| Aloe vera has been used for years for its health | | | | total of 360 male rats were divided into four |
| benefits. Aloe helps to make the skin smoother, | | | | groups: Group 1 was fed a diet without aloe; the |
| which is why it is being added to various lotions | | | | other three groups were fed different forms of |
| and skin care products. Aloe vera has been | | | | aloe. The results of the study found that aloe |
| known to help heal wounds. By applying aloe vera | | | | ingestion was shown to extend (~10%) average |
| to a wound, you decrease healing time and | | | | life span and slow the aging process. This is |
| reduce the the appearance of scars. More | | | | significant because in human years that's about 7 |
| benefits are being discovered from the ingestion | | | | years. Additionally, the groups that were fed a |
| of pure aloe vera. It has a negative affect on | | | | diet of aloe showed a lower incidence of heart |
| cancerous cells preventing them from growing | | | | problems than Group 1. One group showed a |
| scientifically proven by a test performed by Dr. | | | | significantly lower incidence of kidney disease and |
| Lee in Korea. He injected lab rats with cancerous | | | | occurrence of multiple causes of death compared |
| cells. The aloe was found to stop those cancer | | | | to the group that was not given aloe. All of the |
| cells from growing. Aloe is being found that it has | | | | groups that ingested aloe showed a slightly lower |
| an affect on the aging process of cells within the | | | | incidence of fatal cancer. Studies like this one and |
| body. | | | | more have been done to help prove the health |
| A study was conducted by Byung Pal Yu, | | | | benefits of the ingestion of aloe. |
| Jeremiah Herlihy and Yuji Ikeno from the | | | | Aloe juice has been documented to modulate the |
| Department of Physiology at the University of | | | | immune system, soothe the digestive tract, and |
| Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio. The | | | | help to ease the inflammation associated with |
| objective of the study was to test the effects of | | | | advancing age. Topically used or ingested, aloe |
| long-term aloe ingestion on laboratory rats. All of | | | | vera has been to proven to have many positive |
| the rats were kept in the same environment. A | | | | affects on the human body. |