Hoodia continues to be in the spotlight for quite sometime now after it became available in ABC's sixty Minutes and followed by BBC features about its advantages. Its reputation was very enormous it's caught the weight loss world by storm.
Hoodia originated in the Kalahari desert in South Africa as was originally used by the San Bushmen to satisfy their thirst as well as hunger during the food hunting trips of theirs. Additionally they used hoodia as herbal solution for stomach cramps, indigestion, hypertension, diabetes, and other respiratory diseases.