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What Is
Hoodia?
by Roy Thomsitt
It is more than 2 years now since
hoodia became
well known in the public domain. Television programs on both sides
of the Atlantic in 2003/4 saw to that.
If you have not heard of
hoodia
before, or have but do not really know what it is, let me explain.
Hoodia
is
a cactus-like succulent. I have seen it described as an ugly cactus,
but as cacti go, I would say it is about average in the looks
department. Not that its looks really matter; you will not be going
up to it and giving it a loving hug. You might, however, want to
give it a little bite, whether out of curiosity, or because you have
heard it can help you lose weight.
I should be a little more precise before I continue. The
hoodia plant
that has recently been associated with weight loss potential is
hoodia gordonii,
one of a large group of succulent plants called Asclepiadaceae.
How Can
hoodia Help
You Lose Weight?
Hoodia Gordonii
grows in the Kalahari desert in Africa, and has done for thousands
of years. It clearly thrives in very high temperatures, but it also
takes many years to mature. Also living in the same region are the
San Tribesmen, or Bushmen. The San are amongst the world's oldest
and most primitive tribes.
The San have been eating
hoodia plants
for thousands of years. Now, I am sure your vision of an African
desert tribe would not be anything like obese Americans or
Europeans, for whom
hoodia has
been mooted as a possible weight loss aid. In fact, you probably
imagine quite the opposite, a lithe and slender people struggling to
survive on desert morsels. You would be right. How, then, can the
San's inclusion of
hoodia in
their diet have anything to do with weight loss aids?
The answer is in the reason they have, for all those generations,
been eating the
hoodia cactus.
Their quest for food in the shifting sands of the Kalahari Desert
has always meant going on long hunting expeditions. Instant
gratification for hunger pangs was not usually on the menu, so with
their hunting trips lasting for days, they ate
hoodia gordonii
because it suppressed those hunger pangs for long periods. No hunger
pangs meant no overwhelming desire to eat. That made the whole
hunting process that much more bearable.
You are probably now beginning to see how
hoodia might
come to the aid of the obese and overweight. Those who have trouble
controlling their eating urges may have a close ally in
hoodia gordonii.
If a dose of the plant can suppress their desire to eat, to stop
them feeling hungry at meal times, then surely they will find it
easier to cut back on calorie intake?
That was the theory that sparked scientific studies of
hoodia gordonii. |
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