• It has properties that make it a fruit, vegetable and an herb!
• It has enzymes that the body needs that are not found in any other plant.
• It is the only plant source of vitamin B12.
• It is the most potent source of the largest immune enhancing polysaccharides (our bodies stop producing these at puberty), and more.

To say it is nutritious is quite an understatement. It seems to be the most health supporting plant possible and should be a fundamental staple of everyone's nutritional health care regimen.

Among its 250 naturally occurring nutrients and cofactors are:

• Vitamins/Minerals (vitamins C, A,E,B-1,2,6,12, zinc, beta carotene, calcium, niacinimide, folic acid, carotene, choline, copper, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorous, potassium...) (The only known plant source of vitamin B12)
• Enzymes* (including digestive enzymes, amylase, lipase, oxidase, lactic dehydrogenase...)[easily broken down by heat]
• Growth factors* (gibberellin, auxin...)
• Amino acids 9 of 10 essential amino acids (only missing tryptophan), glutamic and glutanic acids, glycine, histidine,tyrosine....
• Essential fatty acids
• Plant Sterols*
• Antiseptic & analgesic compounds* (salicylic acid, lupeol, sulfur, cinnamonic acid, phenol...)
• Glycoproteins
• Polysaccharides -fresh aloe contains the full range of all sizes of the long-chain, intricate, delicate (easily damaged) polysaccharides also known as mucopolysaccharides, MPS, Beta-linked glucomannans (including the Beta- 1,3; Beta-Glucan and the Beta-1,4 known as Acemannan).

It is important that these nutrients be protected as they are responsible for most of the immune enhancing properties documented by research.
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