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Aloe Water?

DeanaMarshall
DeanaMarshall Posts: 22 Member
edited February 1 in Food and Nutrition
Can anyone tell me if this is good or bad? I have done some online research and I am seeing a lot of bad stuff, but I'm not sure. Just trying to get a consensus. thanks!

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  • BrianSharpe
    BrianSharpe Posts: 9,248 Member
    I hadn't even heard of it before but after reading this:

    http://www.shape.com/weight-loss/food-weight-loss/ask-diet-doctor-truth-about-aloe-vera-juice

    I doubt I'll be trying it any time soon.......
    there is very little scientific data to support its use in humans. What’s more, some of the toxicity research done in animals is alarming.

    unless I had ulcerative colitis
    But it's not all bad news for aloe vera juice. In a 2004 study from the U.K., researchers gave people with active ulcerative colitis, a type of inflammatory bowel disease, aloe vera gel to drink (remember that in the animal study, they used aloe vera juice, not gel). After four weeks of drinking aloe vera gel in water twice per day, there was a clinical response towards improvement and remission of ulcerative colitis, compared to those given plain water. No significant negative side effects were experienced due to drinking the aloe vera gel.
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