Hoodia (Hoodia gordonii) Powder 1/2 lb bottle: HE

This herb is BULK DISCOUNTED in our 10 lb & 25 lb bulk packs. To find the bulk packs, just copy and paste the herb name into our Search, or refer to our Bulk By The Kilo & Ton category. We use only 100% Gluten-free, Vegetable Cellulose ”00” capsules for all of our encapsulated products. We offer both bulk powder and capsules. Obviously our bulk bottles are bulk powder, not capsules, but the capsule weight is included to give you a way of judging the recommended dosage. Hoodia gordonii – Botanical Powder — Approximately 600 mg. each capsule. 1/2 teaspoon of powder is about equal to one capsule. Powder can be consumed by sprinkling it over your food or mixing it with a syrup such as maple or chocolate. You could also mix it with orange juice. The citric acid in the orange juice will help to mask any unpleasant powder tastes. Hoodia gordonii is a South African succulent that has been used as a natural appetite suppressant and believed to curb the desire to eat. Moreover, it is also said to increase energy and encourage thermogenesis – the burning of fat! We eat too much, and perhaps more importantly, we eat incorrectly these days, and Hoodia may be a powerful weapon in the war against those unhealthy habits. More energy, less food and the ability to burn fat! – Sounds like one recipe we can all use for a better looking body and an overall feeling of fitness and good health. History: Hoodia is a succulent plant that is native to the Kalahari Desert, a large, arid, sandy area covering much of South Africa, Botswana and Namibia. Although there are three different species of the genus, Hoodia, the species gordonii is considered the only one that is effective and official as a natural appetite suppressant without any harmful side effects. Colonel R. F. Gordon first discovered Hoodia in December, 1778, and the plant’s botanical specific, gordonii, was bestowed in his honor. The genus, Hoodia, was given in honor of the keen succulent grower, Van Hood. In the early stages of growth, the leafless plant produces only one fleshy, ribbed, thorny stem, but later it branches with as many as fifty heavy boughs, bearing flowers that emit the unpleasant carrion-like odor of decaying flesh, which attracts the many flies that are needed for the plant’s pollination. The flowers vary in color from beige to deep crimson and bloom in August or September. Hoodia resembles a cactus, but it is clearly a succulent that can reach a height of about five feet, normally exposed to extreme heat, but also surviving in relatively low temperatures in a wide variety of habitats, including the deep Kalahari sands, on dry, stony slopes or flats and under the protection of xerophytic bushes. The Bushmen (called the San or Khoi San tribe) of the Kalahari have been traditionally chewing Hoodia for many centuries to combat hunger and suppress the appetite and thirst when setting off on extended hunting expeditions and long journeys. It was als