Q: Is it true that Aloe Vera gel has a lot of health benefits? There are a lot of articles which say that Aloe Vera plant is an anti-ageing element, can I get true information?

A:The long history of medicine is a story of the search for medicines, foods and magic to help improve health and prolong life. Of course, if such a wonderful agent were found it could not be kept as a secret and we would all know about it, and presumably every one would want to take it. The attributes of such miraculous powers have been associated especially with soma (which may be ephedra), ginseng, garlic, vitamins, etc. Since none of these achieve the sought after beneficial outcome, alternatives have become fashionable, such as ashwagandha, aloe, noni, reishi and so on. The next set of fashionable life-extenders will surely appear before too long, and who knows what they and their successors will be. It is probable that it will be a genetically modified bacterium that will be used with yogurt to make a new cure all. However, this is just a guess, and it is hoped we will live along enough to see if this guess is correct and many years after that to determine whether it works.