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Aloe Vera for Celiac Disease
Recently, it has been found that in individuals who suffer from caeliac disease, which is associated with wheat sensitivity, that wheat protein contains a dietary antigen, alpha-gliaden, which can activate T-suppressor cell activity and reduce the body’s immunity. This may account for why celiac disease is often associated with the symptoms of inflammatory bowel disease. Improved digestion and management of these dietary protein antigens would facilitate an improved immunological status of the gut with reduced inflammatory activity. It has also been found that non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that are commonly used to treat the symptoms of arthritis actually increase the permeability of the gut to antigens and may increase the antigen-antibody complex formation and increase the long-term progression of the disease. It is also known that alcohol abuse can also lead to a “leaky” gut with increasing risk of exposure to dietary antigens.
Date: 3/12/2005 7:24:11 AM ( 19 y ) ... viewed 13582 times
The function of Aloe vera juice in promoting, proper gastrointestinal function, based upon the information from this preliminary study, may be to regulate gastrointestinal pH while improving gastrointestinal motility, increasing stool specific gravity, and reducing populations of certain fecal micro-organisms, including yeast. This could have significant advantage to some individuals by promoting proper dietary protein digestion and absorption and reducing bowel putrifactive processes in the colon.
This study sets the stage for a more detailed evaluation of the effect of Aloe vera juice on gastrointestinal function in patients with active inflammatory disease including inflammatory bowel disorders, colitis, and potentially forms of autoimmune disease, including rheumatoid arthritis. The impact of Aloe vera juice supplementation in these patients under controlled conditions, should allow for evaluation as to the effectiveness of this complex mixture as contributors in improved gastrointestinal function. The beneficial effect of Aloe juice supplementation could also be due to the reduction in the delivery of antigens to the gut mucosa which, if uncontrolled, are associated with inflammatory bowel disease or the absorption of these antigens into the systemic circulation through a permeable mucosa thus initiating antigen-antibody complex formation.
From this study, it can be confirmed that Aloe vera juice supplementation in normal individuals is well tolerated and did not produce any covert or overt adverse effects on gastrointestinal physiology. Oral supplementation resulted in improved bowel motility, increased stool specific gravity, and reduced indication of protein putrefaction in the colon. Clinical improvements in intestinal function while supplementing with Aloe included reduced bloating after meals and reduced flatulence, indicating improved colonic bacterial function.
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