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How
does Aloe Vera work?
The plant aloe
vera
contains a complex mixture of molecules. The Handbook of Phytochemical
Constituents of GRAS Herbs and Other Economic Plants by James A. Duke
states that there are as much as 300 different types of molecules in
aloe vera. Hardly surprising then that it has multiple effects on
multiple tissue types. Unfortunately this broad spectrum of activity
also fuels ‘academic’ scepticism because aloe
vera does just too much to be true.
To put that last criticism into perspective, even in Prescription Only
Medication (POM) there is not just one thing any drug does. This is why
we have monthly editions of MIMS and BNP to show, next to the
indications of POMs, their contraindications, warnings, other drug
interactions and adverse effects. POMs are as targeted molecules as a
pharmaceutical company can make them, yet they affect so much. Imagine
a plant with 300 different types of molecules, of course it is going to
act broad spectrum.
Aloe
vera
has been used by millions of people worldwide throughout the ages.
Empirical evidence accumulated in accolades like ‘miracle
plant’ and ‘burn plant’ but for academic
validity
such a sustained track record is said to be meaningless. But even in
today’s climate of evidence based medicine (EBM) much of day
to
day healthcare is characterised by non evidence based practice,
variation in practice, inadequate outcome data, inequality of access to
optimal treatment and ultimately a lack of evidence base. (Virus
Research, Volume 89, Issue 2, November 2002, Pages 175-181). Entrenched
sceptics should note that lack of evidence of efficacy should not be
confused with evidence of lack of efficacy. The former says that there
is insufficient evidence to pass judgement. The latter says it does not
work.
Of course good aloe
vera
works. Besides that there is safety and validation in the numbers
(millions of people) and in the length of time aloe vera has been used
(centuries), there is a lot of good quality research on aloe vera as
well as scientific knowledge about what its different type of molecules
do. This said, how well an aloe vera product works depends entirely on
its quantity of working molecules, the quality of them and purity of
product. On all counts Aloeride®
is an exemplary product that stands head and shoulders above its
competitors.
So how does it work? Aloeride®
is mostly taken by mouth but can also be applied to the skin. When
taken by mouth, in the fluid environment of the stomach, the Aloeride®
capsules dissolve within 1 or 2 minutes giving our powder plenty of
time to mix with the ample water (your stomach’s mixing waves
occur every 15-25 seconds) with which you swallowed the capsules. So
you have now rehydrated your aloe vera powder. Only when you have
lesions or inflammation in your mouth or oesophagus is there a need for
opening the capsules and ingesting the powder with water. This is easy
and it does not taste horrible.
With all 300 different types of molecules are out of the capsule, Aloeride®
goes to work. Broadly speaking the action is threefold and
interconnected: anti-inflammatory, immune-modulatory and tissue healing
with the target being mostly epithelium (tissue that separates tissue
cells from air). Of course the first point of contact of these
molecules is the alimentary canal, so it is hardly surprising that
Aloeride®’s molecules show their effect there first.
Because Aloeride’s
molecules
also are absorbed into your bloodstream, they also find their way to
peripheral tissue. Thus Aloeride® exerts effect way beyond the
alimentary canal and causes powerful inside-out healing, the only route
for safe wound healing and 24/7 skin care. Just how broad spectrum aloe
vera works is underpinned by good research: cell growth,
anti-inflammatory effect, anti-microbial effect, effect on burns,
anti-diabetic effect, cardiovascular and lipid effect, anti-ageing
effect and response to UV light, wound healing, gastrointestinal
effects and immune modulation.
Broad spectrum action is the result of 300 types of molecules as well
as domino effect. To explain the latter, an inflamed intestinal wall
for example becomes permeable to macromolecules that ought to stay
within your alimentary canal. Enterocytes (intestine’s
absorptive
lining cells) normally determine what may enter the body - via
transcellular crossing - and what stays inside the intestines. In leaky
gut syndrome gaps occur in between the enterocytes so indiscriminate,
paracellular crossing now can happen.
Macromolecules gate crashing into your body trigger immune reactions. Aloeride®
helps close the gaps between enterocytes, thus indirectly changing
immune response beyond its direct, researched effect on phagocytosis,
lymphocytes and T-helper cells. Beyond that Aloeride®
also creates a more favourable milieu for good gut bacteria which in
turn improves immunity.
Three hundred different types of aloe
vera molecules,
working synergistically and causing domino effects, will act broad
spectrum and the magic of all this forms the basis for aloe
vera’s much deserved accolades.
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