In May 30 of 2003, BBC's correspondent Tom Mangold traveled to Africa with his camera man. He reported that both he and his camera man eat a small banana sized Hoodia section that suppressed their appetite for 24 hours. Then in November of 2004, Leslie Stahl from CBS traveled to Africa with a translator and guide. She also had the chance to sample a small amount of Hoodia plant. She then subsequently broadcasted her experience on 60 minutes. She commented how small an amount she was giving to eat. Her experience is the same as Tom Mangold's. Both experienced no hunger for a day. And they both noted that they had no side effect what so ever. And the fresh hoodia plant tasted kind like a cucumber.
In October 2005, Janet Shamlian from NBC news did a similar report on Hoodia on 60 minutes as well. Her report was not done in the native South African, no fresh plant was used. Instead, the report was about a Today Show staff using a supplement that containing Hoodia extract. In addition to that, GNC spokesman said that was one of their best sellers.
Hoodia is a plant that grows deep inside the African Kalahari desert. It thrives in extreme temperature and very slow to mature. A nature supply of that is quite limited. According to CBS, every year, people spent $40 billion dollars to acquire products that can help them to slim down to obtain better health, better looks. But none of them worked very well.
The nature ingredient in Hoodia fools the brain to think that the stomach is full, no desire to eat for a number of hours. The San Bushman has been eating Hoodia Diet for thousands of years. British company Phytopharm, after 20 years of research, finally isolated its active ingredient, they named it p57. With that identification, a patent was filed for its use in weight loss. The research shows that eating hoodia diet should elevate the blood sugar level, subsequently, the brain senses the high blood sugar level, and was tricked to believe the person is full, therefore no hunger signal was sent out even though the person has not really eating anything other than the Hoodia diet. Dr. Richard Dixey of Phytopharm says this is the magic of Hoodia diet.
Due to the difficult of large scale synthesis of P57, Pfizer has backed out their plan to manufacture and distribute Hoodia pills. Phytopharm then decided to use nature Hoodia extracts to product diet pills. Ever since that happened, many manufacturers have started produce hoodia diet that containing African hoodia extract. They suggest that two or three little tablets will suppress the appetite for the entire day.
But quality of the products from various manufactures is not guaranteed. Mangold who traveled to South African in 2003 also tested some leading brand of Hoodia diet pills. He reported that some of them do not have any Hoodia in it. Even though name was not mentioned, he suggests people to be a bit more patient to wait for Phytopharm/Unilever's product release after the completion of clinical research.
It was believed that only certain types of Hoodia plant are effective and some may be toxic. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in South Africa has evaluated the hoodia plant for toxicity. They concluded that animals where were on hoodia diet has lost weight, but no toxic side effect has been found.
With the media's attention on Hoodia diet, the public has become increasing aware that a nature remedy exist for hunger control. Phytopharm and Unilever have announced in April of 2006, that they had completed phase one of a five phase clinical research program. With 4 more clinical trial programs to complete, it may still be many years before they can release a viable version of African hoodia extract to the market. Since there is no data to show what kind of long term effect a Hoodia diet would exert, the painstaking, time consuming research is necessary.
The American Obesity Association has reported that currently (Jan 2007), there are approximately 127 million adults in the U.S. are overweight, 60 million obese, and 9 million severely obese. And Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. No Wonder that many manufactures and distributors want to sell Hoodia diet to the public now. All the data on Hoodia diet so far are positive. Not like other weight loss product, Hoodia has shown no stimulatory effects and San Bushman has exited for 100,000 years, eating them on their nomadic hunting trips with no apparent side effects. One thing we have to be aware of though, some unscrupulous people will try to sell product that are not genuine to make a quick buck. It is important to be aware on what you are buying when looking for your hoodia diet.
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