Has anyone had any experience with this stuff?
It's extracted from prickly pear.
www.nopalpowdercapsules.com/diseases/k-z/nopal-cactus-prickly-pear-weight-loss
I'm wondering if it lives up to its claims (or even approaches them) and if it would be suitable for someone physically incapable of significant exercise, ie wheelchair bound.
No I haven't but one look at the website would indicate that it's just one more of those miracle weight loss products "that burn through your wallet but not your fat" as they say on their own web site.
So in reply to their opening question where they ask;-
"Are you sick and tired of all those so-called Revolutionary and Incredible Breakthrough Weight Loss advertisements that burn through your wallet but not your fat?"
My answer would be yes, including this one.
I think it is most unlikely that anything would actually "kill" your fat cells as they claim, without doing extreme damage to the rest of your body.
At best, it might have some appetite suppressant qualities, but the rest of it sounds like more of the same baloney that they all say with the miracle new products which come around regularly and then disappear. Gogo berries, acai berries, miracle tea, miracle water, miracle baloney.
If you lose weight it's only because your wallet is lighter.
But if it's cheap, then why not try it?
Some of those things are all that is needed to change a mindset into being more health aware, so in that way they act as a focal point for further action.
A lot of these miracle cures work in exactly that way which is why some people claim they work.
"Our Freeze Dried Nopal Powder Capsules (Prickly Pear) literally burns off fat by the hour. With proper diet and exercise you can lose as much weight as a marathon runner running the 10-mile marathon daily. Have you ever seen an overweight marathon runner?"
What a load of sh!te.. lol
That shxt will rot your brain and make you believe ridiculous conspiracy theories and weight loss claims...
Hey that's a coincidence. Sitting here doing my tax return (too hot outside,.. it's up to a million degrease multigrade,.. gotta be global warming,.. I don't ever recall us having a hot day here since,.. ummm well last summer really,.. or was it last week,.. anyway gotta be global warming,.. now what was I saying,.. Oh yes,.)
On the radio comes a program about a cactus extract for treating inability to stop eating.
Apparently this is for a chromosome disorder,, chromosme 15 or something,..
Anyways,,, have a look,..
www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/
for Sat 11 Jan 2014
www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/scienceshow/the-indian-cactus-which-helps-control-incessant-eating/5165762
It's not just any old cactus. It's very specific, so don't go round the garden grazing on cacti.
Anyway, probably less damaging than flysurfers recommendation. 
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I just read more of the website flogging the miracle prickly pear cactus stuff.
It's only $90 for 5 bottles of pills so for $90 I would give it a try. Well, I wouln't because I don't need it but if I needed it I would give it a try.
It wont burn any fat away like they claim but I think it has the possibility of being an appetite suppressant.
pfffffft, tax return...?
it's too hot here to go outside as well
but you don't see me doin no tax return..
i'm doin shots of tequila and watching blazin saddles
badges... we don't need no steeeeenkin badges....
Yeah well I can do that up until March but after that they will put me in gaol. 
Plus they will charge me double!
Might as well at least start it while it's too hot to do anything outside.
Limit you intake of grain and carbs and take processed food out of your diet and you will lose weight.
Select to expand quotedan111984 said...
"Our Freeze Dried Nopal Powder Capsules (Prickly Pear) literally burns off fat by the hour. With proper diet and exercise you can lose as much weight as a marathon runner running the 10-mile marathon daily. Have you ever seen an overweight marathon runner?"
What a load of sh!te.. lol
Who ever ran a 'ten mile marathon'??
Select to expand quotedan111984 said...
" With proper diet and exercise you can lose weight .
pruned out all the hype- and now it makes sense!
stephen
If only it takes a pill to cure us, come on doctor I need a new drug! One that won't make me sick, stop my hair going grey and lose weight
At the same time.
The Magic Pill is here for YOU.
Secret magical powers are unlocked when Indians chop up desert cacti to make magic pills in the factory over in India.
Oh we want to believe so much don't we?
Select to expand quoteChilla said..dan111984 said...Who ever ran a 'ten mile marathon'??
"Our Freeze Dried Nopal Powder Capsules (Prickly Pear) literally burns off fat by the hour. With proper diet and exercise you can lose as much weight as a marathon runner running the 10-mile marathon daily. Have you ever seen an overweight marathon runner?"
What a load of sh!te.. lol
All those who couldn't manage a 26 mile marathon.
I can run a 100 metre marathon. 
So long as it's not too hot,.. like today. 42 degrease in the shade. 
Calories in > Calories out == fat
Calories in <= Calories out == lean
It's as simple as that
Select to expand quoteflanagaj said..
Calories in > Calories out == fat
Calories in <= Calories out == lean
It's as simple as that
If only, sure food makes you fat but it's the reason why fatties eat that's the problem!
Oh I think I'm being insensitive ! Let's call them gravity challenged with more mass than needed,
But really Fat = mentally unstable with issues and must be avoided.
I try not to care about my weight, however it's disappointing that people treat me differently when I'm on the skinny side.
Woman are shocking at passing judgment on men who are a little heavy too. But hey being fat is now normal in Aussie land
So I'll have seconds please :)).....
Select to expand quoteDezman said..flanagaj said..
Calories in > Calories out == fat
Calories in <= Calories out == lean
It's as simple as that
If only, sure food makes you fat but it's the reason why fatties eat that's the problem!
Oh I think I'm being insensitive ! Let's call them gravity challenged with more mass than needed,
But really Fat = mentally unstable with issues and must be avoided.
I try not to care about my weight, however it's disappointing that people treat me differently when I'm on the skinny side.
Woman are shocking at passing judgment on men who are a little heavy too. But hey being fat is now normal in Aussie land
So I'll have seconds please :)).....
The theory I stated is 100% correct. If you consume more calories than you burn, you get fat.
What you are saying is a separate issue, and you are correct that unless you can address the underlying mental issue you have no hope of addressing the weight issue.
Select to expand quoteflanagaj said..
Calories in > Calories out == fat
Calories in <= Calories out == lean
It's as simple as that
Correct but unhelpful.
Select to expand quotedan111984 said..
"Our Freeze Dried Nopal Powder Capsules (Prickly Pear) literally burns off fat by the hour. With proper diet and exercise you can lose as much weight as a marathon runner running the 10-mile marathon daily. Have you ever seen an overweight marathon runner?"
What a load of sh!te.. lol
Yes. It reads like a sail ad, but can one expect it to more or less work as one would expect of a sail?
Select to expand quotemyusernam said..
That shxt will rot your brain and make you believe ridiculous conspiracy theories and weight loss claims...
Another well thought out response, did you get that from your fairy colouring book?
I'm not a fan of coke, but it's a scientifically proven appetite suppressant. Select to expand quoteflanagaj said..
Calories in > Calories out == fat
Calories in <= Calories out == lean
It's as simple as that
Theoretically, but I also learned that a lot has to do with your gut fauna, and hormones... they dictate what goes in and how it get used.
I've been able to lose weight, while eating more taking certain things to compensate for age related declines.
@NotWal, 7-Keto if you're over 35 is a cheap benign weight loss aid, add some DIM and Resveratrol to control estrogen, cut your calories and do shxt load of exercise and you'll soon lose the weight.
Sorry no magic pills.
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@NotWal, 7-Keto if you're over 35 is a cheap benign weight loss aid, add some DIM and Resveratrol to control estrogen, cut your calories and do shxt load of exercise and you'll soon lose the weight.
Sorry no magic pills.
It's not for me. It's for a 55 yo woman in a wheelchair. Exercise is out unless I trick out her wheelchair with a cattle prod. That wouldn't work. She'd know it was me.
I was thinking in terms of appetite suppression and boosting metabolism.
I'll check those things you recommend Fly.
I've dropped 18kg in five months with no increase in exercise. **** off grain, sugar and dairy and you will lose weight.
www.nerdfitness.com/blog/the-beginners-guide-to-the-paleo-diet/
Select to expand quoteNotWal said..dan111984 said..
"Our Freeze Dried Nopal Powder Capsules (Prickly Pear) literally burns off fat by the hour. With proper diet and exercise you can lose as much weight as a marathon runner running the 10-mile marathon daily. Have you ever seen an overweight marathon runner?"
What a load of sh!te.. lol
Yes. It reads like a sail ad, but can one expect it to more or less work as one would expect of a sail?
Sure, as long as your diet is good and you keep running those daily ten mile marathons..
