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Aloe Vera – The Healthy Choice

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Aloe Vera as a succulent plant is member of the lily family. It forms itself part of a subspecies (the Aloinae) of which there are over 200 types.

The potency of Aloe Vera is due to its rich variety of ingredients, which are present in perfect balance, and work together as a team. Although the solid portion of the Aloe Vera plant forms only 1%-1.5%, the rest being water, this small amount of active ingredient can produce a strong effect. This can only be explained by a synergistic effect, which means that the effect of the whole is greater than the add up effects of the individual components.

There are thought to be only five varieties of the aloe family which possess documented medicinal benefits, and of these it is Aloe Barbadensis Miller, which has been of most use to humans because it has been shown to be the most powerful of all aloes.

There are over 75 known ingredients in the Aloe Vera leaf. The main ingredients are:

Lignin is cellulose-based substance in the gel with no known specific medicinal properties. It is thought to provide the ability to .

Saponins are glycosides which are thought to comprise about 3% of aloe vera gel. These soapy substances contain antiseptic properties, which are capable of cleansing.

Minerals:

Calcium, Manganese, Sodium, Potassium, Copper, Magnesium, Zinc, Chromium, Iron

Vitamins:

Vitamins a, C & E are the important antioxidant vitamins, essential in the fight against damaging free radicals. All three are important for the immune system, and Vitamin C assists in wound healing. It also makes collagen, which keeps bones skin and joints firm and strong. Vitamin A is essential to maintain normal night vision. Vitamin E not only helps the body utilise oxygen, but prevents blood clots, thrombosis, atherosclerosis as well. It also improves wound healing and fertility and is good for the skin.

Vitamin B complex, including Choline

The B Vitamins are associated with the production of energy and with amino acid metabolism, which helps develop muscle mass.

Aloe Vera is one of the rare plant sources of the essential Vitamin B12, necessary for manufacturing red blood cells.

Aloe contains Folic Acid which is also important for the development of blood cells.

Amino Acids

Our human body requires 20 amino acids to maintain good health and all but eight can be manufactured in the body. The others need to be taken as food (essential amino acids). Together, they form the building blocks of proteins from which we manufacture and repair muscle. Aloe Vera provides 19 of the 20 required amino acids and seven of the eight essential ones. The amino acid tryptophan is missing.

Enzymes

The many enzymes in Aloe Vera can be divided into two groups:

enzymes that aid digestion (i.g. Lipase help break down fats, amylase, break down starch and sugar)

and those that are anti-inflammatory

Consequently the nutrients in our food can be more efficiently absorbed, when one is drinking aloe on a regular basis.

Sugars

Aloe Vera contains two sorts of sugars, monosaccharides, such as glucose and fructose, and long chain sugars (polysaccharides), the main one being a glucomannose often referred to as Acemannan.

Sterols

The plant sterols are important anti-inflammatory agents

Salicylic acid

This is also found in Aloe Vera, and it is metabolized in the body to an aspirin-like compound which, together with lupeol (one of the sterols in aloe), provide some of its pain-killing properties.

Aloe Vera has three important qualities:

  1. provides essential micro nutrients
  2. kills bacteria, viruses, fungi and yeasts
  3. reduces inflammation

Aloe Vera is currently grown commercially, mainly in the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, in the Philippines, the Dominican Republic, South Africa, Spain and in Australia. There are several Aloe companies. For any Aloe drink to stand a chance of doing good, it needs to contain a substantial quantity of the parenchymatous gel. If a product is clear, looks like water and tastes like water, then it probably is water, and not particularly beneficial.

In the USA is an independent organisation established, called International Aloe Science Council which, amongst other things, evaluates the quality of aloe products. If such products meet with various criteria and reach a particular standard, they are accredited with the IASC seal of approval, which can then appear on the container. Cold stabilised aloe vera gel is about 97% pure and the nearest thing that you can get to the natural raw gel extracted from the plant.

    

optimiX® – Optimized Mixed Diet

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The optimized mixed diet was developed originally for the child nutrition. This concept fulfills both scientific and practical criteria. Thus, on one hand it ensures that the body is supplied with sufficient energy and nutrients, on the other hand, it is ideal to prevent diseases, which can develop from a poor diet.

For children a balanced diet is especially important. Because they need a lot of energy and nutrients relative to their body weight, to ensure healthy growth and development. optimiX® is also practical. It takes into account not only the usual eating habits – but also what children and young people like to eat. Therefore, the whole family benefits, because this diet is not only suitable for small children, school children and adolescents, but also for adults. Another important point is the fact that this diet uses normal everyday foods, so for this healthy diet no additional money must be spent, important because nowadays especially as families with children are often financially less privileged.

General principle: nothing is forbidden in this diet! Important is the correct mixture!

In OptiMix there are three simple rules for food selection, in accordance of the colors of the traffic lights:

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In optimiX® there are recommended and tolerated foods. Recommended foods have a high nutrient density. That means, these foods contain plenty of vitamins and minerals in relation to their energy content. This includes mainly fruits, vegetables, potatoes, cereal products, milk and milk products and meat. As for fats, vegetable fats are recommended. In optimiX® these foods provide all the required nutrients, but only about 90% of the required food energy (calories). The remaining 10% of energy can be taken from the so called tolerated foods, like sweets, cakes, marmalade and even nougat cream. Typical of these foods are a lot of energy but few vitamins and minerals, which means low nutrient density.

optimiX® provides a balanced diet. The largest part of the food energy (55%) is from carbohydrates, mainly of cereals, potatoes and fruit. Fat of predominantly vegetable origin, provides about 30% of food energy. The remaining 15%  comes from proteins and is one half each of animal (milk, meat, fish and eggs) and vegetable origin (cereals, potatoes). With this diet, we also get enough of all the necessary vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Enriched foods as multivitamin juices for example, are superfluous in optimiX®. In fortified foods often a lot of sugar is hidden. Even so-called nutritional supplements such as vitamin tablets are not necessary at optimiX®.

EFT – Emotional Freedom Techniques

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What is it all about?

Emotional Freedom Techniques is Meridian Tapping. Like acupuncture and acupressure,  Meridian Tapping consists of a set of techniques that utilize the body’s energy system.

The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system.  You can stimulate these meridian points by tapping on them with your fingertips to get back flowing the energy.

You are tired of feeling sad, depressed, anxious, discontent, and unwell?

You would like to grow, flourish, and thrive, putting the past back in the past. You want to be your best, living a balanced life that is filled with peacefulness, joy, and fulfillment, from day to day and moment to moment.

With Meridian Tapping you can do that!

EFT provides relief from chronic pain, emotional problems, disorders, addictions, fears and phobias, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, and physical diseases.

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