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Take Advantage of the
Anti-Diabetic Potential of Aloe Vera
Plants have been used as a source of medicine through out the years of
time. The use of plants in treatment of various human ailments has been
noted in many of the ancient Indian literature. There are about 45,000
plant species in India and several thousands have been used as medicine
because of the purported medicinal properties.
In the last few decades
the studies performed on the plants mentioned in the literature that
were
used traditionally for diabetes have shown to actually have
anti-diabetic properties.
The study reviews 45 of the anti-diabetic plants and their products
have shown experimental or clinical anti-diabetic activity. The most
commonly studied and the most
successful of these plants used in
association of diabetes and their problems are the Allium cepa, Allium
sativum, Aloe vera, Cajanus
cajan, Coccinia indica, Caesalpinia
bonducella, Ficus bengalenesis, Gymnema sylvestre, Momordica charantia,
Ocimum sanctum, Pterocarpus marsupium, Swertia chirayita, Syzigium
cumini, Tinospora cordifolia and Trigonella foenum graecum.
A varying
degree of hypoglycemia and anti-hyperglycemic activity
was shown in a
variety of degrees in all of the plants.
In preliminary clinical and experimental observations, the dried sap of
the Aloe plant is a traditional remedy used for diabetes in the Arabian
Peninsula. In fact it is one of the many traditional remedies used in
diabetes in the Arabian Peninsula.
5 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes
and Swiss albino mice were studied.
With one half teaspoon of the Aloe ingested daily for 4-14 weeks, the
fasting serum glucose level fell in every patient from 273 to 151 with
no weight gain or loss. In normal mice, the doses of 10 mg twice daily
of glibenclamide and 500 mg twice daily of Aloe induce hypoglycaemia
(an abnormally low level of sugar) after 5 days.
Glibenclamide and Aloes noticeably reduced
the
fasting
plasma glucose in the
diabetic mice after 3 days.
Only the Aloe was useful after that and by day number 7, the plasma
glucose was 394 versus 64, in the controls and 726 in the glibenclamide
treated group. The conclusion to this study was that Aloe contains a
hypoglycaemic agent, which lowers the blood glucose, however the
specific cause is unknown.
In this study the objective is to perform a methodical review of the
published literature on the effectiveness and the safety of the use of
herbal supplements, vitamins and minerals, and therapies as glucose
control in patients with diabetes.
An electronic literary search was perform of Medline, Oldmedline,
Cochrane Library Database, and performed hand searches and consulting
with experts in the field. This study also included any available
clinical studies involving human participants and examined glycemic
control. When data had been extracted in a consistent manner, two
independent investigators assessed the procedural quality of the
randomized controlled trials using the Jadad scale.
 The Results found a
total of 108 trials examining 35 herbs, whether
single or in combination, and 9 vitamin/mineral supplements, which
involved 4,565 patients with diabetes or weakened glucose tolerance.
The criteria was met and analyzed. There were 58 controlled clinical
trials, 42 were randomized and 16 were non-randomized trials, which
mostly used patients with type 2 diabetes. Of the 58 trials, the
direction of the evidence form improved glucose control was positive in
76%, which equals to 44 of the 58. Very few adverse effects were
reported.
The Conclusion is still insufficient evidence to draw definitive
conclusions about the effectiveness of individual herbs, however they
do appear to be safe. With the data available it does suggest several
of the herbal supplements need further study because of their positive
results in the preliminary trials. These are Aloe vera, vanadium, nopal
and a few others.
With Aloeride containing pure Aloe vera it is safe to say, the findings
show positive results in lowering glucose among type II diabetics, and
it has been found to be safe to take.
 Aloeride®
is the only product available on the market that is made
to high pharmaceutical standards. There is no better Aloe Vera product
around you can purchase, not even on prescription.
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