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The prickly pear fruit, also called cactus pear and tuna fruit, is an edible nutritious and delicious food offering vitamins, minerals and medicinal properties. Researchers are using the prickly pear juice, produced by Arizona Cactus Ranch in Southern Arizona, for their studies.

"Over the past few millennia, the juicy sweet fruits of the prickly pear cactus have fed millions of humans and other animals, offering life-sustaining calories, vitamins, calcium, and a host of other minerals. Today top chefs in many parts of the world include the fruits in dishes served in elegant restaurants." (reference: the Prickly Pear cookbook by Carolyn Neithammer)

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Dr. Andrew Weil. M.D. recommends Prickly Pears as one of the herbs to help control diabetes, treating bladder and urinary problems.

Dr. Maria Garcia, from the Pascua Yaqui Tribe, Diabetes Prevention with prickly pear.

Dr. C. Leigh Broadhurst, Ph.D., diabetes prevention with prickly pear.

Dr. Changping Zou, M.D., Ph.D., Arizona prickly pear cactus inhibited cancer cell growth.