Hoodia Gordonii -A real natural appetite suppressant at last?

A review and analysis of the claims made for this amazing herb.

Also see a further review of some Hoodia products at 
Hoodia Diet Reveiw 

However there are different levels of hunger, and whilst we certainly feel hungry if we do not have enough food for the body to function (and we will then experience real and profound hunger) we also feel  hunger as a result of changes in  insulin levels which is effectively a type of "hormonal" hunger. When our blood sugar levels (i.e. insulin production) spike and fall, we crave more sweets and carbohydrates.   It is this hormonal hunger which sabotages most people's diets.

Therefore in the early stages of a weight loss program it can be really helpful to be able to utilise some form of appetite suppressant that will help to reduce the tendency to indulge in "snacking" due to hormonal hunger. You need to continue to eat meals when you have real hunger, but you want to eliminate all the snacking due to hormonal hunger and stop the cravings for snacks when you do not need to eat food.

The problem is that up until recently most appetite suppressants have only been available on prescription or by buying unregulated pharmaceutical supplements such as ephedra. Now many people who took ephedra supplements lost weight, but there have been suggestions that taking ephedra could lead to serious health risks like strokes and heart attacks.

Now what exactly is Hoodia Gordonii and how does it work?- Well, Hoodia, is  a plant that, while it looks like a cactus, is actually a "succulent" that grows in the high deserts of the Kalahari Desert region of South Africa (see the picture at the top of the page of a plant growing in its native dessert). The San people of the Kalahari -- a tribe of hunter-gatherers with a 27,000-year-old culture and history in using native plants for medicinal purposes -- have been using the hoodia plant for centuries to help ward off pain, hunger and thirst when the Bushmen made long trips in the desert. 

There is a part of your brain, the hypothalamus and 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 feel full. What 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 molecule has been code named P57. So basically, Hoodia fools the brain into thinking it's full when it's not. So, your brain sends the signal that it is full and this cuts your urge to snack on unhealthy food.

Now I have not personally tried Hoodia, as I no longer need to, having adjusted my appetite and eating habbits in line  withTom's BFFM program, however I know several people who have tried it and benefited from it. I am sure that  if I were starting out on my weight loss journey today, I would definitely give it a try.

You can check out a further review of some Hoodia products at Hoodia Diet Review (and try these out for yourself if you wish).

Note: If you decide to try Hoodia make sure the company that you get it from only use 100% pure South African Hoodia and can show the certificates to prove it. It appears that there are two certified documents required to prove the authenticity of pure South African Hoodia, which are a C.I.T.E.S Certificate and/or an Analytical Report.

(Also see article by Florida herbalist  Mary Hanna in the "Articles Section" of the Website).

Graham Kidson

www.BurnTheFatExposed.com