Hoodia Juice
Hoodia Juice
Hoodia (Xhoba) A cactus plant found in the Kalahari Desert of South Africa. The Bushmen of the San Tribe have used hoodia for thousands of years. The Bushmen would go on long hunts with no food, so they would eat hoodia to stave off hunger. It is also fed to their children who eat too much. Hoodia is an appetite suppressant that contains no stimulants. According to scientists from the South African Council for Scientific and Industrial Affairs (CSIR), the Hoodia contains a molecule, P 57, that works by mimicking the effect glucose has on the nerve cells in the brain, in effect telling us were fullthus curbing the appetite. In scientific tests, animals given the cactus lost weight rapidly without any apparent negative side effects. Following is an excerpt taken from CBSNEWS.com. Correspondent Lesley Stahl from 60 MINUTES, went to the Kalahari Desert of South Africa to report on hoodia. Toppies Kruiper, a local aboriginal Bushman, was hired to help find the hoodia. When we located the plant, K
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