The hype surrounding Hoodia is huge. But is it really justified? I mean can the natural ingredients found in a  plant grown in the Kalahari Desert really suppress your hunger and increase energy? To date, investigators from 60 Minutes and BBC News have tried to unsuccessfully dispel the buzz surrounding Hoodia.

Leslie Stahl, A CBS News correspondent for the show 60 Minutes investigated the benefits of Hoodia and found that Hoodia left no aftertaste, didn’t make her heart race like many weight loss supplements do, and the hunger pangs that she normally suffered around mealtimes were totally non existent after taking a Hoodia supplement.

For BBC, Tom Mangold and his camera crew took the Hoodia test after travelling out to the Kalahari Desert. After consuming some of the Hoodia plant none felt hungry for at least 24 hours afterwards.

It is rare to see journalists at this level expounding the benefits of a weight loss phenomenon such as the Hoodia plant, as most weight supplements fail to get positive recognition from traditional news media. However, with the backing of media giants such as CBS and BBC it is difficult to argue against Hoodia as a successful means of losing weight.

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