Holistic Approach to Healthy Living and Aloe vera

Holistic approach to healthy living  is the order of the day. Despite being in the world of fast food more and more are becoming aware of the need to remain healthy.  This approach would include,regular exercise, meditation, spiritual healing, homoeopathy, ayurveda, allopathy and yoga. It is a pleasant sight to see joggers and walkers in  the early hours of the morning comfortably dressed. We have also heard of the water therapy. Then some resort to spirituality, like reiki and pranic healing. . There are others who go to natural therapy centers Some have enlisted themselves in associations who preach the ‘art of living’ concepts. Swimming is yet another way of remaining in trim not to forget the age old aerobics  where you  dance away your  blues to keep trim.

But all these  approaches to healthy living are hampered by the food we eat.As far as alternate therapies are concerned you have a choice but when it comes to food, we have to survive on what is available in the market.  There is not a single item today which is not contaminated no matter which part of the globe you belong!!!!

But there is a ray of hope . And that  ray of hope is Aloe.   Not just any aloe but ALOE VERA botanically known as Aloe barbadensis miller.A plant that is replete with nutrients and other ingredients  can more than make up for the contaminated food that we eat.  As I am saying this a few of you  may be thinking that you  already know everything about this plant. Some of you may be even having it in your day to day diet,adding some brandy and honey in it.You  must be even  having the plant in your garden from the days of your great grand parents  or may be getting it from your friends and neighbours. Well I too thought that I knew everything  till I walked into the marvelous world of aloe vera products that are now marketed  in various combinations. . The plant that you know of may not after all be aloe barbadensis miller – it is only this plant among the 250 odd aloes that are in existence,  can boast of the various miracles that it performs. Ofcourse some of you may even say that the leaves that we chop and eat is giving you  the results. But I must ask you what results? It is just like having a computer. In  most houses today there are computers and various uses are made of it. Some computers are old versions and some are updated. Some use them for playing games, watching movies . Some use them to just send and receive emails and all these people say they know all about computers but some whose computers are equipped with the most modern software and who have learnt to optimize its use can produce the most complicated tasks and activities storing data  running into several megabytes. This is the comparison that I wish to make about the aloe vera products marketed by a company in the United States.