Imagine slicing open an Aloe leaf and consuming the Gel directly from the plant. Forever’s signature product, Aloe Vera Gel, is as close to the real thing as you can get. The first of its kind to receive certification by the International Aloe Science Council, this rich blend of pulp and liquid gives us a product as near to nature as possible. The proof is in the Aloe - after reading my top 10 reasons why I think you should drink Aloe Vera Gel, you will definitely see why Aloe Vera has earned the nickname 'the medicine plant'.

10. Effect on the gut

Aloe Vera has a wonderfully beneficial action on bowel function which results in a smooth and efficient transit of contents, often eradicating inconvenient, colicky pain.

9. Assists in healthy digestion

A healthy digestive tract ensures that nutrients from the food we eat are absorbed into the bloodstream. There is clear, clinical evidence that by drinking Aloe Vera Gel the bowel is able to absorb these nutrients more efficiently, especially protein. I also suspect that many other substances are much better absorbed under its influence.

8. Effect on gut flora

Aloe Vera is a natural balancer in many areas and nowhere more so than inside the gut where it tends to regulate the proportion of bacteria and yeasts that inhabit it. At various times in life people can develop an imbalance through a variety of causes which can lead to problems and, as with probiotics, Aloe may often help to normalise the situation.

7. Effect on the skin

When they are first produced deep in the epidermis skin cells are rather large and very much alive, but by the time they reach the surface after 21–28 days (in normal skin) they are a shadow of their former selves and are transformed into just thin flakes of keratin which eventually fall off. Aloe Vera Gel provides the essential nutrition to feed the basal cells and therefore the skin remains healthy and is able to perform its vital functions more efficiently - as well as looking much better!

6. Increases the activity of fibroblasts

Fibroblasts are specialised cells found in the skin and their job is to produce fibre such as collagen and elastin. These fibres give the skin its structure and, of course, make it look plump and elastic. This is fine from a cosmetic point of view but they are also extremely important in wound healing, as these fibres create a mesh or network over which the new skin cells advance to close the wound. The effect of Aloe Vera is to stimulate them to reproduce faster and therefore, being more of them, they make more fibre. The time taken for wounds to heal under the influence of Aloe Vera can be reduced by up to a third.

5. Antiviral activity

Within the mucilage layer of the leaf which surrounds the innergel there is a long chain sugar or polysaccharide. This has thecapability of being able to help defend us against attacks byvarious viruses from the simple ones causing every dayillnesses to the more complex ones. This sugar has actuallybeen extracted from Aloe Vera in the USA and made into adrug but it is actually not necessary to extract the magicbullet. Drinking the Gel is just as effective.

4. Anti-inflammatory and painkilling effect

Among the substances that have been identified in Aloe Veraare several that are anti-inflammatory and pain killing whichare very helpful for people experiencing these symptoms.

3. A useful source of minerals

Some of the minerals found in Aloe Vera include calcium,sodium, potassium, iron, chromium, magnesium, manganese,copper and zinc. This is because the plant tends to grow inareas where soils are rich in these minerals and its roots areable to absorb them and deliver them to us in a veryavailable form.

2. A useful source of vitamins

Aloe Vera Gel contains a large range of vitamins - even traceelements of vitamin B12 which is rarely found in plants.Apart from vitamin A, it contains B-group vitamins, vitamin C,vitamin E and folic acid. Many of these vitamins cannot bestored by the body so we need to constantly top them upfrom the food that we eat. What better way than by drinkinga daily amount of Aloe Vera Gel while at the same timebuilding up the body’s defence system against oxidativestress naturally?

1. A general tonic for good health

By drinking the Gel with all itsimportant ingredients (often nowdeficient in our food) including 19 ofthe 20 amino acids needed by thehuman body, and seven of the eightessential ones that just cannot bemade, the body is able to get enoughto allow complex enzyme systems towork really well. This means the bodycan function at 100%. The net resultto the individual is a wonderful feelingof wellbeing which tends to go with animproved ability to withstand and evenfight illness.As you can see from these 10great reasons, taken daily - eitheralone or mixed with fruit juice or ourother wonderful antioxidant productPomesteen Power - Aloe Vera Gel isone of the best nutritionalsupplements available!