The Hoodia Gordonii Appetite Suppressants

The Hoodia Gordonii requires five years for florescence and then it may be prepared for harvesting. This cactus is found in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa. A story referring to some bushmen of this region runs as the following: The bushmen chew some bitter part of the Hoodia Gordonii plant and do not feel hungry or thirsty although they work hard and walk hours together for hunting animals. Who knows who has built up such stories? It is also not learned if the bushmen have been hired from the fictions or if they are real human beings. Stories of this kind have wildly stirred the people of the western world.

Stories are not fewer. Leslie Stahl is a journalist. She has left some amazing statement. She has claimed that she has chewed some fleshy substance of a cactus which she has received from a bushman of the Kalahari Desert of Africa. This has eliminated her appetite for food and thirst for water for good many hours.

National Laboratory of South Africa has a claim. This goes back to 1963. The researchers in the laboratory have given Hoodia Gordonii to some ordinary animals and they have manifested a loss in weight.

There are reports of more such tests and with hesitating claims. It has never learned if the same succulent has been applied on human beings and if the experiment has shown encouraging results. It is not wise to charge medicines prepared with the Hoodia Gordonii unless we are sure of the results regarding its side effects.

p57 is an ingredient actively present in the Hoodia Gordonii. It is said that p57 is instrumental to the withdrawal of appetite and thirst. There is no evidence that Hoodia Gordonii has been successfully experimented on the humans. There is really no evidence to support that any human under the influence of Hoodia Gordonii has lost bodyweight.

Pfizer is a globally reputed pharmaceutical company. A scientist of Pfizer has something to tell us. More than a decade ago he was one of the scientists of Pfizer. Pfizer invested nearly 21 million dollars for research on the Hoodia Gordonii after securing treatment and processing rights to it. The experiments have manifested some signs of elimination of appetite. But they have pointed to inevitability of some devastating damage which may be experienced in the liver area if the cactus succulent is taken every day over a period of time. We can assume what great loss may be suffered by persons who are already patients of hypertension, diabetics or depression.

There are sharks in the pharmaceutical industries. American market has been infected by spurious diet supplements in the name of Hoodia Gordonii. Most of them are baseless and are sure to affect our health. You will find them as tablets or powder or even as capsules.

Is it time to shout a great ‘Yes’ to such products of Hoodia Gordonii? You Decide