Hoodia 60 Minutes Report On The Hoodia Gordonii Diet
Every year
dieters spend over 40 billion dollars on weight loss products. However, these
products do not seem to be giving the results that they boldly claim. As a
result the 60 Minutes Program did an expose on the
Hoodia diet pill.
However, since
the discovery of the
Hoodia cactus and the
Hoodia diet people have been enjoying
more permanent weight loss results in rapid time. Hoodia is not like Ephedra
and Phenfen which have since been banned due to their very adverse side
effects.
Hoodia is different from many appetite suppressants in that scientists
believe that it actually fools a person’s brain to believe that it’s full even
though you have not eaten.
Lesley Stahl of
60 Minutes reported on the Hoodia phenomena.
"Hoodia, a plant that tricks the brain by making the stomach feel full, has been
in the diet of South Africa's Bushmen for thousands of years."
The Sans Bushmen have been enjoying the natural appetite suppressing benefits of
the Hoodia Gordonii plant for thousands of years as the Kalahari Desert of South
Africa is where this succulent grows the best.
An experienced Hoodia tracker known as Toppies Kruiper assisted Lesley and an
interpreter known as Nigel Crawhall in their search for the Hoodia plant.
Kruiper, a local bushman, advised that he likes to
eat Hoodia best just after
rain as it is “really quite delicious” at that time.
When the 60 Minutes team located a Hoodia Gordonii plant Toppies removed the
sharp spines on the cactus stem and ate it. Lesley Stahl tried it too and
described it as “not bad” and cucumbery in texture.
Absolutely. In fact, Lesley stated she experienced no adverse Hoodia side effects or
any funny after taste and no heart palpitations. Further, she felt full all
day, even at regular mealtimes. She concluded that “it did work”, as she had no
desire to either drink or eat for the whole day after taking Hoodia.
The Sans Bushman have been living in the Kalahari desert for over 100,000 years
and so are well familiar with the positive
side effects of Hoodia and the Hoodia
Gordonii plant.
Hoodia first came to the attention of scientists during a research study of
indigenous foods.
"What they found was when they fed it to animals, the animals ate it and lost
weight," says Dr. Richard Dixey, the head of Phytopharm who holds the patent to
the p57 molecule found in the Hoodia Gordonii plant.
Was the appetite suppressing qualities of the Hoodia Gordonii plant obvious to
scientists immediately?
Apparently not. In fact, it took thirty years for scientists to actually
isolate and identify the ingredient in the Hoodia cactus that actually
suppresses the appetite. As soon as they found it they applied for a patent and
then onsold that licence to Phytopharm.
As a result, Phytopharm has spent over 20 million dollars on
Hoodia research
which has included trials on animals and also on humans which have all yielded
quite astonishing weight loss results.
In fact, it was found that people who ate Hoodia Gordonii actually consumed on
average 1000 calories than they normally would every single day.
"If you take this compound every day, your wish to eat goes down. And we've seen
that very, very dramatically," says Dixey.
Phytopharm has a patent on being able to use the plant as a weight loss materia
and the active compounds in it for
Hoodia weight loss products.
Does that mean no-one else can manufacture Hoodia weight loss products? "As a
weight-management product without infringing the patent, that’s correct," says
Dixey.
However, many weight loss products claim to contain Hoodia in them and also
actually use the
Phytopharm clinical results to promote their own products.
But Dixey isn’t the only one who’s felt ripped off.
The Sans Bushmen found out that Phytopharm had a patent for the plant and
contacted a lawyer known as Roger Chennells. "The San did not even know about
it," says Chennells. "They had given the information that led directly toward
the patent."
The taking of traditional cultural knowledge in this way without any form of
monetary compensation is known as “bio-piracy.”
"You have said, and I'm going to quote you, 'that the San felt as if someone had
stolen the family silver,'" says Stahl to Chennells. "So what did you do?"
"I wouldn't want to go into some of the details as to what kind of letters were
written or what kind of threats were made," says Chennells. "We engaged them.
They had done something wrong, and we wanted them to acknowledge it."
Ultimately a settlement has been reached and the Sans Bushmen are said to
receive a profit percentage.
Given the obesity epidemic in the United States Phytopharm is set to announce
further Hoodia marketing plans with meal replacement
Hoodia weight loss products
on most supermarket shelves by 2008.
It’s true that you eat for a lot of different reasons, but feeling hungry can
drive you to distraction. You know you should stick to your diet (what ever the
current one is), and you know when you’re eating more than you need. But, what
can you do about always feeling hungry?
Studies done in Leicester, England have shown that people using the Hoodia
gordonii diet pill reduce their calorie intake by up to 1000 calories a day and
when you put that into pounds lost it may equate up to 4-6 pounds a week.
Hoodia Gordonii Plus is quite possibly the most advanced, breakthrough Hoodia weight loss diet pill which not only burns fat but suppresses the
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The
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There are two certified documents required to prove the
authenticity of pure South African
Hoodia in
Hoodia Gordonii Plus. They are the
C.I.T.E.S Certificate and the Analytical Report.
Hoodia
Balance contains an incredible 750MG of genuine, pure
Hoodia
Gordonii from the Kalahari Desert, as clearly certified in the CITES
certificate.
Hoodia
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possibly its purest and most effective form as it is ingested in its liquid
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and most potent extract form for maximum weight loss results.
Hoodia Gordonii Plus is quite possibly the most advanced, breakthrough
Hoodia weight loss diet pill which not only burns fat but suppresses the
appetite, increases your metabolic rate and also is an overall great mood
enhancer.
Hoodia Gordonii Plus is the ultimate Hoodia weight loss diet pill
that gives you all the benefits of an all natural appetite suppressant plus
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Hoodia
Chaser is absorbed by the body almost instantly as it is Hoodia Gordonii in
possibly its purest and most effective form as it is ingested in its liquid
extract form for full and immediate effect.
Hoodia
Chaser allows dieters everywhere to enjoy pure Hoodia Gordonii in its purest
and most potent extract form for maximum weight loss results. Just a few
drops of
Hoodia Chaser on a daily basis will have you reaching your weight loss goals
fast.
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