How
to Grow and Make Your Own Aloe Vera Juice
We
receive a huge number of inquiries about making aloe vera juice at home from
aloe vera plants.
First
it's important to understand that not all aloe vera plants are the same.
You only want to extract the gel from Aloe Barbadensis Miller plants.
These plants must be mature (3 to 4 years of age) and grown outside
year-round in a semi-tropical climate (such as the frost-free areas of southern
United States) for the fullest aloe vera benefits.
Then
it's important to keep in mind that the inner gel (the part you use to make aloe
vera juice) oxidizes very rapidly.
What
is oxidization? In a nutshell, it's this: When you bite into an
apple it will start to turn brown within several minutes. Likewise, when
you cut into a potato the inner flesh will begin to brown within several
minutes. Both of these examples demonstrate the process known as
"oxidation." It's important to realize that in the case of aloe
vera gel, oxidation breaks down many of the nutrients and beneficial
compounds. Not a good thing.
The
only company to overcome the oxidation process by stabilizing their aloe vera
gel minutes after it is removed from the outer rind is; therefore not
surprisingly, the largest grower, manufacture and distributor of Aloe Vera Juice
in the world. (You can find their aloe drinks by clicking the link in the
section above this page.)
For
the person who wants to make their own aloe vera juice at home, just realize
that you need to harvest the leaf and then immediately remove the rind and the
yellow layer just under the rind (the "latex") which, if ingested, may
cause diarrhea and cramping. (A good reason to be very careful.)
Once
the rind and latex are removed (to be certain you have all the latex removed,
with a knife scrape into the gel and remove thusly) you are left with the pure, translucent,
inner gel (see picture to the right of the rind removed from the inner gel).
One
way to help BRIEFLY stabilize the exposed gel - as well as to make it more palatable
to drink in the form of aloe vera juice, is to then put the gel into a blender
with either orange juice or grapefruit juice. About two tablespoons of the
aloe vera gel per glass of your favorite juice is sufficient to make a suitable
aloe vera juice drink.
Some
people rinse the freshly harvested and filleted gel with a watered-down vinegar
solution to remove any remaining latex residue.
Keep
in mind that it takes a lot of time and messy work to make your own aloe vera
juice. You also will go through a lot of plants for enough juice for a
month. The expense of making your own is not worth your time and
money when you can get the
highest quality aloe vera juice and skincare online.
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