TriVita’s Weekly Wellness Report
by Brazos Minshew, TriVita’s Chief Science Officer

Answers to Your Nopalea Questions
October 3, 2009 – www.trivita.com/13295706

With a new product comes questions about why, when and how to use it. The more popular the product is, the more frequently the questions are repeated. In this Weekly Wellness Report I have attempted to answer some of the more common questions about this wonderful anti-inflammatory product.

How much sugar, salt and iron are in Nopalea?
Nopalea™ contains NO ADDED SUGAR. It is naturally sweet. Yet it is still low-calorie and low-carbohydrate. Interestingly, the calories and carbohydrates will change from batch to batch depending on the harvest. Nopalea is “wildcrafted,” meaning that Nopalea is not cultivated, and no fertilizers, pesticides or chemicals of any kind are ever used – ever! It is harvested from the Sonoran Desert by natives just as it has been for thousands of years. Since it is not cultivated, the concentration of sugars and minerals in the plant change depending on how much rain we have that year. The label will accurately reflect the concentration of constituents for that harvest.

One challenge is that Nopalea is the first product of its kind. Therefore, no “standards” data existed before we created them. So, label changes happen because we created the testing standards to accurately measure the rare and powerful constituents of Nopalea.

Will Nopalea interfere with my medications?
Your physician and pharmacist know you best – ask them! We will say this: With over 200 papers published on the benefits of the Nopal cactus superfruit in human health, we have not found even one negative reaction or drug interaction. The only caution we discovered concerns the blood-thinner warfarin (Coumadin).

If you take warfarin you need to speak with your pharmacist. Nopalea is a fruit juice. In rare instances, people on warfarin will be restricted from consuming fruit juices for a short time while their medication stabilizes. Only your physician and pharmacist know if you should be restricted from fruit juices at this time, so ask them before you take it. But we have not found a single instance of drug interaction in the medical literature; Nopalea should be very safe.

How much Nopalea can I take in a day?
The label recommends one to three ounces daily. This is based on minimum amounts in otherwise healthy people. However, the greater the level of your inflammation, the more anti-inflammatory strategies you will need. That makes sense, doesn’t it? You wouldn’t want to quench a forest fire with a single bucket of water!

One Member was experiencing a flare-up of a rheumatoid disorder. She had taken many remedies – prescription and non-prescription – and had seen chiropractors, acupuncturists and massage therapists. She had been in an unbroken cycle of pain for 18 months. She took additional ounces daily and broke the cycle of inflammation and pain in about three weeks. She continues to take it daily with no known adverse effects. And she is pain free.

In the early pilot trials of Nopalea we gave our test subjects 16 ounces daily. Not only did they not experience any known negative effects, their blood work universally improved.

Conclusion
So many of the maladies we suffer from today are related to inflammation. Nopalea contains Betalains; Betalains quench inflammation. Testimonials from around North America report amazing improvement in well-being with Nopalea. Science from around the world details the astounding health benefits from Betalains found in the Nopal cactus. Both scientific and empirical reports tell us that Nopalea is safe and effective in promoting wellness. Enjoy Nopalea often. I promise: we won’t run out!

Take Control of Your Health
•Use Nopalea to help reduce inflammation and detoxify
•Practice the 10 Essentials each day
◦Breathe Deeply
◦Drink Water
◦Sleep Peacefully
◦Eat Nutritiously
◦Enjoy Activity
◦Give and Receive Love
◦Be Forgiving
◦Practice Gratitude
◦Develop Acceptance
◦Develop a Relationship with God
•Create a nutrient base with Healthy Aging supplements:
◦VitaDaily AM/PM™
◦Sublingual B-12
◦Vital C
◦OmegaPrime®

Upcoming Weekly Wellness Reports…

•Boomers in Worse Health Than Their Parents
•Obesity Caused By Economic Worry
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These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA, and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

© 2009 TriVita, Inc.

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It’s not something you wait for, but rather something you achieve with effort.

You’re surrounded by opportunity,
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Each one will make you stronger, even though it may be hard
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Always try to stay in the midst of life and activity.
Don’t isolate yourself from the action.
Your character develops itself in the stream of life.

The setbacks and hardships you endure actually help you in your march
forward to success.
The world was built to develop your character.

Life expects you to make progress in reasonable time.
That’s why those elementary school chairs are so small.

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When you give to others, you’ll find yourself blessed.
The more you sow,
the more you reap.

It’s a universal law:You have to give before you get.
You must first plant your seeds before you reap the harvest.
The law works to give you back more than you have sown.

He who obtains has little.
He who scatters has much.

Nature does not give to those who will not spend.
You only get to keep what you give away.

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Success is connected with continuous action.
It’s largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.
You’re not finished when you’re defeated, you’re only finished when you quit.
 
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It’s not over until it’s over.
 
If you’ve got the courage to stick it out, you’ll attain your goal.
Winning isn’t everything, but wanting to is.

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If you don’t have a dream, how are you going to make it come true?

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Every problem has hidden in it an opportunity so powerful that it literally
dwarfs the problem.
The greatest success stories were created by people who recognized
a problem and turned it into an opportunity.

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You must make your own opportunities if you want to be successful.
Opportunities are all around you.
Open your eyes and take action.

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Nothing in life is to be feared.
It is only to be understood.
When you dare to face the things that scare you, you open the door
to freedom and success.

The attainment of your dreams is but a determined action away.
Successful people take action.

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The power to hold on in spite of everything, to endure,
this is the quality of a winner.

Your greatest glory is not in never failing,
but in rising every time you fail.
 
It’s your constant and determined effort that will eventually break down
all resistance and sweep all the barriers before you.
Persistence means taking pains to overcome every obstacle,
to do all that’s necessary to reach your goal.
 
All great achievements require time.
It’s never over until you say it’s over.

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One of the greatest surprises you’ll experience, is when you discover
that you can do what you were afraid you couldn’t do.
 
Your obstacles will melt away, if instead of cowering before them,
you make up your mind to walk boldly through them.
 
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Confront your fears, list them, get to know them and only then
will you be able to put them aside and move ahead.
 
When you face the things that scare you, you open the door to freedom.
The only thing you have to fear, is fear itself.

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