NOPAL CACTUS EXTRACT by VHP
Made from the same cactus plant (opuntia ficus-indica) used by
Indians from Mexico and Southwestern U.S.A. for centuries.
NopalActiv®
Our Trademark Formula
Effectiveness
20X Greater Value
There are significant health benefit differences between the low-cost Nopal powders and juices available from most suppliers and our premium NopalActiv® product.
Scientific studies have shown that dehydration of Nopal pads essentially leaves only the rough (insoluble) fiber characteristic of the plant while deleting virtually all of its other natural phytochemical contents. These products are offered at very low prices because the overall cost of production is cheap, but their benefits are minimal, amounting only to colon cleansing.
Studies have shown that the state-of-the-art processing technology utilized to produce NopalActiv® retains 20 times more of the natural phytochemical properties of the Opuntia Ficus-indica plant than does the technology used to produce the cheaply priced Nopal powder that seem to be flooding the market today. Don’t be fooled by these products.
Enhanced Bioavailability
As shown in greater detail in Scientific Studies, many of the phytochemicals that occur naturally in Nopal do not directly generate health benefits but do so indirectly by supporting natural bio activities of the major human body systems that fight inflammation, fight infection, promote detoxification of liver, blood and kidneys, etc.
For example, Vitamin C does not directly give the body more energy. Vitamin C works to enable other natural bio activities to increase body energy. All Vitamins act in this manner and Minerals also serve the same function.
Amino Acids enable the body to accept and effectively use Vitamins and Minerals as well as serving other bio activities that are vital to good health. For example, it is the amino acids that, by cloaking minerals, cause and enable the stomach and intestines to admit minerals into the blood stream. Absent this activity, known as chelation, minerals would be excreted and not be effectively used by the human body.
Nopal is effective because its broad range of Vitamins, Minerals, Amino Acids and a host of other Phytochemicals work synergistically to enable very small amounts of Nopal, taken in as dietary ingredients, to have health benefits far in excess of what would be expected of such small quantities.
Many health supplements simply would not achieve intended benefits if not supported by bioactivity enhancing Phytochemicals naturally occurring in Nopal.
Chances are NopalActiv® will synergistically act to enhance the bioavailability of your product, whether it be pharmacological, nutritional, anti-aging or cosmetic in nature.
Superior Sourcing and Process
NopalActiv® is processed from prime Nopal pads fresh grown in Mexico (near the popocatepetl volcano) using state-of-the-art cold press extraction processing technology (“CPE”). Unlike dehydration, CPE peocessing of fresh Nopal preserves 20 times more of the photochemical properties of the natural Nopal pad. However, this process is more expensive than the simple dehydration process used by most Nopal powder suppliers and the cost of the finished product is consequently more costly.
When sourcing a Nopal ingredient for your product(s) ask a few basic questions:
- Is the source of the Nopal pads used to make the Nopal ingredient Mexico, the native home of the Opuntia Ficus-indica plant, or is it from a country or land to which the Nopal plant was transplanted?
- Are the Nopal pads received by the supplier for processing in dehydrated form or are they received in fresh-harvested condition?
- Does their process retain the soluble fiber native to the Opuntia Ficus-indica plant or is their product essentially insoluble Nopal pad fiber?
- Does the supplier provide laboratory test results that indicate absence of heavy metal content? Note: Certain regions of the world (China in particular) have environmental growing conditions that result in heavy-metal contamination of Nopal.
