Why Take this Product? Do humans normally eat it in this form? No! ???
Read All Reviews to Judge for Yourself... after reading all 25 reviews as of 12/15/13 I've decided not to buy this amount in bulk, and I would recommend everyone buy a small amount of this stuff to try out 1st. This product may work IF you have blood sugar or pain issues, BUT one reason it may work is that it is retarding your food intake and calories of other foods. You can definitely control blood sugars naturally with much tastier foods and exercise... seriously, check-out mendosa.com ...he is a science writer that focuses on his Diabetes type 2 using nutrition, diet, exercise to control it, for example, on his website find the list of foods to take using the Glycemic Index, etc. Humans do not naturally want to eat this Nopal Cactus in this form, so why take it? There are far better alternatives except for the maybe LESS THAN ONE PERCENT of you that may derive a unique health benefit from using this Nopal Powder vs other more palatable ways of curing your health problem. It is a very expensive "fiber" or "food supplement" unless you really need it. You need to check your blood sugar levels with a meter to truly know if this helps or not vs other options of control. As for pain, well that is a sensation only you can know. Good luck... :)<br /><br />Oh, btw, from Mendosa's website: "After all, the glycemic index includes several others foods that have only a minimal impact on blood glucose. Nopal (prickly pear cactus) has a glycemic index of 7 (where glucose = 100). The mean of two studies of chana dal is 8." &lt;--- PLEASE note Chana Dal is almost equal to Nopal (8 vs 7)... Chana Dal is inexpensive and is an absolutely delicious food (or ingredient component) that has so many uses for a wide variety of delicious recipes. My point is, there are probably much better tasting and lower cost healthy food/nutrition choices that are much better tasting and edible than using Nopal powder. Also, you should be drinking a lot of liquids if taking Nopal powder to prevent slow digestion and/or constipation w/dryness of stools.
Rating: 2 stars