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Zoft Hoodia Gum contains completely natural, 100% pure
South African hoodia in an easy to use gum that gives YOU
real weight loss POWER!
There are no known side-effects from hoodia.
Hoodia has been called “nature’s calcium channel
blocker.” This idea refers to the ability of magnesium
to block calcium from entering muscle and heart cells. A
group of prescription heart medications works in a
similar way, although much more powerfully.
Also
called xhooba, khoba, ghaap, hoodia cactus, and South
African desert cactus, hoodia is found in the
semi-desert regions of South Africa, Botswana, Nambia,
and Angola. It grows in clumps of green upright stems
and is actually a succulent, not a cactus. This
strangely shaped little plant has many relatives
throughout the desert, but only one variety, Hoodia
gordonii, is known to have an effect on appetite
and weight loss.
It takes about 5 years before hoodia’s pale purple
flowers appear and the cactus can be harvested. Although
there are 20 types of hoodia, only the Hoodia
gordonii variety is believed to contain the natural
appetite suppressant.
Hoodia gordonii is the botanical name for a
leafless, spiky succulent plant that grows throughout
the semi-arid areas of Southern Africa, primarily the
Kalahari Desert. The local inhabitants, the San Bushmen,
have used hoodia stems for thousands of years to stave
off hunger and thirst during long journeys because it
acts as an appetite suppressant.
Although hoodia was “discovered” relatively recently,
the San Bushmen of the Kalahari Desert have been eating
it for a very long time. The Bushmen, who live off the
land, would cut off part of the hoodia stem and eat it
to ward off hunger and thirst during nomadic hunting
trips. They would consume the raw plant over long desert
journeys, allowing them to eat and drink almost nothing
for hours and days at a time. They also used hoodia for
severe abdominal cramps, hemorrhoids, tuberculosis,
indigestion, hypertension and diabetes. For generations,
only the San Bushmen knew of hoodia’s remarkable
properties.
In 1937, a Dutch anthropologist studying the San
Bushmen noted their use of hoodia to suppress appetite,
but it wasn’t until 1963 that scientists at the Council
for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South
Africa’s national laboratory, began studying hoodia.
Initial results were promising–lab animals lost weight
after taking hoodia.
After years of careful research, the South African
scientists, working with the British company Phytopharm,
isolated the active ingredient in hoodia: a steroidal
glycoside, which they named P57. P57 is the compound in
this all-natural food that is responsible for dramatic
weight loss. Not only has it been proven completely
safe, it contains no stimulants that can contribute to
the jittery feeling associated with weight loss products
from the last decade.
Hoodia has been studied scientifically for over 30
years. After obtaining a patent in 1995, P57 was
licensed to Phytopharm. Phytopharm has spent more than
$20 million on hoodia research.
Hoodia is registered as a protected species to prevent
bio-piracy, but it is allowed to be grown on a handful
of commercial farms in South Africa. Although hoodia
takes 5-6 years to mature in the wild, it is now being
cultivated commercially in sustainable quantities in as
little as 2 years.
Hoodia is the botanical that’s causing a stir for its
ability to suppress appetite and promote weight loss. It
has become widely known for its effects as an appetite
suppressant.
Hoodia is the world’s most effective weight loss
supplement. Get your
supply of Zoft Hoodia Gum today!
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