Can I consume homegrown aloe vera?


Can I consume homegrown aloe vera?

No you should not. Aloe vera needs to be grown in a controlled environment so it does not absorb the pollution in the air. This is a common myth that the plants grown in your backyard or on your window sill are even ingestible. What they might be potentially doing is directly eating the poisons from the atmosphere. It will do more damage than good.

Types of Aloe vera



There are over 500 species of Aloe Vera of which four are grown for their health benefits. Aloe Vera Barbadensis Miller is the most cultivated of the species and is native to North Africa. Aloe Barbadensis Miller is the most nutritionally valuable variety of aloe that nourishes the body inside and out.

Aloe Vera Barbadensis Miller
It is the most common aloe vera species. You can distinguish it from the others, because its leaves have white spots, which can also serve to know the age of the plant as these spots disappear as the aloe vera plant becomes adult. The healing and beauty properties of this type of aloe vera are greater than any other variety.

The plant produces two substances: the aloe vera gel, which is 96 percent water, and the latex, which is used as laxative. It is said that Cleopatra, known to be “a woman of surpassing beauty,” applied aloe vera gel on her skin as part of her beauty regimen.

According to Cancer Research UK, a potentially deadly product called T-UP is made of concentrated aloe, and promoted as a cancer cure. They say "there is currently no evidence that aloe products can help to prevent or treat cancer in humans".

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