NUTRITION

The Culinary and Medicinal Benefits of Nopal Cactus

In this video, I talked about one of the most important vegetables that Mesoamericans have given to us: Nopal. The list of its health benefits is long: it is rich in fiber, vitamin C and manganese, and more.

I provide you with 2 delicious recipes to start cooking and eating nopal as part of your regular diet. Since you can eat it raw or cooked, I offer you a recipe for a Raw Nopales Salad (2:36) and one for making Eggs with Nopales (3:42).

This video is part of my certification course Nutrition & Integrative Medicine for Diabetes, Cognitive Decline & Alzheimer’s Disease (

If you’re interested in foods as medicine and how to improve your health naturally, explore my courses at the Leslie Korn Institute for Integrative Medicine (