A lot of research and development programs were undertaken before launching the finished Hoodia Gordonii weight–loss miracle product in the market. It has been established that Hoodia Gordonii can safely reduce your appetite so you can restrict your caloric intake up to one kilo calories per day.

Hoodia Gordonii is a weight loss supplement that promises to eliminate your desire to eat. This assertion was backed up by a ‘60 minuets reporter’ who did a story about Hoodia and made the statement that after trying the ‘diet pill’ his appetite was gone.

A lot of informative published materials are there to appreciate the Hoodia Gordonii and its astonishing ability to kill your hunger through its active ingredient. But a little has been discussed about the different forms by which you can take Hoodia such as tablets, pills, powder, liquid or even as a tea and which one of these forms is the best to take.

Hoodia Gordonii is a plant. In order to make the plant marketable and readily available to the general public, manufacturers either grind the whole plant into a powder or use alcohol to concentrate the active ingredients. The finished product is then sold in capsules, tablets or liquid form and most recently in the form of the ‘Hoodia Patch’.

“Take a pill and not feel hungry for 10-12 hours, possibly even more” isn’t it amazing? At the same time you put off weight by losing the extra fat because of your low calorie intake. Correspondents and Journalists who have been in South Africa studied the merits and the effects of Hoodia Gordonii. So is Hoodia too good to be true?

A Research Institute, CSIR, started a study on Pure Hoodia Gordonii, a succulent growing wild in the ‘Kalahari Desert’. This plant has a status amongst the ‘San tribe’ as a ‘hunger suppressant’. They use to chew up this plant during their long hunting- expeditions to prevent appetite. CSIR isolated the active molecule, named it ‘P57’ and patented it in 1997. They sold the rights to a British company, ‘Phytopharm’, in 1998 to market the product.

The South African Hoodia Gordonii Cactus is known by many names. It is called xshoba or xhooba by the San Bushmen who have used it to treat indigestion, minor skin infections and as an appetite and thirst suppressant during long hunts. The scientific name is Hoodia Gordonii. It is actually a succulent so the names Hoodia cactus and South African desert cactus are actually misnomers, but they are commonly used. The plant resembles a cactus when seen growing wild in the Kalahari Desert.