When taking Hoodia pills the hypothalamus, a bridge in the brain to the nervous system, receives an effective signal that organiam needs no food, therefore suppressing a person's appetite.

Phytopharm, a company dedicatedd to the development of herbal medications, conducted a double-blind clinical verification in 2001 with overweight people. They found that the Hoodia Gordonii extract provided considerable appetite curbing effect, resulting greatly-reduced caloric assimilation and body fat content. The study showed that within two weeks the typical person's caloric intake was decreases by 1000 kcal per day. Three years later, scientists at Brown University Medical School fed Hoodia to rats specially designed to be diabetic and obese, and registered that the rats lost weight. Some of the rats even showed signs of reversal of diabetes. In neither research were side effects detected, nor was there any signs of the test subjects feeling "nervous" a common side effect associated with weightloss products as they usually contain caffeine or stimulators.

Hoodia gordonii has been a natural remedy for thirst and appetite suppression for centuries by the San bushmen of the Kalahari desert, who eat this spiky plant when they start on a long journey. Now, the rapidly growing reputation of Hoodia extract pills is thanks to its "miracle compound," named P57, as well as its guarantee to not produce ntgative side effects.

Highlighted on such popular sources as Sixty Minutes, CNN, The Oprah Magazine, BBC and ABC, Hoodia is quickly becoming a household word. As more people turn to natural ways for sleep-aid, pain relief and weightloss, Hoodia is jumping to the top of list of all-natural products to use.