Hoodia in the News

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The Today Show takes a look at hoodia and all the hoodia supplements hitting the market. Read the Entire Story.

Lesley Stahl, of 60 Minutes, traveled to the Kalahari Deserts of Africa to investigate the San Bushmen and the stories about Hoodia gordonii. Including why major pharmaceutical companies are so interested in this succulent plant. Read the Entire Story.

Correspondent's Tom Mangold travelled to Africa and sampled the appetite suppressing Hoodia, a plant which may make Kalahari bushmen millionaires. Read the Entire Story.

Mary Shomon reports on Hoodia in a article called, "Desert Plant is Promising Appetite Suppressant and Weight Loss Supplement". Get the key points of Hoodia described by a impartial reporter. Read the Entire Story.

Africa's Bushmen May Get Rich From Diet-Drug Secret -- Sidelined over decades because of their dwindling numbers and ancient way of life, the San have been reduced to a few struggling communities living on the fringes of society. But now their traditional knowledge may be their salvation; they stand to make a lot of money—and gain much respect—from the international marketing of an appetite-suppressant they have been using for thousands of generations. Read the Entire Story.

Pointy Plant Offers Weight Loss Help -- Find out what Dr. Richard Goldfarb thinks about hoodia gordonii. "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." Read the Entire Story.

Now, drug companies are tapping into the San's knowledge, and betting millions that these bushmen can help the most advanced societies on earth. All because of the hoodia plant, which the San people have long relied on to survive. Read the Entire Story.