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Aloe (Aloe barbadensis)
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Aloe - M. D. Anderson Cancer Center
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Vera - Chad Bradshaw, Pharm.D
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Oral Aloe Vera for
Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus and Dyslipidemia (printer-friendly) -
Medscape, 11/16/10 - "Five out of the seven studies that evaluated diabetes
endpoints in humans showed significant reductions in fasting blood glucose after
treatment with oral aloe vera in patients with diabetes or prediabetes;[21,22,24,25,28]
the remaining two studies reported a trend toward decreased blood or plasma
glucose concentrations in the aloe-treated groups.[26,27] Significant reductions
in HbA1c—up to 22.6% of baseline—were seen in all three studies that evaluated
this measure.[22,27,28] One of these studies reported improvements in
fructosamine levels,[27] suggesting an improvement in average blood glucose
levels over time"
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By The Skin of Its Leaves - Nutrition Science News, 5/01 -
"In test-tube studies, aloeride, a sugar extract derived from the whole
leaf, has shown potent immunity enhancing ability. In addition, special
processing of polysaccharides from aloe gel has revealed another fraction
with potent immune-stimulating effects. Aloe gel also harbors a variety of
phenolic and enzyme antioxidants, which may prevent UV light-induced immune
suppression, keeping skin cancer at bay"
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