My friend and I were talking and she said that a friend told her to swallow 2 teaspoons of aloe vera gel a day for her ulcerative colitis! She said that her doctor told her it would help her naturally heal with a good diet. So, I was just wondering if she was messing with me or if you can actually eat aloe vera gel. Isn't that like poisoning your system or bad for your health?
2007-11-11 11:14:06 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Alternative Medicine
Does the Aloe Vera drink have a bad taste?
2007-11-12 04:49:45 · update #1
There are drinks and pills with aloe vera in them. It would probably be safer to eat one of those instead of directly from the plant.
2007-11-11 11:17:41 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely, you can eat/drink aloe vera. Aloe vera juice is readily available in any good health food store. The juice itself is practically tasteless, so it mixes with anything. The juice benefits any medical problems along the gastrointestinal tract. This is a true story...When I was in charge of a surgical ward, one of my patients was a very obese woman who had colon cancer. She had a colon resection and developed a fistula (a draining channel between the intestine and the surface of the abdomen)...a common problem with postoperative surgery on very obese people. For weeks, the doctors were simply unable to progress her beyond a clear liquid diet, because it would open up the fistula. Finally, I brought in a gallon jug of aloe vera juice and encouraged her to drink a cup of juice a day. Within a week, she was able to progress from clear liquids to full liquids to real food! I saw her a year later and she was doing fine AND still drinking her aloe juice every day.
2016-05-29 06:25:41 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't eat the same gel that you'd use on your skin, but aloe vera can be ingested. If you check the supplement/vitamin aisle you'll find several different products that are either made exclusively from aloe or contain some aloe in them.
2007-11-11 11:20:02 · answer #3 · answered by Kay3535 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't ever buy aloe vera from the junk and chemical drugstores such as Walgreen or Walmart. You can obtain the pure natural product at you local health food store, and the directions will guide you re the correct amount to ingest. Any vitamins or supplements obtained from the local drug stores or commercial markets, are junk, so keep away, as they are loaded with chemicals and additives. Aloe vera is a very beneficial alternative remedy.
2007-11-11 12:44:53 · answer #4 · answered by john c 5 · 5⤊ 1⤋
You can buy aloe vera gel at the health food store for drinking. Yes, it helps. My daughter does it.
2007-11-11 13:22:06 · answer #5 · answered by Simmi 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If you get a cut or a burn, why is it that the Aloe plant heals it faster?
If you eat it directly from the plant is proves as a good laxative, but if you eat the healing property that has been isolated, then it has healing benefits.
We have a symbiotic relationship with plants. If god made it eat it; if man made it read it.
Your friend also has to get off of dairy. Our dairy has been boycotted from Canada and Mexico becaues of the added hormones and puss in it. It actually can cause ulcerative digestive problems.
You are what you eat, so this is about providing the proper nutrtional tools for cellular restoration.
Make sense? There is a study on Pub Med on Aloe "Mannose" in the aloe helping with better absorption in the gut.
2007-11-11 11:20:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 3⤋
Pure aloe vera is edible and good for you
The stuff you buy from the pharmacy has chemicals added as preservatives, and is for treating burns etc, and isn't edible.
You can buy the edible stuff at somewher like Whole Foods, or other organic and health food shops.
2007-11-11 11:18:40 · answer #7 · answered by Seraphim 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
With a spoon.
2007-11-11 11:22:14 · answer #8 · answered by Renaissance Man 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋