Hoodia: What is it and how does it work?

Imagine this: an organic pill that kills the appetite and attacks obesity. Hoodia has no known side-effects, and contains a molecule that fools your brain into believing you are full.

Deep inside the African Kalahari desert, grows an ugly cactus-like plant called the Hoodia Gordonii. It thrives in extremely high temperatures, and takes years to mature.

The San Bushmen of the Kalahari, one of the world's oldest and most primitive tribes, had been eating the this for thousands of years, to stave off hunger during long hunting trips.

When South African scientists were routinely testing it, they discovered the plant contained a previously unknown molecule, which has since been christened.

The license was sold to a Cambridgeshire bio-pharmaceutical company, Phytopharm, who in turn sold the development and marketing rights to the giant Pfizer Corporation.

Although it is often called a cactus because it resembles one, it is actually a succulent plant. It takes about five years before its pale purple flowers appear and the plant can be harvested.

How Does It Work?

One study published in the September 2004 issue of Brain Research found that injections of into the appetite center of rat brains resulted in altered levels of ATP, an energy molecule that may affect hunger. The animals receiving the injections also ate less than rats that received placebo injections.

The manufacturer Phytopharm cites a clinical trial involving 18 human volunteers that found consumption of this reduced food intake by about 1000 calories per day compared to a placebo group.

Interpreting the hypothalamus, this and ATP results in simplest terms; this study indicates that the part of the brain responsible for feelings of hunger, thirst and many other things temporarily blocks the hunger and thirst sensations and relays a sense of fullness, because it causes an increase in ATP, which normally decreases when food intake is reduced.

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