Evolution Superfood Canada

Although Aloe Vera is native to Northern Africa, it is widely cultivated in tropical and temperate climatic zones throughout the world. Historical documents going back to 1600 B.C. indicate that Aloe Vera was used extensively as a medicinal plant by the ancient Roman, Greek, Arab, Indian and Chinese cultures.

In more recent times Aloe Vera has been used in the traditional herbal medicine of China, Japan, Russia, South Africa, the United States, Jamaica, Latin America and India. Despite its succulent, water retaining leaves, Aloe Vera is not a cactus, but a member of the Lily family.

Aloe Vera is a source of more than 200 bio-active ingredients, including vitamins, minerals and amino acids. One of the best known properties of Aloe Vera is the promotion wound healing.

Valuable components are obtained from the leaf, the sap and a mucilaginous gel derived from the inner cells of the leaf.

The Aloe Vera used in Evolution is bifurcated Aloe Vera gel, which combines all the ingredients of the leaf, both the outer Aloe rind, and the inner Aloe gel, so that Evolution contains all of Aloe Vera's numerous bio-active ingredients.

The rind contains glycoproteins, polysaccharides and important enzymes, such as the powerful antioxidants, superoxide dismutase, catalase and glutathione peroxidase. The inner Aloe gel is made up of polysaccharides and a large number of other of bio-active substances, which promote healing and stimulate the immune system.

While each of the individual components has a unique biological benefit, the combination of them found in Aloe Vera act synergistically for optimal efficacy. An important feature of the Aloe Vera in Evolution is that the long molecular polysaccharide, mannan, is not broken down by hydrolysis during manufacturing, so that it is present in the final product unaltered and unmodified, and doesn't lose its original chemical structure and biological activity.

Aloe Vera contains both hydrophilic (water soluble) and hydrophobic (non water soluble) substances. Human metabolism and cell composition involve both hydrophilic and hydrophobic systems, so Aloe Vera stimulates and normalizes all the main physiological functions of the human body.

Bio-active components of Aloe Vera include:

High Molecular Weight Substances

• mucilaginous polysaccharides
• neutral B (1-4) mannans
• acidic galacturonic mannans
• galacto-mannans
• glycoproteins
• a variety of enzymes

Low Molecular Weight Substances

• saponins
• flavonoids
• fatty acids and their esters
• tannins
• sulphur derivatives
• glucosamine
• glutamine
• terpenoids
• biological growth factors

Vitamins A, C, E, B, B12, choline and folic Acid

20 of the 22 amino acids required by humans, including 7 of the 8 essential amino acids, which can't be synthesized by the body.

9 essential minerals

• calcium
• copper
• chromium
• magnesium
• iron
• potassium
• zinc
• sodium
• manganese

Phytonutrients

• natural plant growth hormones
• sterols
• salicylates

8 important enzymes

Monosaccharides and Polysaccharides (long chain molecules essential efficacy of Aloe Vera)

Scientific studies indicate that the diverse biochemical components present in Aloe Vera have a number of potential benefits for human health, such as:

• reducing pain and inflammation
• stimulating the immune function
• relieving heartburn and irritable bowel syndrome
• improving blood glucose levels
• lowering blood lipids
• acting as an immunostimulant
• removing cell damaging free radicals from the blood
• defending and repairing the skin

The use of Aloe Vera as a whole food dietary supplement appears to have beneficial effects on many diverse human metabolic functions, including strengthening the immune system.