| A relatively new discovery has merged | | | | Some vegetables (beets and rainbow chard) |
| ingredients in nature in a way that sciencedid not | | | | contain a few Betalains; some desert plants |
| know was possible. These nutrients are called | | | | contain a few more. Only the Nopal cactus of the |
| Betalains. Betalains were originally thought to be | | | | Sonoran Desert containsall 24 Betalains. This is |
| just a pigment - an inert color that made a plant | | | | because the Sonoran Desert is the most |
| pretty, but imparted no real health benefit. | | | | extreme desert in the world and the Nopal plant |
| Betalains exist in a wide variety (there are 24 | | | | needs all 24 Betalains to survive in this intense |
| Betalains), and each one completesa specific need | | | | environment. |
| in human health by supplying structure and | | | | Nopalea ("No-pah lay' uh") is a tasty superfruit |
| function to every human cell. A cell distressed by | | | | drink sourced from the fruit of the Nopal cactus |
| external toxins and internal deficiencies will | | | | (Opuntia Ficus Indica). This remarkable healing plant |
| eventually wither,collapse and die. If more cells die | | | | thrives in the Sonoran Desert of the |
| than can be replaced, we slip into a kind of "deficit | | | | southwestern U.S. and Mexico. The healing |
| spending" and our lean body mass withers. This is | | | | properties of the Nopal cactus have been relied |
| called sarcopenia or premature aging. Betalains can | | | | on for centuries by native peoples, and |
| be used to shore up or strengthen the cell wall. | | | | they'renow available in Nopalea, the first product in |
| This leads to rehydration of the cell and repair of | | | | TriVita's exclusive Sonoran Bloom™ line. |
| sarcopenia, premature aging. | | | | |