It's Green, Prickly And Sour, But This Plant Could Cure Obesity And Save An Ancient Way Of Life

The Guardian (UK) ^ | 1-4-2002 | Rory Carroll

[VadeRetro]

They do, just not every night.

"But your sign says 'Open 24 hours!'"

"Not in a row ..."

[Ditter]

We didn't "use" it. We just brought it home as an interesting pot plant.

[dennisw]

gordonii and officinalis are the hoodia species listed on page 23 of the .pdf catalog

[blam]

"You mean, like black Africans are also actually from the Pacific and not descendents of Lucy at all?"

They are Mongolian, their kids even have 'Mongolian spots.' There are no longer any 'pure' Bushmen left, they have mixed with the Bantu(blacks). They are the guys who starred in the movie, The gods must be crazy. Linguists say they have the most ancient language on earth. They make that 'clicking' noise in their language.

[VadeRetro]

We just brought it home as an interesting pot plant.

I can picture the guy busting you saying "A likely story!"

[koax]

thanks.

next time i'm over that way i'm going to stop in.

[dennisw]

Please get a hold of me if you get the lowdown on it's availability and if they have the desired species.

[A. Pole]

Patented by a South African research institute and licensed to a British Buddhist entrepreneur, the plant is now being developed by the US drugs giant Pfizer, at the cost of hundreds of millions of dollars, with the objective of turning it into a pill which will zap food cravings.

Natural plants patented, licenced and developed - the miracle of free market and modern science.

[koax]

will do.

the earliest will be next week.

[Ditter]

LOL! Horticulturaly it is an interesting little plant. It looks like a small barrel cactus without any thorns. The climate is so wet here in Houston that it eventualy drowned.

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[Concentrate]

Probably similar to coffee and tea, which also curb appetite.

[dcwusmc]

Ping me with that info, too, please!

[Concentrate]

Probably, those "farmers" are sucking off the federal teet. It's called farmer welfare where I come from.

[Moonmad27]

Sure, they could CALL the drug P57, but Hoodia is so much funnier to say. )Although P57 does remind me of the "Illudium Pu-36 Explosive Space Modulator" in a weird sort of way....)

[koax]

noted.

[xm177e2]

Another panacea. Another attempt to have cake and eat it too. The cause of obesity is caloric intake that exceeds caloric expenditure. When they're brought into equilibrium, weight gain ceases. When they're reversed, fat is lost. It's that simple. And it's too bad that people are always looking for some substitute for exercise of will and self-denial.

Actually, if you read the article, it says this could curtail appetites. That would therefore lower caloric intake, bringing calorie/exercise ratios into balance for lazy fat people.

Some people WANT lazy people to be fat, because they think lazy people deserve it. That's like wanting gay people to get AIDS.

[kitkat]

***The gods must be crazy***

Funny, funny movie. Made with a VERY small budget. (You can tell.) Opened in very few theaters, but people loved it. Think I'll go watch it again.

[MonroeDNA]

"Hoodia and the Blowfish. "

ROTFLMAO!!!

[JudyB1938]

Please add me to your list of people to ping if you find the info. Thanks.