Weight Management

November 20, 2008

Aloe Vera helps you lose weight

Aloe Vera has many medicinal uses and one of them is the ability to help people to lose weight.aloeveragel1

I am sure you know a lot of people who really have struggled to lose weight. Aloe Vera reduces and stabilizes your body mass index as it stimulates the rate of metabolism in your liver cells so that it will help you to burn even more energy.

The energy that is used for reducing and stabilizing your body mass index is derived from the fat and carbohydrate stored in the body. When you drink Aloe Vera juice on a daily basis, it is like burning calories or doing vigorous workout and burning the fat.

I bet you did not know that Aloe Vera consists of high collagen protein content and that is another reason why it works so well as a weight loss supplement. The body uses additional energy to incorporate the protein in the body each time you drink aloe Vera juice.

This extra energy spurt also engages the ability to lose weight and build muscles. Aloe Vera is said to reduce the time it takes for food to be digested and stay inside the intestine, which really means that it takes less energy to absorb the food when it is eaten and when Aloe Vera Juice is taken.

All throughout the Aloe Vera history lessons, we have learned that this plant has always been associated with optimal health and body weight. The only sad part is a lot people are not taking advantage of it.

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July 4, 2008

Asthma Prevention With Naturist Treatment – Aloe Vera

Filed under: Asthma, Health Drinks — Tags: , , , — Ravi Sharma @ 10:25 am
Asthma affects one in four people on average and is present in all age groups. Asthma symptoms include wheezing, an overproduction of mucus and excessive coughing. The symptoms are the result of muscular over activity causing inflammation and mucus production. It can be triggered by allergies, emotions or stress. Most people have warning signs that an attack is coming on and can treat it with prescription medications such as Albuterol.This disease is frightening and can force people to change how they live to avoid attacks. Some people have to avoid stress, dust or allergens, which is virtually impossible to achieve 100% of the time. Most asthmatics get attacks regularly regardless of how many prescription medications they take and how much they avoid triggers. Though asthma is not curable, the good news is that some children grow out of it. But those that don’t are usually on the hunt for anything that can help.

What if there was a way to naturally reduce the chances you will suffer from an asthma attack? One study in 2005 found that 57% of the asthmatics studied found more relief from a combination of conventional and natural treatments, than prescription medicines alone. One of the natural treatments being used was aloe vera. This is not surprising because there are published studies on the benefits of aloe vera for asthma from as far back as 1951 to more recently in the mid 1980’s.

Aloe vera contains natural steroids and other compounds that inhibit or reduce inflammation. Interestingly, the studies done in Japan in the 1980’s showed that some compounds in aloe cause in increase in the removal of particles that may be asthma triggers. This is one explanation for how aloe helps asthmatics. Aloe vera should not be used to treat an ongoing asthma attack though because it has only been shown to be effective when used as a preventative measure. So even if you use aloe and it helps, still keep your inhaler nearby for attacks.

One issue that many people have with aloe vera products is the natural laxative effect. This may be a plus for some but for many people it’s a huge drawback.

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July 3, 2008

Aloe Vera Benefits For Heart Diseases

Filed under: Arthritis, Asthma, Beauty Care, Hair Care, Health Drinks, Personal Care, Weight Management — Ravi Sharma @ 10:22 am

By Malcolm B Smith

I am a big fan of Aloe Vera products having used them successfully for many years for various things. The Internet being such a vast storehouse of knowledge has allowed me to investigate this miraculous plant and I have found a wealth of information. Following is some research I did about the Aloe Vera benefits for heart diseases.

In 1984, Dr. Om Prakash Agarwal speaking at the International College of Heart Diseases in San Antonio, Texas, during the annual conference surprised his colleagues with the apparently amazing successful results he obtained administering Aloe Vera to his patients. This was reported in Angiology, The Journal of Vascular Diseases in 1985. In the study the following was noted:

  1. 5000 patients with angina were studied for 5 years
  2. All were given a combination of Aloe Vera with high fibre from plant origin.
  3. A significant reduction was noted in blood cholesterol, triglycerides, blood sugar and lipid fats
  4. There was an increase in HDL levels (good cholesterol) and significant lowering of LDL (bad cholesterol)
  5. There was a reduction in frequency of angina attacks during the study period and patients had their drug dosages gradually reduced over time
  6. Patients who were also diabetic received the most benefit from the trial with 95 % of diabetics cured
  7. 85% of the patients overall were practically cured at the end of the study with their ECGs returning to normal.
  8. None of the patients reported untoward side effects and all 5000 patients were still surviving at the conclusion of the study.

Looking at these results it points to the fact that Aloe Vera definitely has significant health benefits for the treatment of Heart Disease and Diabetes. Upon looking further into the details of the study the following extra startling facts were uncovered. Of the 5000 patients studied

  • 3167 were diabetic and 94% had blood sugar levels returning to normal after 3 months
  • 2990 diabetic patients were taking hyperglycaemic medications and had to have their medication withdrawn at the end of 2 months of using Aloe Vera supplementation
  • 2572 were smokers
  • 2151 had hypertension and all those taking beta blockers, calcium channel blockers and diurectics for hypertension and angina had to have their medication reduced to half their dosages prescribed prior to the study.

Doctor Agarwal’s conclusion was that Aloe Vera has a definite role in the prevention and management of atherosclerotic heart disease and in controlling the blood sugar level in diabetic patients. People suffering with various forms of heart disease can take “heart” from this Aloe Vera study. Unfortunately not much significant research is done when it comes to natural products. Most evaluations are done by Pharmaceutical companies whose agenda is to provide drugs and not natural medicine. Therefore many of these studies admit minor benefits but also conclude that more research is needed therefore leaving the questions f the benefits wide open.

As for me, I have no doubts about the healing powers of Aloe Vera, having used it successfully myself, mostly for digestive tract complaints and topical skin conditions arising from burns, cuts and insect bites. I have no doubts the that the Aloe Vera benefits for Heart Diseases are real and I recommend that anyone who suffers from heart disease at least give it a try.

Malcolm Smith is an avid health fanatic, who is fascinated by anything nutrition, medical, scientific, and natural. Malcolm loves researching health and fitness related topics on the Internet and writing articles about them. Other interests include technology, politics, sport and entertainment.Visit http://aloeveramiracle.blogspot.com/ for more information about the Benefits of Aloe Vera

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