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Article: Studies Show the South African Hoodia Gordonii Plant Kills the Appetite and Attacks Obesity, Announces Millennium Health Supplements (Canada) Inc. New Hope for Dieters That Have to Lose 10 Lbs or 100 Lbs or More.
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- February 11, 2004
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TORONTO, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Millennium Health Supplements (Canada) Inc. has just introduced 100% Pure Hoodia Gordonii into the North American market for the first time.
Hoodia plants are native to the semi-deserts of South Africa, Botswana, Namibia and Angola. And even though there are about 20 species in the family, the Gordonii is the only one that contains the natural appetite suppressant.
When South African scientists were testing the Hoodia plant, they discovered the plant contained a previously unknown molecule which Phytopharm, a UK pharmaceutical giant, dubbed P57.
Results of human clinical trials in Britain suggest that P57 could ...