South African Hoodia Gordonii

The San Bushmen of the Kalahari, one of the worlds oldest and most primitive
tribes, had been eating the Hoodia  gordonii cactus for thousands of years,
to stave of hunger during long hunting trips.

The Hoodia flower itself is incredibly beautiful. Three inches in diameter,
the flesh-colored succulent disc is held perpendicular to the upright cucumber
stems. They bloom over many weeks in spring and are followed by pencil thin,
five-inch-long seedpods. When mature, the pods explode into a pile of fluff,
which, like cattail down, allows the seeds to travel on the wind.

There is a part of your brain, the hypothalamus. Within that mid-brain there
are nerve cells that sense glucose sugar. When you eat, blood sugar goes up
because of the food, these cells start firing and now you are full.

What the Hoodia seems to contain is a molecule that is about 10,000 times as
active as glucose. It goes to the mid-brain and actually makes those nerve cells
fire as if you were full. But you have not eaten. Nor do you want to.

This powerful yet gentle, “appetite-killer” that achieves the unthinkable
without use of caffeine or harmful stimulants is called South African
Hoodia. Pure South African Hoodia Gordonii, success and sudden rise in
popularity is rooted in the fact that it works better than risky prescription drugs
to subdue your appetite -- without artificial or chemical additives.