What Makes Desert Harvest Aloe Vera So Special?

The succulent leaf of the aloe vera plant is one of nature's most wonderful gifts. Recognized throughout history for a multitude of uses, the plant's fullest capacities are only just now being widely developed for today's health-conscious consumer. Every Desert Harvest aloe vera product is formulated specifically to maximize the benefits of the whole leaf and enhance products for internal and topical uses.

Although the aloe vera plant still holds many mysteries, we have made great strides in capturing the plant's fullest potential through super-strength processing techniques. Traditional refining methods discard the leaf after using a hand filleting method to remove the inner gel. Ironically, the richest source of the active ingredients (polysaccharides) is in the inner rind of the plant's sap-producing cells. To tap these sources, Desert Harvest starts with the pulverized whole leaf. Proprietary processes then dissolve the cellulose, eliminate contaminants, and remove the anthraquinones, which cause diarrhea. The resulting gel, which is 99.52% water, is concentrated by using a patented, Cryovac freeze-drying process to remove excess water without altering or destroying the polysaccharides, vitamins, minerals, amino acids, and enzymes present in the plant. Using the whole leaf and cold processing ensures that the plant's fullest richness extends from our facilities to your home.

We encourage you to become an educated aloe consumer who takes advantage of the variety of research and published materials on the history, current uses, and benefits of aloe vera.


Excerpts from "Aloe Vera: A Mission Discovered"
By Lee Ritter

If you take a 10,000 gallon vat and put one gallon of Aloe vera juice in it and then add 9,999 gallons of water, you can advertise that it contains 100 percent pure stabilized Aloe vera. That has been the position of the Food and Drug Administration to date. One FDA representative said to me, "It's not our responsibility to say how much water is in a tomato, an orange, or in Aloe vera."

Dr. Reginald McDaniel indicated to me that, of over 200 Aloe vera beverages tested in the mid-1980's, only three contained a sufficient content of Aloe to be of any medical value to the consumer. The tests that I have run would indicate that, even today, less than one percent of readily available brands contain acceptable levels of Aloe vera.

The harm that is done by putting out an Aloe vera beverage with only diluted, minute quantities of Aloe vera in it is tremendous. The consumer receives no benefit and comes to the conclusion that Aloe vera doesn't work. In every case where someone has told me that Aloe vera did not do them any good, the story has been the same. There were insufficient quantities of Aloe vera in the drink.

The following story is an example of the harm that can occur. A gentleman came to me about three years ago suffering from Epstein-Barr virus, Candida, and herpes. From the top of his head to the tips of his toes, his body was covered with sores. Puss emitted from several of the lesions. He told me that he spent $168,000 over a three-year period seeking conventional medical treatment and his condition had only gotten worse. I asked him if he'd tried Aloe. He replied, "I'm taking Aloe right now and it hasn't helped." I asked him the brand. It is one of those listed on the chart in this chapter. The tests by Ivan E. Danhof, Ph.D., M.D., at North Texas Research Laboratory indicated that the brand contained no Aloe at all. When I advised the gentleman of this, he indicated that previously he had tried another brand, also unsuccessfully. Again, an identification of that brand indicated insufficient quantities to be of substantial value. I suggested that, if he was going to use Aloe vera, then he should use a brand that had sufficient quantities to do some good. I told him my theory of approaching the problems aggressively with high daily intake of Aloe concentrate. I reminded him that you don't fight a forest fire with a garden hose. If I were in his shoes I would take a whole leaf Aloe vera concentrate.

Within a few days the man noticed a marked improvement. He told me that he even put it in the bathtub and snorkeled to make sure it covered his whole body. He used it both internally and topically. Within three months there wasn't a sore remaining. His doctor called me and said, "His body was even worse inside. I doubted if he would have lived another year and now he's completely recovered."

The blame for selling worthless products should not be placed on the health food stores for the most part. The distributor tells them that it is a good product and they purchase it for their customers. They don't have any idea how to test it. Even the label says, "One Hundred Percent Pure, Stabilized Aloe Vera". Remember, that label does not tell you how much Aloe vera is in the bottle, just that what is there is pure. It's the producers and distributors who incur my wrath. They know exactly what they are doing. There are over 1,000 brands of Aloe vera available on the market, most of which are privately labeled by about 20 producers. Senator Orrin Hatch recently spoke to the health food industry. He indicated that the greatest threat to them is their inability to control themselves, particularly those who deliberately misrepresent their product or its potential value.

It was the dilution problem that brought me to the conclusion that the purchase of a concentrate was the best and safest approach. With a concentrate you know how much Aloe vera you are taking. There are other problems besides that of dilution in purchasing a product. How is the Aloe prepared? Much of the chemical value of the Aloe vera plant is found in the leaves. However, just under the leaves is a yellow sap called Aloin. This substance is a very strong laxative and needs to be removed. The process is complicated. Aloe vera juice is, on the average, 99 percent water. All the chemicals together then amount to no more than one percent of the Aloe leaf. In that one percent there are over two hundred different constituents or ingredients. The manner in which they work on each other and together, which I call synergism, is not scientifically understood. Thus it is essential that all of the ingredients be retained and not altered.

Desert Harvest super-strength aloe vera is cold processed using the whole plant with no artificial ingredients and no fillers. The only ingredients removed are the water, insoluble fiber, and the anthraquinones, which cause diarrhea. Because our aloe vera is freeze-dried, you get the benefits of the whole plant in its natural state.

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