Potential Benefits of Orally-Ingested Aloe Juice
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Friday, 23 March 2007

Potential Benefits of Orally-Ingested Aloe Juice (Note: Organic aloe vera is a key component in Body Balance, by Life Force) Scientific evidence is accruing in both animal and human studies which suggest increasing credibility for the benefits of ingested aloe juice for a number of conditions:

1. Cardiovascular System.
A. Aloe constituents include a salt, calcium isocitrate, which in animal studies possesses actions similar to digitalis (26) and increases the force of cardiac contraction. B. Other constituents have been found to lower the cholesterol level (10,11) as well as the triglyceride level (4, 10, 16). A large clinical study suggested that extant atheromatous cardiovascular disease could be reversed by the ingestion of aloe (1).

2. Gastrointestinal System.
A. Gastrointestinal ulcers showed accelerated healing rates (11) in animal models, and pretreatment with aloe prior to inducing ulcers in animal models suggested a high degree of ulcer protection (19). The triterpene, lupeol, documented as an aloe constituent has been implicated as a possible ulcer protective agent (12, 23). An uncontrolled human study in which the aloe/petrolatum material was ingested was interpreted by the authors as ulcer protective (3). B. Evidence has been gathered in animals in which experimental cirrhosis of the liver was induced suggesting that the administration of aloe provided protection of the liver cells against the cirrhosis-inducing agents (20, 22).

3. Skeletal System.
A. The most prevalent use of orally-ingested aloe beverages anecdotally has been for arthritis and other inflammatory conditions, experimental evidence corroborating anti-inflammatory activity of several aloe constituents in various animal models cab be found reported in the scientific literature (5, 6, 7, 8, 9 15, 24, 25).B. Acceleration of incorporation of calcium and phosphorus in callus formation in sites of experimental bone fractures has been demonstrated in animal models (17, 21).

4. Endocrine System.
Studies in both type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus in animal models reflect hypoglycemic activity of various aloe constituents (2, 13, 14). Other investigations suggest that aloe may contain constituents which have the capability of stimulating regeneration of cells in the islets of langerhans including the beta cells, the site of insulin synthesis and release (18). Recently published studies in humans given aloe preparations showed significant, long-lasting blood glucose control properties (4, 27).


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