Nopal Cactus Juice Scam

TIME Magazine called it "The Secret Killer"
...and here's how to help protect against it

In 2004, TIME Magazine ran an astonishing story about inflammation and its destructive effect on the body's health.*

In the years following TIME's story, medical science went on to find even more links between chronic inflammation and highly debilitating conditions, including allergies, chronic aches and pains, IBS and others.

These links were dumbfounding: so many different conditions can all stem from just one problem - chronic inflammation.

And the type of chronic inflammation that is being studied is not just that "sore, swollen muscle and joint" kind that so many naturally think of. It also includes the deeper, internal types of inflamed tissues affecting vital body systems, such as:

* Chronic cardiovascular inflammation in the heart and arteries
* Chronic pulmonary inflammation in lungs and airways
* Chronic digestive inflammation in the stomach, esophagus and intestines
* Chronic inflammation in the other major organs (liver, kidneys, etc.) and glands
* Chronic widespread body cell inflammation existing throughout the body

All of these different types of chronic inflammation can lead to many different kinds of severe health problems, such as:

* Ongoing, never ending pain in parts of the body
* Allergies and asthmatic reactions
* High blood pressure and deteriorating heart and blood vessel health
* Ulcers and Irritable Bowel Syndrome
* Constant, overall tiredness and lethargy

Normal inflammation is good

Whenever your body is subject to threatening elements or events, it may counter these attacks with one of its defense mechanisms - inflammation. This is normal.

The threats that could trigger the body's inflammatory response could be little things, such as an injury like a pulled muscle. Or, the threat could be a bacterial intrusion. Stressful feelings and events can also trigger inflammation to flare up in any number of your body's tissues. And, nutritionally deficient diets can lead to inflammatory flare-ups.

Finally, one of the biggest causes of inflammation could be today's world, which relentlessly exposes your body to an overwhelming flood of micro-sized dangers, such as toxins, pollutants, bacteria, viruses and chemicals from ... the air you breathe ... the water you drink ... the foods you eat ... and even the things you touch.

But chronic inflammation is very bad

Due to all of the causes of inflammation, it's highly likely that right now, as you read this, your body has many sites that are inflamed. This isn't the problem, though. The problem is all of sites in your body where, for a variety of reasons, your inflammation isn't being turned off. Instead, the inflammation just keeps going and going. This is chronic inflammation.

There are several factors that can keep your body from turning off its inflammation response, but three factors are especially prevalent:

* Chronic Stress - it keeps your body constantly "revved up," wasting nutrient stores and impairing its ability to stop inflammation from becoming chronic
* Chronic Nutritional Deficiencies - without the right nutrition, on a daily basis, your body may not have the right resources to put a halt to ongoing inflammation
* Chronic Toxin Overload - in today's world, your body is constantly fighting off toxins, pollutants and contaminants from so many sources that it simply can be too overwhelmed to stop the never ending, triggered inflammation

You'll notice that there's one thing in common with all three of the above factors: Chronic. When these adverse factors are chronic (constant), it greatly increases the chance that your body's inflammation will be chronic, too. And it's exactly this type of inflammation - the chronic kind - that the TIME Magazine story warned about because it can be so damaging to your health.

Some common examples of how you could be suffering from various kinds of chronic inflammation and their related health problems include:

* Muscle, joint and bone inflammation - causing ongoing body pain
* Respiratory inflammation - causing allergies and breathing difficulties
* Arterial inflammation - causing heart health problems
* Digestive tract inflammation - causing ulcers and IBS
* Widespread body cell inflammation - causing overall fatigue.

A superior solution to chronic inflammation
If chronic inflammation is the problem, Nopalea%u2122 is a solution. It's your premier wellness partner in your body's never-ending, daily battle for good health. With its amazing Betalains, Nopalea works in two vital ways: it helps neutralize your body's inner toxins and it helps reduce its chronic inflammation.

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Nopalea... it's a powerful health solution for today's unhealthy world

TriVita Nopalee has more betalains antioxidants then and other Plant know to man
Betalains are a rare and potent class of antioxidants that flourish in the Nopal cactus fruit. Nopalea harnesses the power of this desert superfruit and its betalains to bring you scientifically proven health benefits.

Betalains are a rare and potent class of antioxidants that flourish in the Nopal cactus fruit. Nopalea harnesses the power of this desert superfruit and its betalains to bring you scientifically proven health benefits.

The Nopal cactus has been called a superfruit. That's because its powerful antioxidant betalains have been known to boost the health and well-being of all who drink in its powers.

But don't just take our word for it. See what the scientific research community has to say.

Anti-Toxin activity

"Cactus (Opuntia ficus-indica) protects against oxidative damage induced by the mycotoxin zearalenone in Balb/C mice." (Food Chem Toxicol. 2008 May;46(5):1817-24.)"Opuntia ficus indica extract protects against chlorpyrifos-induced damage on mice liver." (Food Chem Toxicol. 2008 Feb;46(2):797-802.)
"Opuntia ficus indica (L.) Mill. fruit juice protects liver from carbon tetrachloride-induced injury." (Phytother Res. 2005 Sep;19(9):796-800.)

Anti-Inflammatory

"An anti-inflammatory principle from cactus." (Fitoterapia. 2001 Mar;72(3):288-90)
"Antioxidant betalains from cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) inhibit endothelial ICAM-1 expression." (Gentile C, Tesoriere L, Allegra M, Livrea MA, D'Alessio P. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Dec;1028:481-6.)
"Effect of Opuntia ficus indica on symptoms of the alcohol hangover." (Wiese J, McPherson S, Odden MC, Shlipak MG. Arch Intern Med. 2004 Jun 28;164(12):1334-40.)

Immune System Boost

"Betalains a betacyanin pigment purified from fruits of Opuntia ficus-indica induces apoptosis in human chronic myeloid leukemia Cell line-K562." (Phytomedicine. 2007 Nov;14(11):739-46.)
"Antioxidant betalains from cactus pear (Opuntia ficus-indica) inhibit endothelial ICAM-1 expression." (Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2004 Dec;1028:481-6.)
"Modulation of intracellular calcium concentrations and T cell activation by prickly pear polyphenols." (Mol Cell Biochem. 2004 May;260(1-2):103-10.)

Brain Protection

"Inhibition of nitric oxide synthase expression in activated microglia and peroxynitrite scavenging activity by Opuntia ficus indica var. saboten." (Phytother Res. 2006 Sep;20(9):742-7.)
"Interventions for protecting against or treating alcohol hangover: systematic review of randomised controlled trials." BMJ. 2005 Dec 24;331(7531):1515-8.)
"Opuntia ficus-indica attenuates neuronal injury in in-vitro and in vivo models of cerebral ischemia." (J Ethnopharmacol. 2006 Mar 8;104(1-2):257-62.)
"Effect of Opuntia ficus indica on symptoms of the alcohol hangover." (Arch Intern Med. 2004 Jun 28;164(12):1334-40.)
"Neuroprotective effects of antioxidative flavonoids, quercetin, (+)-dihydroquercetin and quercetin 3-methyl ether, isolated from Opuntia ficus-indica var. saboten." (Brain Res. 2003 Mar 7;965(1-2):130-6.)