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How to make aloe vera hair oil?
Aloe vera contains anti-inflammatory properties. The
elements in aloe vera such as amino acids, enzymes, vitamins and minerals are
essential for human body. The organic components help us be healthy. Aloe vera
also contains anti-septic properties.
These elements help aloe vera to promote hair growth. The
aloe gel if applied to scalp restores pH balance of the scalp and encourages
hair growth. Therefore if used in hair oils, it promotes hair growth and helps
to reduce dandruff. Aloe vera is also helpful to restore the shine and glow of
the hair and give them a healthy look. Therefore use of aloe vera is a
permissible, cheap and easy therapy to promote hair growth and curtail hair
loss.
Hair needs oil regularly to maintain their growth and
health. If this oil is mixed with aloe gel it will be more beneficial for hair.
How to make aloe vera hair oil?
To prepare aloe vera hair oil you can follow the following
steps.
First take 1/4 cup of aloe gel and then mix it with
vegetable oil.
Then heat the oil for 10 minutes and cool it
Store it in a cool and dry place.
Keep it away from sunlight.
In this way you can prepare your aloe vera hair oil. This
oil is useful for controlling dandruff. Rubbing of this oil on the hair and
scalp can provide the scalp and hair roots all the vitamins, minerals and
nutrients. It will be helpful to improve the dull, brittle and flaky hair into
shiny and healthy hair. Homemade aloe vera oil is also helpful to promote hair
growth, and reduce dandruff and hair loss.
In this way aloe vera hair oil is helpful to improve hair
growth.
Aloe Vera Juice Benefits - Weight Loss
The aloe vera plant can be grown indoors as well as
outdoors. Aloe vera extract has been used as a soothing balm for burns and to
heal cuts and wounds. However, there are very few people, who are aware of the
fact, that it can also be used to felicitate weight loss. Before we turn
towards aloe vera juice for weight loss, let's get to know more about the
medicinal properties of this wonder plant.
Health Benefits of Aloe Vera
Aloe vera juice is an
excellent natural nutritional supplement, which contains as many as twenty
amino acids, twenty minerals and about twelve vitamins. Read on to find out the
other health benefits of aloe vera.
Improved blood circulation
Regulation of blood pressure
Strengthens the immune system and defends the body against
bacterial and viral attack
Promotes healing of bones, joints and internal tissue damage
Heals ulcers
Eliminates constipation
Regulates the level of sugar in the blood
Helps in dilating the capillaries and supports cell growth,
which in turn helps in improving circulation
To gain the benefits of the medicinal uses of aloe vera, you
will have to consume two to four ounces of aloe vera juice a day. If consumed
daily it also aids in digestion, detoxifying the body and cleansing the colon.
Aloe Vera Juice and Weight Loss
We have just read
about aloe vera juice benefits, now let's look into how does aloe vera juice
aid in weight loss. That aloe vera assists in weight loss was relatively an
unknown fact. Let's understand how does aloe vera help in weight loss. It
stimulates the metabolic rate, due to which more energy is consumed. This helps
in stabilizing and reducing the body mass index. The energy which is burned is
taken from the fats and carbohydrates stored in the body. It is said that
drinking aloe vera juice through the week is equivalent to multiple workouts
done through the week.
Apart from
stimulating your metabolic rate, the other reason why aloe vera juice aids in
weight loss is that, it contains high amounts of the protein, collagen. The
body has to spend extra energy to assimilate the collagen protein in the body.
The expenditure of all that extra energy helps in weight loss, at the same time
due to the collagen protein, it also promotes muscle development.
Aloe vera juice is
also a laxative, due to which food is forced out of the colon faster. Hence,
less energy is absorbed from the food. As there are so many benefits of aloe
vera it is not astonishing that it is called 'the dietary plant' and also the
'harmony remedy'.
Along with the aloe
vera juice weight loss, to achieve greater benefits I would suggest you have a
well chalked out exercise and weight loss diet program as well. A minimum of 30
minutes exercise for 3 to 5 days a week is recommended. You should adopt a low
fat, low sugar and low calorie diet to keep the pounds at bay. At the same time
increase the amount of fiber consumption, and say no to fast food.
Now comes the
question, what is the right quantity of aloe vera, that should be consumed.
Since aloe vera juice has a bitter taste, it is recommended, that it be mixed
with vegetable and fruit juice, which will make it palatable. However, if you
want, you can also choose to have the juice plain on its own as well. In the
initial days, one can choose to have about two ounces of aloe juice combined
with vegetable or fruit juice. Gradually over a period of time, the quantity of
the aloe juice can be increased to eight ounces.
There are not too
many known side effects of aloe vera juice, if the juice is taken in
moderation. It is advisable to seek advice from your health care professional,
if a person has colitis, appendicitis, intestinal problems or Crohn's disease.
Even menstruating women should have a word with their health care professional,
if they want to start consuming aloe vera juice for weight loss. At the same
time, if you are on medication, then talk to your physician, as the medicine
will not work as expected, as the result of the side effect of aloe vera juice.
A pregnant woman should not consume aloe vera juice without medical advice.
By Bhakti Satalkar
Friday, March 23, 2012
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