The Hardy Hoodia Plant 

 

1. Although cultivated in different parts of the country, Hoodia naturally found in the arid Kalahari desert
2. It is a leafless succulent, and has saucer like pale purple flowers, which smell of carrion, for pollination purposes
3. The plant was initially used by the san people as a food  source and to control hunger  on long trips
4. It is used nowadays as a an appetite suppressant  by the weight loss industry
5. The P57 molecule mimics the effect of glucose molecules and therefore fools the brain into thinking the body has eaten, resulting in a curbed appetite
6. The fleshy part of the stem is used in the making of Hoodia products, alternatively th raw material can be consumed to the same effect  creating much the same effect  but adding the  bitter sweet  taste  of  Hoodia in the mouth.
7. Click here to see a Hoodia product