Hoodia Gordonii – How to Lose Weight Fast

Hoodia’s popularity primarily stems from claims that it was used by the hunters at the San Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert to ward of hunger and thirst. This was thousands of years ago, a time when long hunting trips was required. They primarily used it to ward off hunger and thirst during trips that required moving fast and long. They were known to cut off the stem and eat the raw bitter-tasting plant for the effect.

A short history into its discovery and subsequent research

It was an anthropologist San Bushmen who happened to come across its use in 1937. Then on from 1963 the council for Scientific and Industrial Research began studying the affects and reasons the plant has this unique effect on appetite. Till date there have been some successful experiments on lab animals and a South African scientist isolated an ingredient p57 unique to the plant that might be responsible for the effect.

Side effects of hoodia, if any

Hoodia gordonii is often touted as an herbal diet pill that lacks any published studies on its use on humans. It is difficult to obtain the genuine pills from the market with a number of counterfeited qualities readily available.

Hoodia has not been around for long and as such there was little that was to test. Jasjit S. Bindra a PhD and also a patent holder stated in his letter to the New York Times that hoodia though suppresses appetite; it has indications to affects the liver as well. It has ingredient except p57 which has such profound impact on liver. Person who is taking any medication might as well avoid this product as also people who are diabetic. Pregnant woman and children should avoid this pill too.