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ALOE VERA HEALTH BENEFITS
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Aloe Vera Drinks
These healthy beverages are made from the aloe vera gel, the nutritious interior of the aloe plant. Aloe Vera drinks aid digestion and your body’s ability to absorb food nutrients. They are also an excellent source of essential vitamins, minerals and amino acids, helping ensure healthy living.
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Aloe Vera Bee Products
Our bee products are 100% natural. For millenia, human societies have relied on the regenerative benefits and nutritional value of pure honey. We are proud to continue in this tradition.
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Aloe Vera Nutrition
Today’s busy schedules, not to mention the plethora of additives and preservatives found in today’s foods, makes it difficult for our bodies to obtain all the vitamins and minerals necessary for healthy living. Learn more about how our nutritional supplements can lead to a healthier lifestyle.
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Aloe Vera Personal Care Products
Our personal care products are based on pure aloe vera gel. Explore our selection of lotions, gels, shampoos and cleaners that will revitalize you and make you look and feel fantastic.
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Aloe Vera Skin Care Products
Through the ages, people have used aloe to heal skin ailments and to alleviate skin abrasions. Our skin care products are packed with vital vitamins and nutrients that our skin needs in order to retain its health and beauty.
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Aloe Vera Weight Loss & Management
Obesity is one of America’s most wide-spread diseases. We offer a complete regimen of weight loss & management products that taste good, increase your energy and help you maintain a healthy weight. What could be better?
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Does Aloe vera have benefits on patients suffered from
irritable bowel syndrome?
Aloe vera has been suggested to be beneficial in treating irritable bowel
syndrome (IBS) symptoms. However, researchers from UK could not
find any evidence that Aloe vera benefits patients with IBS in a recent
study. [1]
How does Aloe vera help gastric ulcer?
A study has shown that Aloe vera may have gastric acid anti-secretory
activity and may protect the gastric mucosa at low concentrations
against injurious agents. [16] While another study of rats shows that
Aloe vera treatment can reduce leukocyte adherence and TNF-alpha
level, elevate IL-10 level and promote gastric ulcer healing. [3]
ANTI-OXIDANT ACTIVITIES OF ALOE VERA
Aloe vera itself contains antioxidants such as APS-1 and
dihydrocoumarin derivatives and it also assists the aborption of some
anti-oxidants such as vitamins A and C. The vitamins last longer in the
plasma with the Aloes. [6-8]
Aloe vera relieves oxdative stress in diabetic rats. Oral administration of
ethanolic Aloe vera leaf gel extract for 21 days resulted in a significant
reduction in fasting blood glucose, thiobarbituric acid reactive
substances, hydroperoxides and alpha-tocopherol and significant
improvement in ascorbic acid, reduced glutathione and insulin in the
plasma of diabetic rats. In addition, this administration also resulted in a
significant reduction in thiobarbituric acid reactive substances,
hydroperoxides, superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione
peroxidase and significant improvement in reduced glutathione in the
pancreas of STZ-induced diabetic rats when compared with untreated
diabetic rats. [12]
Because of its anti-oxidant activities, Aloe vera may have benefits
for diabetes.[14, 17-19]
Animal studies have shown that aloe vera leaf gel extract is effective on
restoration of altered fatty acid compositions in the liver and kidney of
diabetic rats. In a study, researchers suppled Aloe vera gel extract at a
dose of 300 mg/kg bodyweight per day to STZ-induced diabetic rats for
a period of 21 days. They observed a significant reduction in fasting
blood glucose, hepatic transaminases, plasma and tissue (liver and
kidney) cholesterol, triglycerides, free fatty acids and phospholipids and
a significant improvement in plasma insulin. [4] An extract of Aloe vera
leaf gel extract has been shown to be even more effective than
glibenclamide in restoring some liver function parameters in a study of
diabetic rats. [10]
Indian researchers suggest that mineral contents, e.g. Mn, Fe, Cu, Zn,
may also contribute to the health benefits of Aloe vera leaf gel on
diabetes. [5, 11] As some of these inorganic elements improve impaired
glucose tolerance and diabetes mellitus management. [5]
Aloe vera may benefit some skin conditions.
Some researchers applied Aloe vera on skin diseases, e.g. psoriasis and
showed positive results [15], while some do not. [9]
THIS ARTICLE IS FOR YOUR REFERENCE. MOST STUDIES FOR ALOE VERA ARE DONE WITH
ANIMALS, RESULTS MAY NOT BE APPLIED TO HUMAN. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION, YOU
SHOULD CONSULT WITH YOUR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY. ALL RIGHT RESERVED 2006 ZHION
[1] Davis K et al, Randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial of aloe vera for irritable bowel syndrome. Int J Clin Pract.
2006 Jun 2. [2] Boudreau MD, Beland FA. An evaluation of the biological and toxicological properties of Aloe barbadensis
(miller), Aloe vera. J Environ Sci Health C Environ Carcinog Ecotoxicol Rev. 2006 Apr;24(1):103-54. [3] Eamlamnam K,
Effects of Aloe vera and sucralfate on gastric microcirculatory changes, cytokine levels and gastric ulcer healing in rats. World J
Gastroenterol. 2006 Apr 7;12(13):2034-9. [4] Rajasekaran S et al, Beneficial effects of aloe vera leaf gel extract on lipid profile
status in rats with streptozotocin diabetes. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol. 2006 Mar;33(3):232-7. [5] Rajasekaran S et al,
Mineral contents of aloe vera leaf gel and their role on streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2005
Winter;108(1-3):185-95. [6] Vinson JA, et al, Effect of Aloe vera preparations on the human bioavailability of vitamins C and
E. Phytomedicine. 2005 Nov;12(10):760-5. [7] Zhang XF, Isolation, structure elucidation, antioxidative and
immunomodulatory properties of two novel dihydrocoumarins from Aloe vera. Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2006 Feb
15;16(4):949-53. Epub 2005 Nov 15. [8] Wu JH et al, Antioxidant properties and PC12 cell protective effects of APS-1, a
polysaccharide from Aloe vera var. chinensis. Life Sci. 2006 Jan 2;78(6):622-30. Epub 2005 Sep 8. [9] Paulsen E, A
double-blind, placebo-controlled study of a commercial Aloe vera gel in the treatment of slight to moderate psoriasis vulgaris. J
Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2005 May;19(3):326-31. [10] Rajasekaran S et al, Antioxidant effect of Aloe vera gel extract in
streptozotocin-induced diabetes in rats. Pharmacol Rep. 2005 Jan-Feb;57(1):90-6. [11] Bezakova L, et al, Antilipoxygenase
activity and the trace elements content of Aloe vera in relation to the therapeutical effect. Ceska Slov Farm. 2005
Jan;54(1):43-6. [12] Rajasekaran S, et al, Modulatory effects of Aloe vera leaf gel extract on oxidative stress in rats treated with
streptozotocin. J Pharm Pharmacol. 2005 Feb;57(2):241-6. [13] Rabe C.et al, Acute hepatitis induced by an Aloe vera
preparation: a case report. World J Gastroenterol. 2005 Jan 14;11(2):303-4. [13] Lee A, et al Possible interaction between
sevoflurane and Aloe vera. Ann Pharmacother. 2004 Oct;38(10):1651-4. Epub 2004 Aug 3. [14] Bolkent S Effect of Aloe vera
(L.) Burm. fil. leaf gel and pulp extracts on kidney in type-II diabetic rat models. Indian J Exp Biol. 2004 Jan;42(1):48-52. [15]
Syed TA et al, Management of psoriasis with Aloe vera extract in a hydrophilic cream: a placebo-controlled, double-blind
study. Trop Med Int Health. 1996 Aug;1(4):505-9. [16] Yusuf S et al, The effect of Aloe vera A. Berger (Liliaceae) on gastric
acid secretion and acute gastric mucosal injury in rats. J Ethnopharmacol. 2004 Jul;93(1):33-7. [17] Can A et al, Effect of Aloe
vera leaf gel and pulp extracts on the liver in type-II diabetic rat models. Biol Pharm Bull. 2004 May;27(5):694-8. [18]
Rajasekaran S, et al, Hypoglycemic effect of Aloe vera gel on streptozotocin-induced diabetes in experimental rats. J Med Food.
2004 Spring;7(1):61-6. [19] Parihar MS et al, Susceptibility of hippocampus and cerebral cortex to oxidative damage in
streptozotocin treated mice: prevention by extracts of Withania somnifera and Aloe vera. J Clin Neurosci. 2004
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