i have an aloe vera plant and heard i could eat it, how do i do that? does it need cooking before?

Question

looking for recipes with aloe vera please
in what is it good for the body?

Answer 1

You could juice it

Answer 2

I've been eating aloe vera, all different kinds. Whenever i find a plant i just chomp down the leaves (green part and all and it hasn't killed me yet. I don't care if it's bitter and slimmy :). I heard that Aloe Venenosa is poisonous... I wish that someone would post decent pictures of what the poisonous aloe vera’s look like so folks could avoid ingesting them!! Nowhere on the internet is there a picture of aloe venenosa.

Answer 3

Cut off one of the aloe vera leaves, then slice off the outer skin of the leaf. Take the gel and put it in a blender, then blend it with whey protein, soy milk and stevia in order to create a healthy breakfast.
When you consume aloe vera, you're helping your system in so many ways. I think it is offers very strong support to the digestive system. It soothes the digestive tract, and I wouldn't be surprised if someday it is discovered that aloe vera prevents and reverses colon cancer and other cancers of the digestive tract. Aloe vera is also used externally, of course, and here is where most people are familiar with the plant. They smear it on their skin to treat sunburns. This has been one of the more traditional uses of the plant over the last several thousands years by indigenous cultures, including the American Indians, Central Americans, South Americans, and civilizations like the Incas and Mayans. Aloe vera is, in fact, extremely useful for treating not only sunburns, but burns of any kind. In fact, if there's someone in your house who's suffered a severe burn, if you can grab an aloe vera leaf and squeeze the gel onto the burn and smear it around, that burn will typically reduce its severity by one or more degrees. In other words, if it was a 3rd degree burn, it will become a 2nd degree burn, and if it was 2nd degree burn, it will become a 1st degree burn. You can literally save someone's skin, or even potentially save their life if you have enough aloe vera around (and if they are burned over a large enough portion of their body)...

Answer 4

Aloes is the expressed juice of the leaves of the plant. When the leaves are cut, the juice that flows out is collected and evaporated. After the juice has been removed, the leaves are sometimes boiled to yield an inferior kind of aloes. The juice of the leaves of certain species, e.g. Aloe venenosa, is poisonous

Answer 5

throw away the skin and put it into boiling water until it turns into a jelly kinda texture. Add sugar to taste. Best use brown sugar.

Perhaps put a little vanilla essense to kill the smell.

It's good for the skin and detoxifies the body.

Take small ammounts first..It's an acquired taste.

Answer 6

i didnt know u could eat it. i thought it was good for a lotion for your body, also i think u can get it from a health shop as a supplement not sure.

Answer 7

you can cook it, you can drink it, and you can eat it!! Its mainly used for healing, but its good for the body too

Answer 8

I wouldn't eat it but if you really wanted to try it just juice it =)

Answer 9

ummm, aloe vera plants are used to make lotions. not food. srry

Answer 10

here are a few links the will answer all your questions