Plants that tastes delicious like the best vegetable and can be turned into a sunset-colored healthy juice are just tow reasons why the prickly pear cactus has grown so popular.

The beloved juice made from it, Nopalea Juice, becomes more sought after every day. People are discovering that not only do they want the juice for its taste and hydrating qualities, but also they want to drink it to maintain good health.

The juice is made from the prickly pear cactus, which is a natural anti-oxidant as well as a natural anti-inflammatory.

Here are three benefits to drinking Nopalea Juice:

Benefits of Nopalea Juice - Reason #1

Reducing Swelling. Did you know that Nopalea Juice drinkers claim that the special properties of the juice actually help swollen ankles, swollen feet, swollen knee, swollen legs, swollen hands, and swelling feet.

The ability to reduce swelling provides instant relief. It helps with discomfort and pain and can prevent further issues resulting from the swelling.

Benefits of Nopalea Juice - Reason #2

Pain Relief. Nopalea Juice drinkers have found terrific results from drinking the juice in helping with back pain, knee pain, lower back pain, shoulder pain, foot pain, hip pain, and leg pain.

Chronic pain makes life almost unbearable at times. The ability to give pain relief cannot be underestimated.

Benefits of Nopalea Juice - Reason #3

Joint Pain. Nopalea Juice drinkers claim that they have found this wonderful juice helps them with joint pain relief, knee joint pain, hip joint pain, sacroiliac joint pain, facet joint pain, and thumb joint pain.

Joint pain can also be chronic, but even if it is not, it is still something that really reduces quality of life for a lot of people. Ridding the body of this type of pain can make life more enjoyable.

Nopalea Juice is gaining in popularity as scientists link its crucial ingredient - the prickly pear cactus - with the ability to stop chronic inflammation and help with diabetes.

The plant is a natural anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant. This means that it can flush toxins form the body right now and can prevent chronic inflammation, which leads to future ailments and serious illnesses.

It is believed that native Central Americans have benefited from this special plant dating back to the time of the Aztecs. It is thought that the Spaniards exploring the Americas were so impressed by the cactus that they brought some back home to Europe and grew it there.

Now you can find the Nopal - or Opuntia - Cactus growing around the world. Originally, it was a rampant species of the Americas, but now it is carefully tended and harvested as a commodity.

Its popularity has gone global as more people look for all-natural health remedies and beneficial foods to add to their diets to maintain and promote health. Even the esteemed Dr. Oz has spoken about the benefits of the prickly pear cactus on at least two episodes of his show. He said it can be helpful for people with diabetes and can also relieve pesky hangover symptoms.