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"When we located the plant, Kruiper cut off a stalk that
looked like a small spiky pickle, and removed the sharp
spines. In the interest of science, Stahl ate it. She
described the taste as "a little cucumbery in texture, but
not bad."
"So how did it work? Stahl says she had no after effects
– no funny taste in her mouth, no queasy stomach, and no
racing heart. She also wasn't hungry all day, even when she
would normally have a pang around mealtime. And, she also
had no desire to eat or drink the entire day. "I'd have to
say it did work," says Stahl."
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NBC Today Show
It's the look everyone wants — a body to diet for. They're
on the beaches, in magazines and all over Hollywood. How far
will we go to get one? How about thousands of miles and deep
into a distant culture? South Africa’s Kalahari Desert is
home to what could be the answer to an appetite.
It's a cactus called hoodia. “You strip
off the skin, you strip off the spines, and then you consume
it,” says weight loss expert Madelyn Fernstrom.
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Oprah Winfrey’s O Magazine
(Talking about hoodia) “Deep in the heart of Southern
Africa’s Kalahari Desert may lie the secret to weight
loss.”
ABC-7 Los Angeles
"South African San Bushmen who live
in the Kalahari dessert drink hoodia cactus
juice to survive when food is not available. Now
manufacturers are harvesting the cactus'
appetite-suppressing properties.
Studies done by the manufacturer show hoodia pills don't
cause the typical side effects of other diet drugs such as
jitteriness."
BBC NEWS
Correspondent's Tom Mangold travelled to Africa and
sampled the appetite suppressing Hoodia, a plant which may
make Kalahari bushmen millionaires.
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About.com (by Mary Shomon)
"Desert Plant is Promising Appetite Suppressant and Weight
Loss Supplement. If you haven't heard about the supplement
Hoodia gordonii,
there's no doubt you will very soon. Hoodia,
a natural appetite suppressant, is earning attention as a
potentially powerful weapon in the war against obesity and
the American focus on losing weight. Hoodia
supplements were just introduced to the U.S. market in early
2004. "
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WBAL TV
"Dr. Richard Goldfarb thinks it works. He is the medical
director of research and development at Bucks County
Clinical Research. He says hoodia isn't a
stimulant but it works on the brain.
Goldfarb: "The appetite suppressant effect -- after it
accumulates in your system, after only a few days that we
saw in our study has shown that people will cut their
calories probably in less than half and their not desiring
any additional food."
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Hoodia National Geographic Investigative Report
(by Leon Marshall)
"Africa's Bushmen May Get Rich From Diet-Drug
Secret... The drug named P57 is based on a substance
scientists found in the desert plant Hoodia
gordinii. The San call the cactus !khoba
and have been chewing on it for thousands of years to
stave off hunger and thirst during long hunting trips in
their parched Kalahari desert home.. A deal has been
signed between the South African San Council and the
country's Scientific and Industrial Research Council
(CSIR), which identified the appetite-suppressing
ingredient in Hoodia during research into indigenous
plants in 1996..."
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