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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