Aloe Vera in a Smoothie?

[Angelic Light]

Hi there,

I have some Aloe Vera plants and I wondered if I could just chop off a leaf and put it in my smoothie? Is it safe? Or should I just scrape out some of the gel and put that in?

Thanks
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[rawstrawberry]

Honestly with anything to back me up LOL I have never seen or heard of anyone eating the whole leaf probably for good reason?? I would just use the gel.

Raw Strawberry

[Punky]

Hi there,

I have some Aloe Vera plants and I wondered if I could just chop off a leaf and put it in my smoothie? Is it safe? Or should I just scrape out some of the gel and put that in?

Thanks
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In the past, I have only heard of using the gel inside the leaf.
Just recently though, I was buying some to take internally for some stomach
ailments and they DO sell gel/juice (bottled) from the WHOLE leaf and the lady that worked in the supplement area of the HFS said it is stronger than just the gel in the center....I just know enough to be dangerous though, so definately *research* this more. But yes, I have heard of whole leaf aloe vera used in products.

[Sunshine9]

From personal experience with aloe vera, it can be VERY BITTER!!! I remember putting it on a sunburn as a kid, i got some in my mouth, and it was as though this horrible bitterness was coating it and i couldnt get it out even after brushing. Maybe that was a fluke, but i wouldn't know since i haven't tried since then hehe! The gel is very healing and nutritious though, and the gels sold in the store usually aren't bitter.. so i'm sure there is a way to extract it! Maybe you can juice the whole leaf... just thoughts. good luck!

[Douglas]

Well I tried the stuff once and was on the tolit for 3 days. I would recomend using fresh lemon juice fresh from the lemon. Plus one teaspoon of raw honey. Now raw honey is kinda like wax so it it is not you got something that has been heated. Most health food stores have it. Anyway I have 2 lemons juiced up in one quart of water every morning first thing. I had this the last couple days too. First day one pound loss. 2nd day 1 1/2 pounds lost. So for sure there is something good about it. They said in my book that the two of them help the body turn fat into Licquid so you can get it out of your body. Plus it is a good drink instead of the morning Coffee too. Doug in Calif... ;) :) :D

[Angelic Light]

Thanks for your replies.

Doug, I drink water with a lemon in it every morning. It's nice. Sometimes I use a lime.

I think maybe I will just use the gel of the plant until I do some more research.

Thanks!

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