated the active component of hoodia gordonii to be P57. In the long run, the pharmaceutical monster Pfizer found out hoodia and showed some interest in building up a hoodia drug. Pfizer in 1998 gave back the rights to hoodia to its original discoverer who now settled an agreement with Unilever.
Due to continuous studies, hoodia has now been proven to be harmless and successful. In fact, plant is now sold in various forms such as capsule, powder, liquid and tea in drugstores, health food store and even on the Internet. Just make sure that you are purchasing an original hoodia product as there are rampant reports of fake hoodia goods circling the market. A certification regarding the authenticity of the hoodia product should be your basis when buying this product if you don’t want to end up taking a fake drug which might cause you more harm than good.
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