This plant is native to the Americas but Aztecs and Mayans have been including this wonderful veggie to their diet for thousands of years! Still modern Mexico is the only country using this veggie in their diet!!
There is a reason nopales is featured on the Mexican flag. I have a raw nopales smoothie everyday. My blood cholesterol has gone from 360 to 131 , my blood sugar has normalized and i have lost 40 pounds over the last 5 months.
My mom makes the best nopal salad. In Mexico we have a saying “I am more Mexican than the nopal.” And the fruit we call Tina if you eat too much tunas you can get constipated but they are sweet and delicious 😅