Aloe Vera and its natural health benefits

Aloe Vera - A Plant With a Long List of Nutritional and Health Benefits
Aloe Vera juice is one of the most vitamin and mineral packed nutrition drinks around. Natural aloe Vera juice contains 99.5% water, 18 amino acids, vitamins including vitamin B-1, vitamin B-2, vitamin C, niacinamide, vitamin B-6, choline, essential oil, calcium, chlorine, sodium, potassium, manganese, monosaccharides and polysaccharides including uronic acid, mannose and glucose. Aloe Vera also contains aloin (barbaloin), ethereal oil, isobarbaloin, emoding lucosides of d-Arabinose, emodin, resitannol, ester of cinnamic acid and cinnamic acid.

Some of the documented healing properties of Aloe include the following:

Helps suppress candida and microbial growth throughout the gastrointestinal tract, especially the mouth and upper GI, helping to prevent infections, pain and gas

Anti viral and antitumoral activities through activation of immune responses

Helpful in reducing urinary tract infections

Helps reduce sugar cravings

Helps heal wounds

Supports surgical, burn and wound Recovery

Is an effective antioxidant, standing guard against free radicals

Helps heal Psoriasis lesions

Eases intestinal problems

Reduces blood sugar in diabetes

Reduces arthritic swelling

Curtails HIV infection
Provides nutritional support for HIV patients

Benefits for cancer patients

Aloe is Great for Keeping the Skin Healthy

Aloe Vera is well known as a supreme skin care regimen. It can aid in keeping the skin supple, and is used in the control of acne and eczema. It has a moisturizing effect and is a common remedy for sunburn and skin irritation due to insect bites and allergies.

Aloe Plant Structure

Two "juices" may be extracted from the plant – a bitter yellow sap or "latex," and an opalescent internal gel. The yellow sap contains anthraquinones, chief among which is aloin. These substances are powerful laxatives which have been used for this purpose for several centuries. In the plant, this sap is contained in special tubules which form a portion of the nutrient tubes of the vascular bundles located just beneath the wax-covered, thick green rind of the leaf.

The gel, which constitutes the bulk of the leaf substance, serves a s the water storage organ for the plant. This gel, which may be removed as a semisolid “fillet” before processing, contains more than 200 different substances. Chief among these are polysaccharides (gluco-mannans), glycoproteins, vitamins, mineral and enzymes. Scientific evidence is accruing which documents several several activities that offer considerable promise when used in cosmetics and consumer pharmaceuticals.