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Hoodia - The Ancient Appetite Suppressing Wonder Plant

CBS "60 Minutes" Proclaims Hoodia as Possible Fat-Loss Weapon

In a story on Sunday, November 21, 2004, CBS "60 Minutes" featured Hoodia as a possible weight loss weapon.

States CBS correspondent Leslie Stahl in advance of release of the segment, "I can't tell you what we found, but I can give you a hint.  Do you think we would do a story if it didn't work?"

Hoodia Can Help You Eat Less

In an article titled Hoodia Can Help You Eat Less, Life Enhancement Magazine in its December, 2004 issue, explored the discovery of the appetite suppressing qualities of Hoodia.  Research uncovered the role of its active ingredient, P57, in appetite suppression.

Stifle Hunger with Hoodia

A potent appetite suppressant comes to us from a Stone Age people in a remote desert. So begins another article in the August, 2004 issue of Life Enhancement Magazine. Read Stifle Hunger with Hoodia here. 

Diabetes and Parkinson's Disease

However, what CBS is unlikely to disclose is that Hoodia may also operate to reverse diabetes.  Furthermore, because it achieves its energy-enhancing effect by increasing the universal-energy molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP) in the hypothalamus - the brain's center for the control of certain primitive physical and emotional functions, such as sleep, mood, temperature regulation, sex drive, heart rate, and appetite - Hoodia may serve to address the decline of the central nervous system.  This is especially true in certain disorders where levels of ATP drop precipitously in the hypothalamus, such as in Parkinson's disease.  We don't know of a single other nutrient (or drug) which may be able to reverse an ATP crash.

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References

MacLean DB, Luo L-G. Increased ATP content/production in the hypothalamus may be a signal for energy sensing of satiety: studies of the anorectic mechanism of a plant steroidal glycoside. Brain Res 2004;1020:1-11.