Hi,
has as anyone tried edible Aloe Vera gel and please advise if it has helped you or not.
i was talking to a lady today who has advised she is a distributor and she said it works on inflammation and helps improve skin diseases. I have read this elsewhere and wondered if anyone has had any experience.
Thanks,
Samantha
Yes, I know that Renee has written about Aloe Vera. It has helped her a lot, together with Witch Hazel.
Hi,
I use the external gel and witch hazel and I do think they are making a difference for me, I was wondering if anyone ingests it too as these are capsules that you eat/drink and supposedly work from the inside along the digestive system and then into the cells,
thanks,
Samantha
I also have wondered about the gel. I have read good things about it. Some people use the product that is sold at the big stores and drink it dilited. I wonder if that is correct? I anyone has more info. on this please let us know
Hi, the lady I met recommended 60-120ml per day and said unless your on the aloe Vera cleanse diet she would not recommend more.
Hi
I drank aloe vera juice for a while 50ml a day I think. Can't say I noticed any difference and it was SO expensive. I alternate between 99% Aloe vera gel and coconut oil after toilet visits. I'm on Aloe vera gel at the moment and it burns slightly - more of a warm feeling - burn is a bit too strong to describe it. I don't know if that's good or bad. I've been really happy with coconut oil up to now, but thought it would be good to try something else.
I don't know is the answer. I thought I was stable but now think that I'm loosing bits very slowly.
Maybe I'll go back to coconut oil.
Beware of miracle cures - especially if they're expensive, but it's hard not to want one isn't it?
Hi,
Yes I don't think there is any miracle cure for us in afraid. I've been using aloe Vera gel and just yesterday decided to try coconut oil. Thought I'd alternate maybe month by month. Whatever I try the appearance doesn't look too different, but I still have the tingle/itch!
Thanks
Ok, here is what i found when i googled aloe vera and side effects. Aloe vera is an effective topical alternative for ls and lp used twice a day. The only caveat was that over long term use it is possible to develop a sensitivity and reaction. I use it when i get raw and/or itchy and inflamed and it helps almost immediately. It usually calms things in a few days and then i go back to just coconut oil. I feel i want to be conservative with it as it is so effective. The information also included warnings that ingested in liquid form long term it is positively associated with colon cancer
Thanks Lyn, that's interesting. I shall use the aloe Vera less often then. So far the coconut oil has been fine. Although I'm not sure if I'm using the right amount. About a small fingernail size?
many thanks for looking this up x
Add baking soda to the mix, check diet, check hormones. Somehow in the mix of these things LS 'behaves' better.
Nanny, how do you make up the baking soda spray? Can you advise me please how much baking soda to put in a small 100ml bottle please? Thanks
Wow that's interesting! my mum had an aloe vera plant and kept a leaf in water. She drank the water every day. I can't remeber how long she did it for, but I think it was a few years. She died of Pancreatic cancer 15 years ago.
I know this is anecdotal, but I've always wondered if there was any connection. I didn't trust that the person who was giving her dietry advice knew as much as they claimed to. It was a friend, not a registered practitioner.
I'll treat it with caution from now on, the gel has been good, it's very soothing on bad days, but I've had better long-term results from coconut.
I put three pinches of baking soda in a Perin spray bottle. (Perin bottle is the kind of bottle pregnant women receive after giving birth. Just the thing for LS people to use)
Many thanks
I know that some people drink the aloe vera juice, but I've never tried it. It's never been recommended to me. Interesting to hear that you can develop a sensitivity to the topical gel if used too long. I'm so much better after using it for only a couple of months that I only use it about once every other day now...and only after a cleansing spray of witch hazel...I believe they somehow work better together...at least for me that seems to be true. Now that I've gone sugar, grain & dairy free my legs have also cleared up. Still battling the OLP in my mouth...but it has also improved with the restricted diet...so I'm hoping with time I will see an end to that problem as well. I think rather than drink the aloe vera gel that it would be wiser just to make changes in your diet to see if there is improvement after eliminating certain food groups. I also eliminated all nightshade vegetables, peppers, potatoes, tomatoes and eggplant (sweet potatoes are okay). I tried to add some of these after being off them for six weeks and I had a serious flare up of the OLP in my mouth. Ouch!
For info and without commenting on any pros or cons but I regularly have to delete posts and deactivate users who are distributors for a certain company and are trying to use these forums to plug/sell edible aloe vera gel. They pose as "real" sufferers so if anyone comes across this type of behaviour please report the posts or any private messages you may get as required.
Regards,
Alan
Sure, I'd just taken my car for an MOT and while waiting the receptionist was telling me about it, I'd read about it before so wondered what other people thought. There are so many different products and ideas, it's hard to know what works and doesn't for someone new,
thanks for the message.
3 pinches in 100 ml? Is that correct?
very interesting renee. i'm trying the AIP Diet...but am also taking food grade supplements....or well i'm intending too. For some reason this is a great challenge. Is anyone else using supplements....and how are you getting on?
thanks very much for raising this samantha. I've heard that al v helps with irritable bowel but the cautionary advice is helpful. I do wonder though if is there any possibility that sufferers already had Ca and were trying this thinking they had IBS or some other gastro condition and that therefore the correlation is a bit misrepresentative? I just could n't take it myself uuuuurg !! But a local soothing application such as renee sugests might be useful. Thanks again.