How does Hoodia work?
June 19, 07 by HoodiaKnowA recent article in the Irish Times sheds light on how hoodia gordonii works to control appetite.
Here is how Phytopharm’s Dr Richard Dixey explained how P-57 actually works:
“There is a part of your brain called the hypothalamus. Within that mid-brain there are nerve cells that sense glucose sugar.
When you eat, blood sugar goes up because of the food, these cells start firing and now you are full.
What the Hoodia seems to contain is a molecule that is about 10,000 times as active as glucose.
It goes to the mid-brain and actually makes those nerve cells fire as if you were full. But you have not eaten. Nor do you want to.”