The Anti-Fat Pill and the Bushmen
Length: 01:00  Type of program: Documentary

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Not scheduled (again) this week


A rare desert cactus, the Hoodia, contains a never before discovered molecule that may hold the answer to one of the world's greatest health problems, obesity and over-eating.� Scientists have isolated an appetite suppressant in the flesh of the plant that is powerful enough to stop people eating all day.� But who holds the rights to this information?� The San Bushmen of the Kalahari desert have known of its powers for decades.� This film reveals how, thanks to a rare spirit of co-operation between first world and third, one of the poorest tribes on earth stands a good chance of becoming overnight millionaires, if the drug is approved.�

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