Hoodia Information

Hoodia Chaser contains Hoodia Gordonii Plus.
Hoodia Chaser contains certified Hoodia Gordonii Extract
We only use 100% pure South African Hoodia Extract from the Kalahari Desert in Hoodia Chaser and are proud to display the certificates to prove it. Our Hoodia ingredients are licensed by the Western Cape Conservation Authority of South Africa and certified to be 100% Authentic. There are two certified documents required to prove the authenticity of pure South African Hoodia. They are the C.I.T.E.S Certificate and the Analytical Report>. 100% natural, 100% stimulant-free, 100% ephedrine-free and 100% caffeine-free, Pure Hoodia Gordonii liquids can also produce a natural feel-good aphrodisiac effect. Plus, the wonder-plant from which they’re made is said to give the San tribesmen abundant energy to hunt by day and superhuman-like strength to make love all night long!

What can Hoodia Balance do for you?

Hoodia will curb your appetite almost immediately, after taking only a few milligrams
Hoodia gives you control over your appetite being the most effective natural appetite suppressant ever found
Hoodia will make you feel great- its a natural mood enhancer
Hoodia will help you to lose weight by not over-eating
Hoodia is 100% Natural with Proven results that will work for you

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Benefits of Hoodia Gordonii Plus:

Hoodia will curb your appetite almost immediately, after taking only a few milligrams.
Hoodia gives you control over your appetite being the most effective natural appetite suppressant ever found.
Hoodia will make you feel great- its a natural mood enhancer.
Hoodia will help you to lose weight by not over-eating.
Hoodia is 100% Natural with Proven results that will work for you.

The Limited Supply of certified Hoodia is a worry.
Worldwide demand for Hoodia Gordonii, combined with the efforts of the South African government to protect an endangered plant has created a huge smuggling business in other species of Hoodia.. Effective January 12, 2005, ‘all species of Hoodia were listed on CITES Appendix II … and therefore subject to certain regulations.”
Because of the scarcity of the true Hoodia Gordonii supply, we urge you to order right away. We do have a sufficient supply at this time, but we cannot guarantee for how long. The South African government could change its mind at any time, the crop could fail, or it could become prohibitively expensive.
Be sure to get your order to us right away. You are fully protected by our 100% Guarantee. If we are out of the product, or you are dissatisfied with it, your money will be refunded promptly, less a small fee for shipping and handling.  

Found on Hoodiastation.com.
 

Hoodia Gordonii can be found in South Africa.
It takes about five years, or more, before Hoodia’s pale purple flowers appear. After that time the plant can be eaten. Although there are at least 40 known varieties of Hoodia, only the Gordonii species is believed to contain the natural appetite suppressant.
Hoodia Gordonii can only be found in the semi-arid deserts of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Angola. Hoodia grows in clumps of green upright stalks 

The Molecule P57.

In 1937, a Dutch anthropologist studying the San people noted that they used Hoodia to suppress appetite. But it wasn’t until 1963, when scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa’s national laboratory, began studying Hoodia. Initial results were promising – lab animals lost weight after eating Hoodia Gordonii.                                                                                                                                                                                        After 30 years of research, the South African scientists at CSIR isolated the active ingredient in Hoodia, and obtained a patent on the molecule in 1995. It is a steroidal glycoside, which they named P57. The South African government then licensed the patent to a British firm named Phytopharm.
Then, Phytopharm licensed the patent to American drug giant, Pfizer. The intent was to use the molecule, P57, as a base, to mass-create an artificial drug to meet the demands of millions of people. After three years of investigation, Pfizer pulled out of the deal, saying it would be too expensive to ever bring to market
In December of 2004, Phytopharm licensed to Unilever, who has promised to bring this man-made drug to market.
It remains to be seen if a weight loss drug utilizing P57 will ever be realized.

Sampling the Kalahari Hoodia diet , continued by Tom Mangold of BBC
Clinical trials

Dixey organised the first animal trials for Hoodia. Rats, a species that will eat literally anything, stopped eating completely.

When the first human clinical trial was conducted, a morbidly obese group of people were placed in a “phase 1 unit”, a place as close to prison as it gets.

All the volunteers could do all day was read papers, watch television, and eat.

Half were given Hoodia, half placebo. Fifteen days later, the Hoodia group had reduced their calorie intake by 1000 a day.

It was a stunning success.

The cactus test

In order to see for ourselves, we drove into the desert, four hours north of Capetown in search of the cactus.

Once there, we found an unattractive plant which sprouts about 10 tentacles, and is the size of a long cucumber.

Each tentacle is covered in spikes which need to be carefully peeled.

 The San will finally throw off thousands of years of oppression, poverty, social isolation and discrimination
 
Roger Chennells, lawyer
 

Inside is a slightly unpleasant-tasting, fleshy plant.

At about 1800hrs I ate about half a banana size - and later so did my cameraman.

Soon after, we began the four hour drive back to Capetown.

The plant is said to have a feel-good almost aphrodisiac quality, and I have to say, we felt good.

But more significantly, we did not even think about food. Our brains really were telling us we were full. It was a magnificent deception.

Dinner time came and went. We reached our hotel at about midnight and went to bed without food. And the next day, neither of us wanted nor ate breakfast.

I ate lunch but without appetite and very little pleasure. Partial then full appetite returned slowly after 24 hours.

The future

Mr Chennells is ecstatic:

“The San will finally throw off thousands of years of oppression, poverty, social isolation and discrimination.

“We will create trust funds with their Hoodia royalties and the children will join South Africa’s middle classes in our lifetime.

“I envisage Hoodia cafes in London and New York, salads will be served and the Hoodia cut like cucumber on to the salad.

“It will need flavouring to counter its unpleasant taste, but if it has no side effects and no cumulative side-effects.”

Unfortunately for the overweight, Hoodia will not be around for several years, the clinical trials still have several years to run.

Do not travel to the Kalahari to steal the plant as it is hard to find and illegal to export.

A molecule in the cactus makes you feel full

When I travelled to the Kalahari, I met families of the San bushmen.

It is a sad, impoverished and displaced tribe, still unaware they are sitting on top of a goldmine.

But if the Hoodia works, the 100,000 San strung along the edge of the Kalahari will become overnight millionaires on royalties negotiated by their South African lawyer Roger Chennells.

And they will need all the help they can to secure the money.

Currently, many bushmen smoke large quantities of marijuana, suffer from alcoholism, and have neither possessions nor any sense of the value of money.

The truth is no-one has fully grasped what the magic molecule means for their counterparts in the developed world.

Blood sugar

According to the British Heart Foundation 17% of men and 21% of women are obese, while 46% of men and 32% of women are overweight.

So the drug’s marketing potential speaks for itself.

Phytopharm’s Dr Richard Dixey explained how P.57 actually works:

“There is a part of your brain, the hypothalamus. Within that mid-brain there are nerve cells that sense glucose sugar.

“When you eat, blood sugar goes up because of the food, these cells start firing and now you are full.

“What the Hoodia seems to contain is a molecule that is about 10,000 times as active as glucose.

“It goes to the mid-brain and actually makes those nerve cells fire as if you were full. But you have not eaten. Nor do you want to.”

This is on About.com:Alternative Medicine.  Hoodia Gordonii Review

What is Hoodia Gordonii?

Latin Name: Hoodia gordonii

Other Names: hoodia, xhooba, !khoba, Ghaap, hoodia cactus, South African desert cactus
Hoodia (pronounced HOO-dee-ah) is a cactus-like plant that grows primarily in the semi-deserts of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Angola.

In the last few years, hoodia has been heavily marketed for weight loss and has become immensely popular.

Although there has always been a demand for diet pills, after the ban on the herb ephedra, the market was particularly ripe for the next new diet pill.

Much of hoodia’s popularity stems from claims that the San Bushmen of the Kalahari desert relied on hoodia for thousands of years to ward off hunger and thirst during long hunting trips. They were said to have cut off the stem and eat the bitter-tasting plant.

Hoodia gordonii grows in clumps of green upright stems.

Although it is often called a cactus because it resembles one, hoodia is actually a succulent plant.

It takes about five years before hoodia gordonii’s pale purple flowers appear and the plant can be harvested.

There are over 13 types of hoodia. The only active ingredient identified so far is a steroidal glycoside that has been called “p57″. Currently, only hoodia gordonii is thought to contain p57.