Hoodia Gordonii – An Appetite Suppressant?
The Hoodia Gordonii is a plant that is known for the medicinal properties. It can be found in South Africa and Namibia. It is a spiny, juicy plant with flowers that smell like decaying meat. It is similar in appearance to a cactus and was discovered around 1779 by a man named Robert Jacob Gordon, near the Orange River.
Hoodia Gordonii has increased in popularity over the recent years due to the marketing of it as a weight loss aid. It was said that the Bushmen had used hoodia on a regular basis as a way to suppress their appetite while they were out hunting. Back then it is claimed that they cut off the stems and ate the plants.
A person can purchase Hoodia Gordonii in a variety of forms. There are capsules, liquid, powders and tea forms available in many health food stores. You can even purchase them over the internet.
There has been no human testing done on this product yet, but it has been done in rats and mice. Studies found that mice that were injected with the Hoodia Gordonii ate far less then the rats and mice that did not receive the drug. This could be a positive sign for researchers in the future but they will need to run studies on humans to see how accurate the comparisons are with rats and mice.
There has been a case where a newsperson wanted to find out whether or not the information that she heard about hoodia was true or not. This person made the trip to Africa and was taken to an area where the plant was located and tried it out first hand. The taste of it was found to be somewhat like a cucumber and it was not bad.
The results she found that the Bushmen claimed from years ago were indeed accurate as she did not have any hunger or thirst cravings for the day. On top of this she did not have any ill effects either. This can lead us to believe that there are appetite suppressant properties that can be associated with the use of Hoodia Gordonii. There needs to be further testing on the drug to see other benefits can be attributed to it as well.
It is only a matter of time before the testing will begin on humans regarding Hoodia Gordonii. Rumours have been about that it is bad for the kidneys. Having said this common sense would tell pregnant women and children to stay away from this product until there are some concrete results from testing on humans.
There are always things that will be coming along that will be put on the market in the hopes that people will buy them. Hoodia Gordonii is relatively new. This means that as a consumer you need to do your research before jumping in with both feet.
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Written by James Zane Johnson on June 30th, 2009 with
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