Hoodia Extract

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Hoodia Extract, Herbal Extracts Hoodia Gordonii Is A Plant That Grows In South Africa And Namibia. The Flowers Of The Plant Are Hardly Attractive, And Are Generally Described As Smelling Like Rotten Meat. However, The Plant Has Gained Quite A Reputation In Medicine Today, And Is Very Popular With A Number Of Client Groups And Consumers. The Indigenous Peoples Of South Africa Have Long Used The Hoodia Plant For A Number Of Purposes. Indigestion Was One Of The Most Common Ailments Treated By Hoodia Gordonii. The Indigenous South Africans Used The Plant To Treat This In Rather A Successful Way. Indigestion Is Characterised By Sharp And Recurrent Pain In The Upper Abdomen, And If Not Treated Quickly, Can Lead To Further Complications That Are Quite Dangerous. Indigestion Can Be Accompanied By Bloating And Heartburn. As People Get Older (over 55), If They Suffer From Indigestion They Are Often Referred To Doctors Due To The Fact That Prolonged Indigestion Can Sometimes Become Something More Serious, In Some Cases Being The First Sign Of Cancer. Other Infections Were Treated By The South Africans By Using The Hoodia Plant. However, The Biggest And Most Well Known Purpose For The Plant Being Used Is That Of An Appetite Suppressant. The Kalahari Desert Is A Large, Arid Desert Area In The South Eastern Area Of Africa. Incredibly Dangerous To Spend Too Long In, And With Some Unforgiving Temperatures And Generally Parched Conditions, The Desert Plays A Huge Part In The History Of The Hoodia Plant. The Indigenous South African People Used The Hoodia Plant To Help Suppress Their Appetite When Making Their Way Across The Desert On A Long Trek. The Name Kalahari Comes From A Phrase That Means Great Thirst And This Is A Very Apt Description. A Vast Area Of The Place Is Covered By Red Sand, Without Any Permanent Water Source For Miles. The People Of South Africa Would Regularly Use The Plant To Fight Off Hunger Pangs. This Effect, Of Course, Had Great Potential In Modern Medicine. The South African Institute For Scientific And Industrial Research Investigated The Elements Within Hoodia Gordonii That Helped To Suppress The Human Appetite And Decided To Patent It. The Patent For The One Agent, P57, That Helped To Cut Down On Hunger Pangs, Was Raised In 1996. With This Patent In Place, They Then Had The Ability To Allow Other Companies To Use The Agent In Their Own Products. This Meant That The Agent From Hoodia Could Now Be Used As An Appetite Suppressant In Products Made By Companies Around The World. Appetite Suppressants Simply Cause The User To Eat Less. This Means That They Can Be Used In Dieting Plans And Regimes, And For Other Medical Reasons. In The Clinical Arena, Appetite Suppressants Have Been Used In The Short Term To Help With Tackling Obesity. This Means That Sufferer Who Have Issues Regarding Their Weight And Their Actual Physical Safety Have Used Such Suppressants To Combat The Problem. One Unfortunate Problem Associated With The Use Of Appetite Suppressant Is That They Carry Effects That Are Very Similar To Those Exited By Amphetamines. This Means That Some Users Have Used Them For These Effects.