Hoodia is a type of cacti that has been recently discovered by the San Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert. Though Hoodia was only discovered ‘recently’, it is thought that the Bushmen of these regions for hundreds of years would cut off part of the stem and eat it to ward off hunger and thirst during nomadic hunting trips. They also used Hoodia for severe abdominal cramps, tuberculosis, indigestion, hypertension, hemorrhoids and diabetes.

In 1937 a Dutch anthropologist studying the San Bushmen noticed that they used Hoodia to suppress their appetite. However, It wasn’t until 1963 when scientists at the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSUR) South Africa’s national laboratory began studying Hoodia. They found that it takes about 5 years before Hoodia’s pale purple flowers appear and the cactus can be harvested. They also tested the product on lab animals and found that in 99% of their studies the subject lost weight.

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