| Aloe vera has been used for years for its health | | | | Group 1 was fed a diet without aloe; the other three |
| benefits. Aloe helps to make the skin smoother, which | | | | groups were fed different forms of aloe. The results |
| is why it is being added to various lotions and skin care | | | | of the study found that aloe ingestion was shown to |
| products. Aloe vera has been known to help heal | | | | extend (~10%) average life span and slow the aging |
| wounds. By applying aloe vera to a wound, you | | | | process. This is significant because in human years |
| decrease healing time and reduce the the appearance | | | | that's about 7 years. Additionally, the groups that were |
| of scars. More benefits are being discovered from the | | | | fed a diet of aloe showed a lower incidence of heart |
| ingestion of pure aloe vera. It has a negative affect on | | | | problems than Group 1. One group showed a |
| cancerous cells preventing them from growing | | | | significantly lower incidence of kidney disease and |
| scientifically proven by a test performed by Dr. Lee in | | | | occurrence of multiple causes of death compared to |
| Korea. He injected lab rats with cancerous cells. The | | | | the group that was not given aloe. All of the groups |
| aloe was found to stop those cancer cells from | | | | that ingested aloe showed a slightly lower incidence of |
| growing. Aloe is being found that it has an affect on | | | | fatal cancer. Studies like this one and more have been |
| the aging process of cells within the body. A study | | | | done to help prove the health benefits of the ingestion |
| was conducted by Byung Pal Yu, Jeremiah Herlihy and | | | | of aloe. Aloe juice has been documented to modulate |
| Yuji Ikeno from the Department of Physiology at the | | | | the immune system, soothe the digestive tract, and |
| University of Texas Health Science Center in San | | | | help to ease the inflammation associated with |
| Antonio. The objective of the study was to test the | | | | advancing age. Topically used or ingested, aloe vera |
| effects of long-term aloe ingestion on laboratory rats. | | | | has been to proven to have many positive affects on |
| All of the rats were kept in the same environment. A | | | | the human body. |
| total of 360 male rats were divided into four groups: | | | | |