There have been a few natural appetite suppressant sensations over the past decade or so that have caused mass marketing of products containing the “wonder ingredients”.  Hoodia Gordonii and caralluma are two that come to mind. Another which is actually laughable, because although it’s an excellent antioxidant, it has absolutely no merit as a weight loss aid, is acai berry. 

Hoodia definitely helps to dull the appetite though, I’ve actually tried that one.  You have to make sure you buy the right formula and a pure product, but it really can take the edge off of a large appetite.  The latest “wonder ingredient” may be less than a year away from being approved as a dietary supplement. It’s called sceletium tortuosum, quite a mouth full, huh!?

This is a plant that, like hoodia, is found in the remote African desert areas where the San people, who are natives of Africa, live. These same people use this plant as a natural mood elevating remedy as well as a natural appetite suppressant and anxiety relief agent. 

And therein lies the potential edge this particular plant may have over other natural hunger suppressants like hoodia.  Depression, anxiety and constant hunger (which leads to obesity) are some of the biggest challenges we face here in the US today. If a natural substance can address those with any degree of success, then is surely may enjoy great marketing success as well.

Word travels fast about these things. There are millions and millions of people who would love to be able to reduce their appetite naturally, without taking diet drugs, which often come with unsavory side effects. In fact, there were three major disappointments lately in drug company offerings for new and improved weight loss aids. 

They didn’t pass muster with the FDA because their side effects far outweighed the effects they had on any weightloss efforts.  So, if this new plant sceletium tortuosum shows any degree of success in weight loss and appetite suppression efforts in further studies, it’s sure to be an instant hit if it really works on the customers that buy it. 

More to come on this interesting new plant remedy that may address two of the biggest problems we have today. The supplement may be marketed as early as next year, although there is one supplement out there I found, but I’m not sure of it’s purity of effectiveness since there’s so little written on it thus far.

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