The Aloe Vera Difference

By Simon Smith

Aloe vera has long been known to aide those suffering from modern diseases. I say modern diseases because many of them have no history past 100 years.

Take heart disease for instance - at the turn of the century it was virtually unknown.

Heart disease is now the number 1 cause of death in America. The first symptom for 50% of suffers is instant death. 

Another is Diabetes. It has doubled in the past 30 years and is expected to soon take the place of heart disease as the number 1 cause of death.

Diabetes has many symptoms and complications but many who have advanced type 2 diabetes also have high blood pressure and high cholesterol among other things.

So how does Aloe Vera aid those with heart disease, cholesterol and diabetes? A study in 1985 as reported in Angiology, The Journal of Vascular Diseases, five thousand patients, aged 35 to 65, with terminal or end-stage heart disease, angina pectoris and severe atherosclerosis, as documented by EKG (EKG, abbreviated from the German Elektrokardiogramm also known as ECG electrocardiogram), were instructed to take 100 grams of fresh Aloe Vera gel daily. During the five year period, all five thousand (5,000) patients were examined weekly.

Here is the good news for those with heart disease and atherosclerosis - More than 93% of the patients experienced improvement in symptoms, blood chemistries, and EKG.s. Patients with high blood pressure cut their medications in half. Statistically, 305 of the patients would have had heart attacks. Half of these would have died over the five year period. Instead, not one of the five thousand patients died, and not one had a single heart attack.

The same study showed that there were also benefits for those with cholesterol and triglyceride issues. Many drugs used to lower cholesterol are believed to raise the triglycerides and increase the risk of certain cancers, duodenal ulcers, asthma, psychiatric disorders, uveitis, pancreatitis, hemorrhoidal bleeding, diverticulitis, osteoporosis, anorexia, skin rashes, and even death.

At the beginning of the Angiology study, almost 100% of the angina patients suffered from high levels of harmful cholesterols (LDL), triglycerides, and lipids. Their good cholesterols (HDL) were abnormally low. However, after taking Aloe vera for three months, all measurements returned to normal in more than 90% of the patients, with no dangerous side effects.

In the same Angiology study all of the diabetics were originally taking the oral hypoglycemic drugs, rather than insulin shots to control their blood sugar. Atherosclerosis (clogged arteries), severely afflicts diabetics, increases suffering and death rates from heart attacks, gangrene, strokes and kidney failure. After 2 months on the Aloe Vera, 94% of the three thousand one hundred and sixty seven (3,167) diabetics stopped their oral hypoglycemic drugs and controlled their blood sugar with diet alone, preventing the consequences of diabetic complications.

I think you will agree these are profound findings. 

In closing I would just like to emphasise why I believe these are profound. A study is thought to be significant if there is an improvement of between 3 to 9%. Here we are talking about 90 to 100% improvement. A little more than significant !!

References: [Angiology, J Vascular Diseases 36(8); 485-492, 1985; O.P. Agarwal, MD] [Proc. Nat.l. Acad. of Sci.89: 1567-1571, 1992; J.F. Flood, MD, St. Louis Univ. School of Medicine)
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