Hoodia diet pills have taken the dieting world by storm, because there's a rumour about that they're a natural appetite suppressant. Just think, take a pill and you don't feel like eating. All of a sudden dieting becomes ridiculously easy.

Putting it in pill form is so much more palatable than its natural form – which is a succulent a bit like a cactus. In South Africa they have used the plant to good effect to treat indigestion and infections.