Hoodia Gordonii is Africa's latest cash crop, priced almost like a narcotic at $40 an ounce. The plant, which grows wild in the Kalahari Desert of southern Africa, was once used by indigenous tribes to suppress hunger and thirst when hunting. Recently, it has been discovered that Hoodia Gordonii contains a very powerful molecule that works as an appetite suppressant. This molecule is known as P57.

With the discovery of the molecule P57, found in Hoodia Gordonii, drug and food companies are scrambling to capitalize on its benefits. P-57 works as an amazing appetite suppressant by mimicking the effect glucose has on the brain and tricking your body into thinking it's full.

Obesity has now been recognized as a serious, chronic disease - a disease that affects more people than any other, a disease that can cause serious medical conditions and early death. Now dieting industries and overweight persons are doing an Internet search on Hoodia returns over 14 million responses.

Hoodia works by suppressing your appetite. This means you can actually eat less and not feel hungry. Weight gain is causes by eating more calories than you burn on a daily basis. Hoodia can greatly reduce your daily calorie intake, and when combined with exercise, the weight loss results are excellent.

A study by the CSIR (Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) of South Africa found that patients, depending on weight, were about to reduce their daily calorie intake by 800-1,100 calories. This is enough to lose 1 pound every 4 days.

Hoodia gordonii cactus is actually quite rare and hard to get in large quantities because it only grows in Southern Africa, there are only small number of hoodia plants and there is a huge demand for it in the USA. So buyer beware of fake products. When you select your Hoodia product, choose one that has no Caffeine, no Ephedra, no Ma Huang, and no Ephedrine. These are fakes. cactus extract only.

Hoodia gordonii has helped many people with weight loss, both in the USA and around the world. It is possible to lose weight by taking Hoodia without exercising. But even if you do only a few hours of exercise a week the benefits of Hoodia will be much greater. Studies in South Africa revealed that women and men lost up to 700% more weight when exercising and taking Hoodia rather than just taking it.