Benefits of Aloe Vera for Weight Loss

Aloe Vera is a wonder medicinal plant that has a range of therapeutic benefits. The sticky transparent pulp of the aloe Vera plant is commercially available in the form of gel, latex or juice. The aloe vera pulp is almost 99% water and the remaining 1% includes more than 75 nutrients that contribute to various health benefits. In this article, we would discuss about the benefits of aloe vera for weight loss.

Various therapeutic benefits of Aloe vera

• External application- Soothes burns, wounds and various dermatological issues like dry skin, psoriasis, eczema and rashes.


• Oral consumption- Relieves bowel inflammation, constipation, promotes digestion and act as a weight loss remedy.

What it contains

• Vitamins- Vitamins A, B complex, C, E and folic acid


• Minerals- Sodium, potassium, calcium, zinc, iron, copper, magnesium, manganese and chromium. These body enzymes use these minerals for optimum body functioning.


• Amino acids- Human body needs 20 amino acids out of which 8 are essential ones. Your body can’t synthesize these essential amino acids and you need to rely on external dietary sources to add them. Aloe vera can provide 7 out of these 8 essential acids and overall, it provides 18 out of 20 amino acids.


• Enzymes- Enzymes play a vital role in maintaining optimum gut flora (gut bacteria balance) for healthy digestive health and to curb inflammation.


• Polyphenols- Polyphenols are naturally occurring chemicals in aloe vera having pharmacological actions. Beta-sitosterol, flavonoids and saponins- to name a few. These have antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-microbial properties.

Aloe Vera for weight loss

In general, obesity is a lifestyle disorder. In today’s hectic lifestyle, obesity has become a new normal. With every passing day, more and more people are known to succumb to the same and complain of being overweight. Unhealthy diet, sedentary lifestyle, chronic stress and anxiety- all these factors are responsible for this global epidemic.

Let us discuss how aloe vera is going to help combat obesity and maintain healthy body weight:

• Cleansing of the digestive tract- Aloe vera is gelatinous in nature. In the digestive tract, it would absorb water to turn into a bulky gel. This bulky gel would move downward binding various toxins- undigested food, bad microbes, cholesterol, trans fats, saturated fats- along to make your digestive tract clean and toxins free.


• Suppresses the appetite- The gelatinous bulky gel of aloe Vera would provide the feeling of fullness to make sure that you don’t overeat.


• Aloe vera is a mild laxative- Consumption of aloe vera on a regular basis is known to act as a laxative. It relieves constipation and ensure smooth bowel movements to detoxify and hasten the digestion process as a whole.


• Improves digestion- Aloe vera is a prebiotic- it acts as food for the probiotics (healthy bacteria) in your gut for growth and development. These probiotics are essential for proper breakdown of complex foods such as carbohydrates, proteins and fats for their smooth processing.


• Speed up the body metabolism- Aloe Vera accelerates the body metabolism by increasing the energy expenditure rate. It implies a higher calorie burning rate and less accumulation of body fats. Additionally, consumption of aloe vera stimulates the collagen production in human body. Collagen is a kind of protein that aids the muscles growth and build up by boosting the boost metabolism. It ensures that the lower intestine does not store food in it for a longer period.


• Reduces inflammation- Chronic cellular inflammation makes a person obese and aloe vera relieves inflammation. Hence, aloe vera does possess anti-obesity activity.


• Maintains the blood sugar levels- A spike in blood sugar level can make you eat a lot of snacks and calorie filled processed foods to worsen obesity symptoms. Aloe vera reduces such tendencies by normalizing the blood sugar level.


• Low-calorie dietary supplement- Aloe vera is low in calorie and rich in vital nutrients. Hence, it makes a perfect dietary supplement to be included in your weight loss regimen so that you can shed a few pounds without compromising on nutrients intake.

How to consume Aloe Vera for Weight Loss

Oral consumption of aloe vera includes drinking aloe vera juice (aloe vera pulp mixed with water) alone or with other additives depending upon the taste and convenience. Here are certain aloe vera recipes that you can consume first thing in the morning- before breakfast- to derive maximum benefit out of it.

Concoction 1: Aloe Vera with Fruit Juice: Cut the aloe vera leaf into 2 parts and scoop out the aloe gel inside. Mix it with the fruit juice of your choice for a nutritious and fresh concoction.

Concoction 2: Plain Aloe Vera Juice: Ensure you clean the aloe vera leaf thoroughly before peeling off the skin. Mix with water and blend it well to make the plain aloe juice. You can sieve it through to ensure that there are no lumps in it. Store it in the refrigerator, so that you can consume it daily. To get maximum benefit out of it drink this concoction in the morning and before meals.

Concoction 3: Aloe vera juice and lemon: Clean the aloe vera leaf before cutting it lengthwise. Take freshly squeezed lemon juice and add the aloe gel, water and sugar in it and stir for 3 minutes.

Concoction 4: Aloe Vera and honey: You can do the same concoction as the one mentioned above only replace the sugar with honey. Honey is not only nutritious but also takes more energy to digest which in turn aids in weight loss.

Concoction 5: Aloe Vera and Kale: Make a healthy and fresh smoothie with aloe vera pulp and kale. For flavor, you can add plums, ginger, salt and any fruit pf your choice. Make this in the morning in large quantity and keep on sipping them all day long.

Concoction 6: Aloe Vera and coconut smoothie: Take aloe vera pulp, coconut milk, any fresh berry, mango, pure coconut oil, maple syrup and basil for this smoothie. You can add coconut flakes and flax seeds to make it crunchy and flavored. Blend them all into a smooth paste and keep drinking them all day long.

Precautionary measures and useful tips

• While you derive maximum benefit from the fresh aloe vera plant, one can also consume aloe vera capsules after meals to aid weight loss.


• For best results, ensure that you combine aloe vera consumption with regular exercise and workout. Do a mix and match of cardio, muscle building, toning and so on to get the desired result.


• Compliment aloe vera intake with a high fiber, low sugar and low calorie diet to enhance the anti-obesity effect.


• Take small doses of aloe vera initially to ensure that you are not allergic to it.


• After consumption of aloe vera if you see any rash or allergy discontinue at the earliest and consult a physician.


• Do consult your physician before consuming aloe vera if you suffer from any chronic disease.


• The same rule is applied in case of pregnant women and nursing ladies.


• In greed of faster weight loss results, do not take large doses of aloe vera as that may lead to diarrhea, dehydration and stomach cramp.


• Ideal dose of aloe vera is 2- 8 ounce everyday for a period of 3-4 months. Start with least quantity and gradually increase as per your comfort.


• Compliment intake of aloe vera with at least 8 to 10 glasses of water per day.

Use of aloe vera for weight loss is a safe and promising idea when coupled with a healthy diet and positive lifestyle. Not only weight loss, but, regular consumption of this healing plant food would improve your overall well being and fitness.

Author Bio

This blog post is submitted by Ashish Agarwal. Check the blog- Health Melody to know about yoga mudra for body detox and weight loss.

References

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92765/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2763764/

http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/117/1/220

Benefits of Aloe Vera for Weight Loss

A Homemade Green Tea and Aloe Skin Toner

Taking the right foods can help you reduce wrinkles, fight pimples and acne, enhance your skin’s natural beauty too. There are lots of natural foods for beautiful skin, green tea and aloe are two of them.

For making this green tea and aloe skin toner, you just need blend green tea, aloe vera and water to get a gentle astringent action. Use it regularly to remove toxins out of your skin, moisturize it and tighten pores. And you will also see an improvement of other skin problems such as acne, pimples, blackheads and other skin infections.

Apply green tea topically to the skin can be beneficial to your skin greatly:

1- According to a report(1) by the Journal of the American Medical Association Dermatology,  ‘green teas possess anti-inflammatory and anti-carcinogenic potential, which can be exploited against a variety of skin disorders’. Green tea has good antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties which can fight inflammation and infections that may cause skin disorders.

2- The rich antioxidants in green tea protect your skin from the damage of radical and sunshine. They also encourage healing of cells to help prevent wrinkles and age spots.

3- Green tea leaves helps exfoliate the skin to remove dead skin cells to keep your skin clear.

Aloe Vera helps you reduce wrinkles naturally, according to a study(2). And this super plant also benefits to your skin in many other ways:

• Slows down the aging of your skin;


• Moisturizes skin;


• Treats sunburn;


• Heals wounds, cuts and insect bites naturally;


• Reduces stretch marks;


• Relieves allergies.

You can use aloe vera gel in your daily skin care routines:

Cleanse your face with fresh aloe – Rinse your face with water, then apply the fresh aloe vera gel to your face and massage gently. Remove the excess gel and the dirt with a clean cotton ball.

Scrub the toxins and dead skin away from your skin – Sprinkle a little rice flour on a piece of exposed aloe, then rub it on your face for some minutes, rinse with water. This will keep your skin clean.

Use aloe vera gel as a moisturizer – Apply aloe gel to your face and you will feel soft and moist. It’s said that aloe is a natural effective ingredient for improving skin hydration, possibly through a humectant mechanism. (3)

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Aloe Vera Plant: A Natural, Alternative Medicine Used for Treating Diabetes, Psoriasis, Weight Loss, Cancer, and More

One alternative medicine frequently sought to treat diabetes and other adverse health conditions is the aloe vera plant.  For centuries, this amazing plant has been used for a variety of medicinal purposes — including treating diabetes, cancer, skin care, weight loss, psoriasis, sunburns, and more.

Recently, there was a pooled analysis of nine studies that examined the effect of oral aloe vera in people with diabetes and pre-diabetes.

Here’s more on the recent findings — plus, remedies and other medicinal uses this wonderful plant has to offer.

Aloe Vera Plant

The name aloe vera is derived from the Arabic word “Alloeh” meaning “shining bitter substance.”  Two thousand years ago, Greek scientists regarded aloe vera as the universal panacea. The Egyptians called aloe “the plant of immortality.”

The botanical name of aloe vera is Aloe barbadensis miller. It belongs to Asphodelaceae (Liliaceae) family.  It is a shrubby, perennial, pea- green color plant.  The aloe vera plant grows mainly in the dry regions of Asia, Europe, America, and Africa.  In India, it’s found in Maharashtra, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, and Andhra Pradesh.

Today, the aloe vera plant has been used for various purposes in dermatology, as well as other natural health remedies.

Folk Medicine

Aloe vera has been used as folk medicine for centuries.  The people of India, Mexico, Japan, China, Egypt, and Greece have used aloe vera for a variety of medicinal purposes for thousands of years.

Historically, aloe was used topically to heal wounds and for various skin conditions.  Today, aloe vera is used as an alternative remedy for a variety of conditions, including diabetes, asthma, epilepsy, and osteoarthritis.  Aloe vera has been found to be useful in the treatment for seborrheic dermatitis, psoriasis vulgaris, and genital herpes, as well.

Additional topical uses help to relieve sunburns, burns, and osteoarthritis.  And — the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved aloe vera as a natural food flavoring.

Health Properties

Aloe vera contains 75 potentially active essential health elements — amino acids, minerals, enzymes, sugars, salicylic acids, saponins, lignin, and vitamins.

• Vitamins: The aloe vera plant contains vitamins A (beta-carotene), C and E, which are antioxidants. It also contains vitamin B12, folic acid, and choline. Antioxidant neutralizes free radicals.

• Enzymes: Aloe vera contains eight enzymes: aliiase, alkaline phosphatase, amylase, bradykinase, carboxypeptidase, catalase, cellulase, lipase, and peroxidase. Bradykinase helps to reduce excessive inflammation when applied to the skin topically, while others help in the breakdown of sugars and fats.

• Minerals: The plant provides calcium, chromium, copper, selenium, magnesium, manganese, potassium, sodium, and zinc. They are essential for the proper functioning of various enzyme systems in different metabolic pathways and few are antioxidants.

• Sugars: The aloe vera provides monosaccharides (glucose and fructose) and polysaccharides: (glucomannans/polymannose). These are derived from the mucilage layer of the plant and are known as mucopolysaccharides.  Recently, a glycoprotein with antiallergic properties — called alprogen and novel anti-inflammatory compound, C-glucosyl chromone — has been isolated from aloe vera gel.

• Anthraquinones: It provides 12 anthraquinones, which are phenolic compounds traditionally known as laxatives. Aloin and emodin act as analgesics, antibacterials and antivirals.

• Fatty acids: The aloe vera plant provides four plant steroids: cholesterol, campesterol, β-sisosterol and lupeol.  All these have anti-inflammatory action.  Lupeol has antiseptic and analgesic properties.

• Hormones: The plant contains auxins and gibberellins.  This compounds help in healing wounds.  They also have anti-inflammatory action.

• Other uses: Aloe vera provides 20 of the 22 human required amino acids and 7 of the 8 essential amino acids. It also contains salicylic acid that possesses anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties. Lignin, an inert substance, when included in topical preparations, boosts penetrative effect of the other ingredients into the skin. Saponins are soapy substances that form about 3 percent of the gel and have cleansing and antiseptic properties.

Alternative Remedy for Diabetes

Diabetes is a global epidemic and a leading cause of disease and death.  Recently, there was a pooled analysis of nine studies that examined the effect of oral aloe vera in people with diabetes and pre-diabetes.  The analysis is the work of researchers at the David Grant USAF Medical Center at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California.  They reported their findings in The Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine.

In the United States, the authors note nearly 21 million people have diabetes.  The cost of treatment and loss of productivity in 2012 due to diabetes was $ 245 billion. The global cost is expected to “exceed a staggering $ 490 billion” by 2030.

The researchers note, “The data suggest that patients with an FBG ≥200 mg/dl may see a greater benefit.”  This group saw an average FBG reduction of 109.9 mg/dl.

More importantly, the results of this analysis “support the use of oral aloe vera for significantly reducing both FBG (46.6 mg/dL) and HbA1c (1.05%) in prediabetic and diabetic patients.”

Fewer than half of the patients with type 2 diabetes have their disease well controlled.  However, there is a need for new, affordable, and effective medications — without unfavorable side effects.  Estimates are that up to 49 percent of diabetics have taken dietary supplements or used other forms of complementary and alternative medicine in an effort to treat their diabetes or other health condition.

This recent analysis suggests there should be further investigations of the medicinal plant as an anti-diabetic compound.

Additional Uses

Though aloe vera has wide spectrum of properties and uses — some of them could be myths and some of them could be magic.

Aloe vera does not have just one ingredient that makes it healthful.  Different compound groups of nutrients work together to make the aloe vera plant effective.

The plant is quite useful across a wide spectrum of conditions.  The various elements that make the aloe vera plant so effective are nutrients rather than drugs.  The juice may complement medicinal treatments.  Some cancer patients are noted for saying the aloe vera plant helps to reduce nausea and increase energy.  Additionally, the aloe vera plant may also minimize low blood counts caused by chemotherapy or radiation, according to some reports.

In the future, controlled studies are required to prove the effectiveness of aloe vera under various conditions.  Nevertheless, the aloe vera plant does provide a number of health benefits worth noting.

Aloe Vera Plant: A Natural, Alternative Medicine Used for Treating Diabetes, Psoriasis, Weight Loss, Cancer, and More

eight Straightforward and Surprising Aloe Vera Gel Utilizes For Your Overall health and Beauty

Aloe Vera has been utilised as an herbal medication and remedy for much more than six,000 years. And Aloe vera gel is a excellent normal option in your every day use, especially very good for your skin.

one-Aloe Vera Treats Bad Breath Due to Its Anti-fungal and Anti-bacterial Properties

Dissolve one/four cup aloe vera gel in one/two cup water and drink it if you want to get rid of the undesirable breath and improve your general oral well being.

two-Aloe Vera has been confirmed to enhance wrinkles and repair a lot of other skin difficulties

You can apply pure aloe vera gel to your encounter and neck to minimize the wrinkles. Or using the mixture of aloe gel with a number of drops of vitamin E and lavender oil, apply the mixture to the affected region ahead of sleep, and wash it off the following morning.

three-Aloe Vera moisturizes your lips thanks to its substantial moisture content material

Right here is an efficient treatment to defend your lips: Make a lip gloss by mixing 1 teaspoon aloe vera gel with 1/two teaspoon coconut oil and one/eight teaspoon vitamin E oil. Use this mixture to keep your lips moisture.

four-Aloe Vera is valuable in treating burned skin

Aloe vera gel is a healing remedy for curing wounds and burns. Simply scoop aloe vera gel into an ice cube tray and freeze till hardened, apply an ice cube to the impacted area for some minutes. Do this numerous time a day to get a relief.

5-Aloe Vera helps you clean your face

You can make a face cleanser by mixing one/four cup Aloe vera gel with 2 tablespoons olive oil and one tablespoon castile soap, include a couple of drops of crucial oil you like and use it as a face cleanser.

six-Aloe Vera fights germs, so you can make an Aloe-infused hand sanitizer at property

It’s simple to make: combine two teaspoons Aloe vera gel with one tablespoon witch hazel and 2 teaspoons vitamin E oil in a spray bottle. And then include some drops of tea tree oil or lavender oil, then fill the spray bottle with water. Your homemade aloe-infused hand sanitizer is well, shake nicely ahead of use.

7-Aloe Vera decreases dandruff thanks to its anti-viral and anti-fungal properties

Apply Aloe Vera gel on your scalp and depart it for half an hour just before washing your hair with shampoo. Use the gel routinely also assist you get rid of the itching and irritation that triggered by dandruff.

eight-Aloe Vera lightens stretch marks as its anti-inflammatory properties

Aloe Vera gel is a all-natural cure that can limit the development of stretch marks. Mix Aloe Vera gel with a number of drops of vitamin E oil and apply it to the affected locations, massage it effectively. Use it when a day and you will see the end result in a number of days.

Sources: aloevera.com, motherearthliving.com, thehealthsite.com

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Minimize Wrinkles Naturally With Aloe Vera (Primarily based by Science)

Aloe Vera is not just effective at treating sunburns. You can also reduce wrinkles naturally with Aloe gel from an Aloe Vera plant!

Investigation

According to a examine,

“taking a little amount of Aloe Vera gel on a daily basis can substantially improve skin elasticity and decrease wrinkles. “

In the investigation, thirty healthful females in excess of the age of 45 acquired 2 distinct oral doses (low dose – 1200 mg/d, higher dose – 3600 mg/d) of pure Aloe Vera gel supplementation for 90 days.

Soon after just 90 days, facial wrinkles improved considerably in both groups, and the females in the reduced-dose group also seeing improvements in facial elasticity.

HOW TO USE ALOE VERA TO Decrease WRINKLES

It is not a great thought to use the retailer-purchased Aloe Vera gel as most of them are filled with chemicals.

You can make Aloe Vera gel by oneself, all you want is a healthier Aloe plant, go through the stage-by-stage instructions on how to make Aloe Vera gel.

Now that you have the all-natural Aloe Vera gel, right here is the easy methods to remedy the wrinkles:

Massage a little sum of the Aloe Vera gel right into your skin gently for 3 minutes. You can also mix 1 Vitamin E capsule with 1 teaspoon of Aloe Vera gel and massage to areas in which wrinkles are forming. Do this prior to rest often, you will like this organic anti-wrinkle treatment after some days.

Aloe Vera has a lot of other advantages in addition to fight wrinkles:

• Moisturizes skin


• Relieves sunburn


• Decreases irritation


• Aids in digestion


• Detoxifies your physique


• Improves dental overall health


• Cures abdomen difficulties


• Cures asthma


• Promotes hair development

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