Nopalea Ingredients

Nopalea is a health drink which is manufactured and also marketed by a company called TriVita. The name Nopalea comes from one of the main ingredients in this healthful juice, the Nopal cactus, also called the prickly pear cactus. Some of the ingredients in this cactus that make it so ideal for a health drink and call bioflavonoid. These bioflavonoid have anti-inflammatory as well as antioxidant properties. Anti-inflammatory bioflavonoids, as the name indicates, help to reduce inflammation in the body, and are therefore especially effective to treat the symptoms of arthritis and other similar diseases.

Antioxidants are necessary for the cellular health of the body, as they are able to stabilize free radicals in the body. Everyone has free radicals in their body in the form of unbalanced molecules. These free radicals are caused by air pollution, water pollution, some of the foods we eat, and many of the situations we encounter from day to day. Antioxidants, such as those found in the Nopal cactus, act in such a way as to connect to the extra or radical parts of a cell. This causes the cell to be in balance and decreases the damage that could other wise be done to our bodies by the free radicals.

As Nopalea helps to decrease the inflammation in the body, it simultaneously decreases pain caused by the inflammation. This in turn can help nurture good joint health and also relieve swelling.

There are several other ingredients besides Nopal, found in Nopalea. A few of those ingredients are agave nectar, guava, lemon and peach concentrates, and grape seed, raspberry, strawberry and cranberry extracts. Nopalea also contains green tea extract, stevia, guar gum and xanthum gum.