When it comes to natural weight loss there are other products that get it right. Hoodia gordonii is a natural health product that includes p57 extract as a strong ingredient that stimulates it work as an appetite suppressant for weight loss.

Current news reports around the world and independent investigations all want to learn whether the excitement generated by natural hoodia companies is genuine. One thing is for sure that there is definitely a worldwide shortage of natural hoodia. Unfortunately, many dishonest companies have been selling products labeled as hoodia powder that have little or no Hoodia in them.

Also, normally nutritional stores have been unwittingly selling these products to public who are unaware that these products may include little or no real, natural or pure african Hoodia.

Real natural hoodia is high priced and comes at a price and is also in restricted supply right now. It should not be expected in normally cheap gimmick products available in the market. The hoodia gordonii take up to 5 years to mature and the supply of Hoodia is expected to be limited for at least the next few years. Besides, we’ve been waiting patiently for Phytopharm, the only company that can legally contribute to and market a synthetically/artificially manufactured hoodia product based on genuine hoodia gordonii P57 extract, to offer a viable weight loss product to the public. As reported earlier, they are in a negotiate with Unilever and the products were desired to be acquirable soon enough.

Our story gets under way about 100,000 years ago. We know that seems remarkable, but the Bushmen of Southern Africa (also called “the San”) have hunted, lived off the land and traveled across the Kalahari Desert for over 100,000 years. The Bushmen all the time go out on long hunting trips and chew on a local plant to decrease hunger and get energy and of course it is real hoodia. Astonishingly, by chewing on Hoodia, the San have been able to go days without eating and still stay strong and energetic.

Needless to say, for thousands of years the Bushmen have been eating Hoodia Gordonii to lower appetite and increase energy. While the Bushmen knew all about the powers of Hoodia, it was not until the mid 60’s that the first analysis was done on natural hoodia as an appetite suppressant. Even then, it took another 30 years for South African laboratories to separate the specific appetite suppressing ingredient in Hoodia. This ingredient was called P57 (or p-57) and licensed to the British pharmaceutical company – Phytopharm.