Hoodia Cactus and different types of Hoodia plants
There are about 14 different kinds of hoodia in the Family Apocynaceae. Before you really want to research about hoodia,and buying hoodia supplements, be sure understanding the property of hoodia. What’s kind of hoodia will help to lose weight? Some companies are using just the name of hoodia produce the fake hoodia for weight loss. Those supplements will not do any good for you. Let look of all hoodia and its benefit.
Hoodia has been used traditionally by the people of southern Africa as an appetite suppressant, thirst quencher and as a cure for severe abdominal cramps, hemorrhoids, tuberculosis, indigestion, hypertension and diabetes. But only hoodia gordonii have active compound for appetite to help for weight loss. Different hoodia may have some other function to treat health problems.
- Hoodia alstonii
- Hoodia cactus
- Hoodia currorii
- Hoodia dregei
- Hoodia flava
- Hoodia gordonii: having active compound (P57) for appetite suppression.
- Hoodia juttae
- Hoodia mossamedensis
- Hoodia officinalis
- Hoodia parviflora
- Hoodia pedicellata
- Hoodia pilifera
- Hoodia ruschii
- Hoodia triebneri
Hoodia Gordonii Cactus
Deep inside the African Kalahari desert, grows an ugly cactus called the Hoodia. It thrives in extremely high temperatures, and takes years to mature.
The San Bushmen of the Kalahari, one of the world’s oldest and most primitive tribes, had been eating the Hoodia for thousands of years, to stave off hunger during long hunting trips.
When South African scientists were routinely testing it, they discovered the plant contained a previously unknown molecule, which has since been christened P 57.
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.