Aloe Vera?!

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on July 3, 2008 at 11:41am

I have 3 swords in my fridge. I use them all the time. I add them to juices, use them on my face as a moisturizer and on my skin when i get too much sun. It doesn't taste so good so I chug it opposed to savoring it like juice. I blend it up in the vitamix with lemon and down it goes. It's anti inflammatory and very lubricating. You can get a box of them from aloeking with free shipping for cheap and they last a month or more in the fridge.

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Permalink Reply by jason on July 4, 2008 at 7:51am

Put it in your smoothies. Its a pain in the ass to prep for some but gets really simple after a few tries. I eat aloe sometimes now but in the past I used to eat it daily and it gives your skin a glow and adds a natural sunscreen to your skin. This is a major healer from inside out. Anyone with skin issues should eat aloe everyday. You can grow your own easily anywhere. I also take a bucket full sometimes and peel them and and process them and put in a jar and leave in my fridge for topical applications to any cuts, burns, or potential sunburns after surfing for too many hours straight. Aloe is awesome - go nuts and eat it - it will show you what it will do.
If your aloe smells a little, just rinse the slimy meat piece really good and the sap will wash off. I don't eat the sap, only the meat. The sap is what smells weird.

Jason

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Permalink Reply by sunnied on July 4, 2008 at 8:47am

Does it bother you? I can't smell anything.

I've used it in smoothies (no taste) as well as topically. I was kind of suprised the first time I applied it actually. I'm used to sleeping covered in coconut oil and waking up with it absorbed. I thought the same thing when I used aloe but then I got in the shower and got slimy again!

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Permalink Reply by jason on July 6, 2008 at 7:29am

Most of the aloe I eat does not smell, however, as a seeker of the natural way, I try to scavenge locally for my aloe as opposed to buying 3 arms for $8. So some smells like poo when you open it up. I think direct sunlight causes smelly aloe among other things. I read about it but forget.

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Permalink Reply by RawZi on July 28, 2008 at 1:04am

I never minded the smell of aloe. It smelled like vegetables to me. But then mine was homegrown. Maybe they do something to it that makes it smell bad?

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Permalink Reply by Nini on July 6, 2008 at 3:38pm

How effective would the aloe juice be (in a smoothie)? I have a jug of it that I use after I have been in the sun to soothe my skin. I have trouble finding the plants-they are usually small and puny.

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on July 6, 2008 at 3:40pm

You can have them shipped to you form aloeking.com they are reasonably priced and I think if you get 15 it includes shipping.

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Permalink Reply by coco on July 8, 2008 at 2:40pm

the plants usually are small and puny! i have some that i have had for 7 years, and they still aren't as large as i would like.

i'm strange though...i could never eat my plants. they're my babies. i buy separate aloe for eating.

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Permalink Reply by KarmaFree Kale Chips on July 8, 2008 at 12:49pm

yes yes yes
all I can say is YES
AND make sure you love it when you drink those magic brews.

Another hint is to NOT blend it too much - add the Aloe Vera in at the end and blend just enough t mix in - do not over blend as that will make the AV less healing.

LOVE LOVE LOVE the Aloe Vera and if you relate each day - MAGICK will happen.

yours in light,

Karma Free

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Permalink Reply by KarmaFree Kale Chips on July 8, 2008 at 12:50pm

check on my drink too - amazing really and you will fall deeply in love too !!

KF

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Permalink Reply by coco on July 8, 2008 at 2:41pm

also...juice from the whole leaf (as opposed to just the inner fillet) is highly laxative, so if you don't need that effect, stick with just the inner fillet

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Permalink Reply by Jeff on July 8, 2008 at 2:43pm

I heard the skin is toxic and acts as a natural insect repellent which is why aloe doesn't need insecticides to grow.

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