{"id":1378,"date":"2015-05-23T10:52:21","date_gmt":"2015-05-23T16:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mastercleansesecrets.com\/blog\/?p=1378"},"modified":"2015-05-23T10:52:21","modified_gmt":"2015-05-23T16:52:21","slug":"harvard-study-could-chinese-thunder-god-vine-plant-be-cure-all-for-obesity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mastercleansesecrets.com\/blog\/lose-weight-fast\/harvard-study-could-chinese-thunder-god-vine-plant-be-cure-all-for-obesity\/1378\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvard study: Could Chinese \u2018thunder god vine\u2019 plant be cure-all for obesity?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Scientists have been scouring the world in recent decades for all manner of miracle plants that\u00a0can help people slim down. As\u00a0the market for weight-loss products and supplements has grown to a multi-billion-dollar industry, they&#8217;ve looked at dandelions, coffee and nuts, among other things.\u00a0They&#8217;ve been cultivating\u00a0an edible succulent\u00a0called\u00a0the <em>caralluma fimbriata<\/em> chewed by\u00a0tribesmen in rural India\u00a0to control their hunger during a day&#8217;s hunt. And they have been trying to isolate and extract whatever it is in an\u00a0African plant called <em>hoodia,\u00a0<\/em>which looks like\u00a0a spikey pickle, that tricks you into feeling full even if you haven&#8217;t eaten a bite.<\/p>\n<p>But none of these has\u00a0been more promising in early studies than a traditional Chinese medicine known as thunder god vine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Source: <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/to-your-health\/wp\/2015\/05\/22\/harvard-study-could-chinese-thunder-god-vine-plant-be-cure-all-for-weight-loss\/\">Harvard study: Could Chinese \u2018thunder god vine\u2019 plant be cure-all for obesity?<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientists have been scouring the world in recent decades for all manner of miracle plants that\u00a0can help people slim down. 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