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What is aloe vera? A short digest of the science …

Modern science is now validating the healing properties of all consituents found in Aloe’s inner gel. The most impressive and the main focus in ongoing research are a group of polysaccharides known as aloe polymannans.
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The promising future of aloe vera

ORIGINAL ARTICLE AT PREMIUMBEATYNEWS.COM
Aloe vera, which use is documented on over 6,000 old clay tablets found in Mesopotamia, occupied the centre stage of a one-day scientific symposium organised as a prelude of the Vivaness fair in Nuremberg: an occasion to re-discover this old, but younger than ever, ingredient.
The oldest medicinal plant ever
Within living memory aloe [...]

Top 10 Health Benefits of Drinking Aloe Vera Juice

ORIGINAL ARTICLE AT TREATACNE.INFO
Aloe has long been known for one specific function: to cool, soothe and heal sunburn and other skin irritations. It has been widely used in ancient times and particular passages in the Bible mention Aloe Vera as a widely used herb for its medicinal properties in that time.
But medical researchers have found [...]

Case study 3: aloe vera and psoriasis

The following is a testimonial by JFinbarr Lehane taken from the book Aloe Vera : ” The Medicine Plant “ by Dr. Peter Atherton, one of the world’s experts on aloe vera and member of the Forever Living Products Board of Advisors.
“I have suffered from chronic psoriasis for seven years. One morning whilst shaving, I [...]

Mahatma Ghandi on aloe vera

You ask me what were the secret forces which sustained me during my long fasts. Well, it was my unshakeable faith in God, my simple and frugal lifestyle and the Aloe, whose benefits I discovered upon my arrival in South Africa at the end of the nineteenth century.
Mahatma Ghandi (1869-1948)

Christopher Columbus on aloe vera

Four vegetables are indispensable for the well being of man;
Wheat, the grape, the olive and aloe.
The fist nourishes him, the second raises his spirit,
The third brings him harmony, the fourth cures him.
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)

Case study 1: Aloe Vera Drinking Gel and IBS

The following account is taken from the book ‘ALOE VERA – Nature’s Silent Healer’ by Alasdair Barcroft and Dr. Audun Myskja.
Sarah is a thirty-five year old international franchise development consultant, who has suffered with IBS for over fourteen years. Eight years ago she was introduced to aloe vera after years of suffering. She despaired of [...]

Irritable Bowel Syndrome factsheet

ORIGINAL ARTICLE AT WHATREALLYWORKS.CO.UK – note reference to the effectiveness of Aloe Vera drinking juice in the next to last last paragraph.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome or IBS, which affects an estimated quarter of the adult population and twice as many women as men, is now the leading cause of absenteeism after the common cold. The symptoms, [...]

Juices ‘may cut Alzheimer’s risk’

BBC NEWS
Drinking fruit and vegetable juices frequently may significantly cut the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a study suggests.
US researchers followed almost 2,000 people for up to 10 years – providing a powerful set of results. They found the risk was 76% lower for those who drank juice more than three times a [...]

FLP Aloe Vera drinks video