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