Power of Aloe Vera

Everyone knows the topical benefits of aloe vera because it is included in various lotions. But how many people know that aloe has an even bigger affect when it is ingested.

 

Aloe vera has been used for years for its health benefits. Aloe helps to make the skin smoother, which is why it is being added to various lotions and skin care products. Aloe vera has been known to help heal wounds. By applying aloe vera to a wound, you decrease healing time and reduce the the appearance of scars. More benefits are being discovered from the ingestion of pure aloe vera. It has a negative affect on cancerous cells preventing them from growing scientifically proven by a test performed by Dr. Lee in Korea. He injected lab rats with cancerous cells. The aloe was found to stop those cancer cells from growing. Aloe is being found that it has an affect on the aging process of cells within the body.

A study was conducted by Byung Pal Yu, Jeremiah Herlihy and Yuji Ikeno from the Department of Physiology at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. The objective of the study was to test the effects of long-term aloe ingestion on laboratory rats. All of the rats were kept in the same environment. A total of 360 male rats were divided into four groups: Group 1 was fed a diet without aloe; the other three groups were fed different forms of aloe. The results of the study found that aloe ingestion was shown to extend (~10%) average life span and slow the aging process. This is significant because in human years that's about 7 years. Additionally, the groups that were fed a diet of aloe showed a lower incidence of heart problems than Group 1. One group showed a significantly lower incidence of kidney disease and occurrence of multiple causes of death compared to the group that was not given aloe. All of the groups that ingested aloe showed a slightly lower incidence of fatal cancer. Studies like this one and more have been done to help prove the health benefits of the ingestion of aloe.

Aloe juice has been documented to modulate the immune system, soothe the digestive tract, and help to ease the inflammation associated with advancing age. Topically used or ingested, aloe vera has been to proven to have many positive affects on the human body.