Aloe Vera Basics
A Word From Niel
First off I would like to say I am not a doctor or health professional. Thus any reference I make to medical terms or conditions is not intended to treat or diagnose.
You should always consult with your chosen health care professional.
Please don't let that put you off.
Our health system or sickness system as I like to call it doesn't have the answers all the time. Mostly because they don't take into account what the body is trying to communicate. They are too busy trying to treat the symptoms instead of taking a holistic view and getting to the cause.
When it comes to food/diet which aloe vera falls under, doctors of medicine have very little training - no more than a day in the 7 years of study is the norm from country to country.
It is my intention that the contents of this article will give you the incentive to explore the benefits of aloe vera. I feel confident that if you "give it a go" you will come to truly love and appreciate the wonderful health giving attributes that Aloe Vera has to offer, as my family and I do.
The Human Body is Born to Survive
The human body is pretty amazing and it comes with a built in program called survival. That's right, from the time you were born, you were designed to live to 140 to 160 years. This was evidenced during an experiment at Biosphere 2 in Arizona back in the early 90's. Clearly though most of us are not living that long. So what is happening?
I believe there are several factors and they all have to do with nutrient loss:
1. Crop Nutrient Losses: Decades of agriculture have overworked and depleted mineral levels in the soil.
2. Poor Digestion: Eating too much or too quickly combined with stress can cause indigestion. Indigestion reduces the absorption of vitamins and minerals.
3. Over Cooking: Can easily destroy valuable food nutrients.
4. Microwave Cooking: Studies suggest that microwave cooking alters the nutritional structure in food.
5. Food Storage: Length of storage and freezing can deplete the nutritional value of most foods.
6. Food Selection: Eating a too limited range from different food groups can result in nutrient deficiencies.
7. Food Omission: Allergies to foods, crash dieting and poorly designed vegetarian diets can omit significant dietary sources and nutrients.
8. Environmental Factors: Herbicides and pesticides are often used on crops and can leave them with low nutritional value.
9. Antibiotics: Antibiotics can interfere with the intake of essential nutrients.
10. Poor Lifestyle Habits: Smoking, caffeine and alcohol consumption can inhibit the absorption of vitamins and minerals or accelerate the loss of nutrients.
11. Stress: Be it physical or emotional, stress can increase the body's requirement for vitamins and minerals.
12. Out of Balance: The levels of one vitamin or mineral in the body has an effect on the other, so if one is out of balance or missing, all are adversely affected.
13. Nutrient Variance: There are substantial differences between one fruit or vegetable and another. One tomato can have 10 times more nutritional value than another. Do you know which tomato you ate?
Aloe Vera from Aloe Vera Africa can provide your body with an orchestra of over 75 nutrients, 200 active compounds, including: 7 essential sugars [Glyconutrients] 20 minerals, 18 amino acids, enzymes, and growth factors, and other nutritional compounds including 12 vitamins, A, B1, B2, B6, B12, C and E, Folic Acid and Niacin.
The human body simply cannot store some of these vitamins; therefore we need to supplement them regularly through our diets. What better way than by drinking a daily dose (50ml) of Aloe Vera Drinking Gel, while at the same time building the body's defense system naturally against oxidative stress!
