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From: Ethel Snooks <emsnooks@...>
To: rheumatic@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, Sep 11, 2007 8:25 pm
Subject: [rheumatic] Aloe Vera
Back in 1999, I and my friend who was a physician had the privilege of spending an afternoon with Dr. Ivan Danof, M.D.,
Ph.D. regarded by many as the leading authority/investigaBack in 1999, I and my friend who was a physician had the
privilege of spending an afternoon with Dr. Ivan Danof, M.D., Ph.D. regarded by many as the leading
authority/investiga<WBR>tor on the aloe vera plant. Dr. Danof was in his late 70s so is probably retired now. He
has impeccable credentials: BS in biology and chemistry M.S. in Nutrition and Microbiology; Ph.D. in Physiology, and a
medical degree with specialties in Internal
At the time of our meeting, he was running studies in three countries (other than the U.S.) using aloe vera intravenously
for hepatitis C and he told us China's Minister of Health was flying to Dallas to meet with him the next day to discuss using
the product for gastro‐intestinal studies. They were going to devote the entire gastrointestinal floor of the Beijing hospital
to this study. There has also been research using the IV aloe for cancer and AIDS. I first heard of IV aloe vera from a
physician who told me he used it successfully for CHF, Crohns and Candida, but he didn't reveal his source. He was then
using it in a maintenance program.
Dr. Danof stressed that not all aloe vera on the market is equal. He said scientific research has proven that while there are
some 200 ingredients found in aloe vera, it's the sole ingredient ‐ mucilaginous polysaccharide that is responsible for all
the healing properties attributed to aloe, but there are very few companies that have the technology to extract the
stabilized mucilaginous polysaccharides.
Dr. Danof said aloe vera mucilaginous polysaccharide is a long chain sugar Molecule composed of individual mannose and
glucose sugar molecules connected together. The small molecules (50 to 600) reduce inflammation in such diseases as
ulcerative colitis, arthritis and gastric reflux. It also helps with reduction of blood sugar with both type I and type II
diabetes.
The medium size molecules (up to 1500) are very effective intracellular antioxidants and free radical scavengers ‐ very
important in preventing and treating arteriosclerosis, heart disease and Parkinson's disease.
(Vitamins and minerals only function outside the cells.) With the ever increasing pollution of the planet and loss of
nutrients in the soil, the increase in free radicals and loss of cellular oxygen will only become
Worse with time ‐ making aloe vera mucilaginous polysaccharides even more important than ever.
To my knowledge, IV aloe vera is not available to the general public but there are a few companies producing
an excellent aloe vera product ‐ some of them quite expensive.
Digestinol ‐ _www.digestinol_ (http://www.digestinol.com
MoloCure ‐ _http://ampfloracel.com
AloeMaster ‐ best price I've found is at _www.purityproducts_
http://www.purityproducts/) ..
Coats International for the liquid. Dr. Danof use to do the quality testing of the Coats product.
http://www.coatsaloe.com
Dream Valley's highly concentrated liquid aloe vera.‐ sold by Cosmetic Specialty Labs
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http://www.trianglehealingproducts.com/shop/product_view.asp?storeID=332EF5F0B0334C5BBF194DCC24E96119&id=
1917800&special=true&privateproduct=1Allied
Coats, Dream Valley and Allied all use organic aloe. I've heard Aloemaster does too but I'm not sure about the first two
listed.
Bottom line, if you are going to use aloe, for best results consider buying it from one of these companies.
Ethel
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