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"When we located the plant, Kruiper cut off a stalk that looked
like a small spiky pickle, and removed the sharp spines. In the interest
of science, Stahl ate it. She described the taste as "a little
cucumbery in texture, but not bad."
"So how did it work? Stahl says she had no after effects –
no funny taste in her mouth, no queasy stomach, and no racing heart.
She also wasn't hungry all day, even when she would normally have a
pang around mealtime. And, she also had no desire to eat or drink the
entire day. "I'd have to say it did work," says Stahl." Read
the entire story
NBC
Today Show
It's the look everyone wants — a body to diet for. They're on
the beaches, in magazines and all over Hollywood. How far will we go
to get one? How about thousands of miles and deep into a distant culture?
South Africa’s Kalahari Desert is home to what could be the answer
to an appetite.
It's a cactus called hoodia. “You
strip off the skin, you strip off the spines, and then you consume it,”
says weight loss expert Madelyn Fernstrom. Read
the entire story
Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine
(Talking about hoodia) “Deep in the heart of Southern Africa’s Kalahari Desert
may lie the secret to weight loss.”
ABC-7
Los Angeles
"South African San Bushmen who live in the Kalahari
dessert drink hoodia cactus juice to survive when food is not available.
Now manufacturers are harvesting the cactus' appetite-suppressing properties.
Studies done by the manufacturer show hoodia pills don't cause the
typical side effects of other diet drugs such as jitteriness."
BBC
NEWS
Correspondent's Tom Mangold travelled to Africa and sampled the appetite suppressing Hoodia, a plant which may make Kalahari bushmen millionaires. Read
the entire story
About.com
(by Mary Shomon)
"Desert Plant is Promising Appetite Suppressant and Weight
Loss Supplement. If you haven't heard about the supplement Hoodia gordonii, there's no doubt you will very soon. Hoodia, a natural appetite suppressant, is
earning attention as a potentially powerful weapon in the war against
obesity and the American focus on losing weight. Hoodia supplements were just introduced to the U.S. market in early 2004. " Read the entire story
WBAL
TV
"Dr. Richard Goldfarb thinks it works. He is the medical director
of research and development at Bucks County Clinical Research. He says hoodia isn't a stimulant but it works on the
brain.
Goldfarb: "The appetite suppressant effect -- after it accumulates
in your system, after only a few days that we saw in our study has shown
that people will cut their calories probably in less than half and their
not desiring any additional food."
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Hoodia National Geographic Investigative Report (by Leon Marshall)
"Africa's Bushmen May Get Rich From Diet-Drug Secret...
The drug named P57 is based on a substance scientists found in the desert
plant Hoodia gordinii. The San call the cactus !khoba and have been
chewing on it for thousands of years to stave off hunger and thirst
during long hunting trips in their parched Kalahari desert home.. A
deal has been signed between the South African San Council and the country's
Scientific and Industrial Research Council (CSIR), which identified
the appetite-suppressing ingredient in Hoodia during research into indigenous
plants in 1996..." Read the entire story |
