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Reviewer: mjnelson, 75 or over Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Consumer)
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I live in Mexico and Nopal is all over. I started taking capsules 2-3 x a day with meals to help control blood sugar. I found I was more easily able to get a blood sample when doing a test in the morning. It has stopped my constipation.Cannot say it has helped with either stiffness or digestion, nor has it hurt.
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Reviewer: JG, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Consumer)
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2012 my husband's bad knee was causing him so much pain he could hardly walk. His mother introduced us to prickly pear fruit nectar. He would take 3 oz daily and within a few days all his pain was gone. We have also learned some extra perks of the nectar are blood sugar control, lowering of cholesterol and LDL levels, it is excellent for hydration if mixed into your water and we also love a
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Reviewer: Peg, 75 or over Female on Treatment for 1 to less than 2 years (Consumer)
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I took prickly pear juice because I Was over weight. When I took 2 tbsp. in the morning I forgot about eating until about 2 p,m. The best thing about it was that felt full of energy without feeling over stimulated. I am a woman 77 years old.
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Reviewer: epiphany20002000, 45-54 Female on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)
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I had much success in the past taking Prickly Pear to help out with sore knees I experienced after I began a new exercise routine after a long hiatus. I decided as a last resort recently to begin taking it to resolve lower back pain from a flair up of to degenerative discs (L3&L4). It began during the Thanksgiving Holiday while I was cooking on tile floors in bare feet. Tried pain relivers fo
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Reviewer: Les Itchy, 55-64 Male on Treatment for less than 1 month (Consumer)
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I find my skin improving every day. Chronic Ecxcema felt effect fist day skin became smoothier less ashy appearance. darkness at elbow and knees almost gone after two weeks. Itchy sensation less each day.
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