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Bushmen’s Secrets

A lot has been talked about the South African Bushmen who have created history by discovering the Hoodia plant. It is now known that they ate those plants by peeling off their spines and skin. They ate it to suppress their appetite since it was needed during long trips across the Kalahari Desert. They were very much aware of the good results which Hoodia yielded. The question still remains at large as to how they managed to discover this magical plant.

In the year 1996 several tests were conducted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research on the food which was eaten by the Bushmen and the San tribes of South Africa. They were interested in the exact composition of their diet and wanted to know whether it contained any toxic substances. It was tested on animals and they studied the results. The results showed that their diet was completely free of any toxins and was absolutely fine to consume. It was also noticed that the animals which ate that food began to loose weight pretty fast. In this way they were convinced that there was something in this plant which helped to reduce weight. Phytopharm Company was the first company which got the license to produce the molecule p57. The p57 molecule is responsible for suppressing appetite.

The Bushmen are credited with discovering the Hoodia plant which has become one of the most sought after products in the world. They discovered a secret but that was being utilized by a foreign company. This was not just since they did not get compensated for their efforts. The Phytopharm Company believed that the tribe that had discovered it had perished long before.
This was not true in reality since they were still there in the remote regions of the desert. The tribesmen heard that the company had the potential of earning millions of dollars selling their products in the market.

A lawyer took up a case against the company and forced the company to pay up as a royalty to the people who are original discoverers. The Bushmen will receive millions of dollars as royalty after this product is launched in the market. If they are not paid their dues then the buyer will not get authentic products.

Efforts have been made in the past by various companies to extract a synthetic version but such efforts have failed completely. A weight loss product is being jointly developed by Phytopharm and Unilever and will be available from 2008. The origin of the products being sold in the market should be from the Kalahari Desert. The company has to pay royalty to the San tribesmen and so Hoodia extracts becomes more and more costly. This plant is a very rare species of plants and is only found in the Kalahari Desert. Hoodia plant is a rare plant and is preserved and protected by the South African government. It grows only in the Kalahari region of Africa. It is therefore expensive and only a few companies actually have the right to export and manufacture Hoodia products. The buyers should determine the authenticity of the products by judging the labels.