Hoodia Whattia?
If you ever take a peek at miracle weight loss product ads (such as those that populate this very site from time to time) you will have noticed that hoodia is the latest "miracle" product on the market. My response to any "miracle" product is eye-rolling skepticism, on top of which, I had no idea what the hell hoodia was. Until I read this article. Hoodia is an appetite suppresant made from a cactus, and was apparently "discovered" (by product developers, I guess) in the 1960s:
"For centuries the Kalahari Desert's Bushmen would eat the bitter-tasting plant, which they call xhoba, to stave off hunger during long treks through the desert. The council discovered that when rats ingested the plant, they ate less and subsequently lost weight."
So the key to this stuff, if you want to try it, according to this article, is to make sure you're getting the "real deal" as opposed to pseudo-hoodia of some type, which is apparently flooding the market. Anyway, I'm still rolling my eyes at it, but at least the mystery has been cleared up.
(And I just realized that posting this is going to spawn a ton of hoodia ads. Oops. From now on, I'm using code names. Hoodia will henceforth be known as "Kelly Clarkson.")
"For centuries the Kalahari Desert's Bushmen would eat the bitter-tasting plant, which they call xhoba, to stave off hunger during long treks through the desert. The council discovered that when rats ingested the plant, they ate less and subsequently lost weight."
So the key to this stuff, if you want to try it, according to this article, is to make sure you're getting the "real deal" as opposed to pseudo-hoodia of some type, which is apparently flooding the market. Anyway, I'm still rolling my eyes at it, but at least the mystery has been cleared up.
(And I just realized that posting this is going to spawn a ton of hoodia ads. Oops. From now on, I'm using code names. Hoodia will henceforth be known as "Kelly Clarkson.")
posted by mo pie at 1:39 PM
4 Comments:
Well that clears that up. I wonder how true their tale is. Sounds like a legend to me, like the kind of legend floating around the Amazonian mystery fruit guarana a few years ago.
I kind of assumed that Kelly Clarkson was a sexual enhancer, like all those Viagra ads that find their way into my inbox promising that I'll be able to knock down walls. I told my boyfriend about that particular promise last night and his response was, "Ow."
You know, I tried that stuff once. It did kinda make me less hungry, but it DEFINATELY left me with a massive headache every time I took it.
I don't know what all the fuss is about. I'm sure the Kelly Clarkson ads you get in your Spam box are just fine. Like all the meds I order from Mexico and Finland are just...ANTS! ANTS ON MY KEYBOARD! OH, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, MAKE THEM STOOOOP!
aaaahahahahahaha!!!!
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