Your thoughts on Aleo Vera juice?

[little_mrs]

I drink it coz it tastes yummy... Lol. When I was pg I drank gallons of the aloe Vera and lychee juice, kicked morning sickness out the door everytime!

[MummaBee]

I drank it once omg the consistancy of lurgis TMI never again didnt notice changes at all and i drank the whole bottle lol

[MummaSue]

I took the drink a few years ago for a few months - tastes disgusting but my skin was gorgeous!

[Just Me]

DH and DS1 (who is 3) drink 20ml and 5ml respectively every morning on an empty stomach. It is about the only thing that keeps their eczema under control and now I swear by the stuff. We get the stuff from the chemist - it's concentrated, not just the drink from the supermarket. The one from the chemist is about $17 for 500ml but it lasts 3 months or so, so it is excellent value.

The dosage amount for kids under 12 isn't listed on the bottle but I spoke to the naturopath who said it was fine to give a smaller dose to children (he worked out how much for me). I have been using it with DS1 for about 9 months now and never had any issues. DH used to take it as a kid which is why we decided to give it a go. He started taking it about 6 months ago because he has issues with the skin on his hands during winter and it is magic stuff.

ETA: DH has also been rubbing 100% aloe vera gel on his hands everyday and it is working beautifully. I used it for a severe burn and severe sunburn on more than one occassion and it relieves pain in a way that all the other creams can't. I can't stop raving about how great aloe vera is.

I am interested though - what did the site say is the problem with absorbing aloe vera?

[*EJ*]

Little mrs love the sound of a ms cure. Wish i knew about that a last year and even earlier

So many have mentioned the benifit to the skin, i need that right now.

Just Me that would have been my next question... to know if you can give it to the little ones as well. I just got a supermarket one but i might try the chemist when that runs out. Is the gel from the chemist also? I have terrible dermatitis on my hands at the moment and the cracks get better then crack again within a day or so.

The site i found has a heading that says 'Myth or Reality'. It was one of the top options when i typed Aloe Vera Juice in Google. Not too sure about it's credability though...

Thanks ladies i think i'll give it a go

[BellyBelly]

I was loving it for a while, found a yummy one, but then thought to look at the ingredients, and it contained high fructose corn syrup. Dang that stuff is in everything these days.... stopped drinking it.

[*EJ*]

You just made me think to check out the ingredients also (i got a book called The Chemical Maze last week and it's great) and the one i have from the supermarket has preservatives 211 & 202 in it!!! Not good at all. Today i have been applying it to an irritation i have on my bb's and side effects of both of those preservatives say 'skin irritations' I've probably just made things worse than they already where

Will have to have a good search for any alternatives. Nothing is ever what it seems

[Just Me]

I was loving it for a while, found a yummy one, but then thought to look at the ingredients, and it contained high fructose corn syrup. Dang that stuff is in everything these days.... stopped drinking it.

The one we get is 'Lifestream Biogenic Aloe Vera Juice' but you don't drink the whole bottle, just take it as a daily dose of 20mls per adult (or up to 40ml twice daily for optimum results). I have tried ours and it doesn't really taste like anything so I don't think there is a lot of sugar in it.

Ingredients: Each ml contains aloe vera inner leaf juice (997mg), citric acid-anhydrous, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (essential to stabilise the nutritionally active compounds).

EJ - As far as the gel goes - we got it from the chemist. I have seen the little bottles of it in a few places for about $4 so you can try it out without it costing an arm and a leg. You have to get the pure aloe vera gel though and check the ingredients because lots of them are mixed with glycerine. DH has dermatitis also. He can't use anything on his hands without making them worse but he has had so much success with the aloe vera gel. It soothes it and makes them better almost over night. It hasn't entirely cleared up his problem but he isn't in pain anymore. I will have to find the gel bottle and post the name and ingredients.