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Hoodia itself caught my attention a lot more than the actual diet did. After all, if Hoodia is as efficient as Desert Labs says it is then perhaps my skepticism is obtaining the much better of me. The flowering plant native to Africa comes in a variety of species; Hoodia gordonii is the one that has been touted as a weight loss aid (here at TIS, we first came across it in Burner Balm). After Ephedra was banned, folks had high hopes for Hoodia; everybody from 60 Minutes Lesley Stahl (who had no desire to eat or drink all day after consuming the plant) to BBC News promoted the phenomenal appetite suppressing qualities of this all-natural substance. Much of Hoodias reputation is based on the reality that South Africans have utilized it for centuries to control hunger during lengthy treks into the desert.
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