Aloe Vera Fact or Fiction – myth or magic?

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Aloe VeraFact or Fiction myth or magic?

• Is there anyone here who would like
• More energy?
• More comfortable digestion?
• To sleep better?
• Fewer aches and pains?
• Improved skin or to get rid of skin problems?

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Aloe VeraMiracle PlantNatural HealerBurn Plant

• Known as a herbal remedy for over 4000years
• Used by ancient Egyptians
• Alexander the Great
• Cleopatra
• Ghandi during his fasts

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Why has Aloe Vera become popular again now?

• We want to stay fit and well into old age
• Awareness of need to maintain health
• Awareness of the need to prevent illness

• Awarenessof the side effects of medication
• Desire for alternatives to medication

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What does Aloe do?

• Keeps the immune system healthy
• Fewer infections e.g. flu, colds
• Better response to chemotherapy
• Improves asthma, eczema and hay fever
• Reduces inflammation and pain in Rheumatoid
  Arthritis
• Makes healthy Epithelial tissue
• Accelerates healing
• Reduces inflammation and pain
• Skin
• Lining of every organ
• nose and sinuses,
• lungs,
• digestive tract (indigestion, IBS, colitis,
  diverticulitis)
• heart and blood vessels (blocked arteries,
  cholesteol, high blood pressure)
• Joints (osteo-arthritis, athletes)

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How does Aloe do this?

• Ingredients that make up the plant
• Tiny amount of each ingredient
• The way the ingredients work together

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Ingredients

• Saponins
• Natural soapy substances
• Clean and moisturise the skin
• Cleanse the digestive tract
• Antiseptic and antibacterial
• Insect repellent

• Polysaccharides
• Long chain sugars
• Keep the immune system healthy
• Reduce infection
• Anti-viral

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Ingredients
Lignin Gives aloe its absorption/penetration
ability Enables other substances to be absorbed
deeply into the skin and digestive tract, making
them more effective.
Vitamins Every essential Vitamin except Vitamin
D One of the few plants to contain B12

• Minerals
• Essential to keep the body functioning correctly
• All essential minerals except Selenium

Amino Acids The building blocks of proteins
needed for growth, blood, muscles etc Contains 19
of the 20 essential amino acids
Enzymes Help digestion by breaking down
food Anti-inflammatory
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Ingredients

• Salicylic Acid not aspirin!
• Reduces inflammation
• Accelerates healing by getting rid of dead
  tissue e.g. burns and injury
• Relieves pain
• Lowers temperature
• Anti-microbial

• Anthraquinones
• Fight viruses, bacteria, fungi (yeasts)
• Anti-inflammatory - soothing
• Lowers temperature
• Pain relieving

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Ingredients

• Adaptones
• Allow the body to take from aloe what the body
  needs.
• Aloe is suitable for
• people with allergies (helps to balance the
  immune system, sensitive skin,
• men,
• women,
• children,
• all ages,
• all skin types

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Aloe Vera and Animals

• All the benefits weve seen for humans are also
  available for our pets.
• The Aloe Vera plant is on the Veterinary Coat of
  arms

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Aloe Vera and Arthritis

• Drinking Aloe Vera Daily
• Reduces inflammation
• Reduces pain
• Reduces the need for anti-inflammatory medication

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Forever Freedom

• Aloe Vera containing the liquid form of
• Glucosamine sulphate
• Chondroitin sulphate
• Vitamin C
• MSM
• To
• Keep cartilage healthy
• Keep the fluid within the joint at the correct
  viscosity
• Helps the joint to move more freely
• Plus all the other benefits already mentioned.

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How much should I drink?

• Remember its a vegetable juice
• Start with 2-4 fluid ounces a day (30-60ml)
• Drink it for 2 months before you make a judgement
  on whether its beneficial (write down why youre
  taking it before you start)
• Drink it first thing in the morning and last
  thing at night.
• Dont like the taste? Mix it with fruit juice.

How long will a bottle last?

• Most people take one or two bottles
• a month
• but
• Depends what youre drinking it for
• Individual metabolism

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The fact and the fiction how to choose a good
aloe product

• Aloe vera the main/primary ingredient
• Inner gel
• Organically grown
• 60 day money back guarantee
• Beware of juice
• Beware of 100

Forever Living meets all the criteria
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Aloe Vera

• Miracle Plant
• Burn Plant
• Magic Healer
• Natural Healer
• Wand of Heaven
• Natures first Aid
• No need for a Doctor

A plant we can all benefit from