Kefir vs. Yogurt

The debate may continue on which is better for our health, yogurt or kefir, but the best test is to try them both and see the results. In my experience, I found excellent improvement in my digestive system after adding kefir to my diet, and now consider it a superfood... Read More

Take Charge of Your Health, Naturally

The Natural Health Journal delivers information on alternative health therapies, nutrition and natural healing. Author, Virginia Hanspiker, is a Registered Polarity Practitioner, Registered Massage Therapist, Reflexologist and Reiki Master. Her training and health experience is in a variety of natural therapies, including nutritional counseling, as she believes nutrition is the foundation for optimum health. To learn more about Virginia and her work as a Natural Health Practitioner, visit her online practice at: aTouchOfHealth.ca.

The Fountain of Youth is at Your Front Door!

Walking impacts everything from blood sugar and cholesterol levels, weight control, lung function and oxygenation of tissues. This simple activity actually improves everything… from muscles (including leg cramps or poor circulation) to organs and let’s not forget – our mind. It relieves depression, anxiety and stress by producing endorphins, the body’s natural tranquilizer. What an easy way to put a smile on your face! Read More

Why Forever Living's Aloe ?

There are lots of aloe brands on the market.  After reading of the many nutrients in aloe vera and its broad influence on health, you may ask “ and why should I buy Forever Living Product’s aloe?”   A stronger reason than my positive experience with this brand, is the answer below from the Company itself on why their aloe vera and aloe-based products are well-worth your consideration:

“We are the world’s largest grower and distributor of Aloe Vera. We own plantations in the USA and the Caribbean – both prime growing climates.  We can tell you EXACTLY how and where our aloe was grown. For example, we know and can assure you that no pesticides or herbicides are used in our Aloe Vera fields.

We control the whole process, from choosing which leaves are ripe for harvest, right through to the storage temperature after bottling. We are not dependent on any other supplier.

Our gel is extracted from freshly harvested, mature leaves and stabilized to protect its essential nutritional content within hours. The stabilization process is patented by Forever Living Products President, Rex Maughan.

No artificial flavouring or colouring is added to our gel. As there are many harvests during the course of the year, colour and taste may vary. It has been known for some companies to add bleaching agents to their Aloe Vera products, to keep the colour consistent on the shelves all year long. We firmly believe that the colour is NATURAL and HEALTHY.

Although a large proportion of Aloe Vera gel is naturally composed of water, anybody seeing the raw gel will know that it is not a thin clear liquid. Our Aloe Vera Gel is NOT homogenized or filtered. Our drinks have a rich pulp which settles and contains much of the goodness of Aloe Vera that is necessary in our daily diets. We advise you to shake the drinks well to receive the full benefit from our pulp. There are some companies who offer Aloe Vera with the pulp strained, giving it the appearance of bottled water. In recent times, whole leaf aloe vera has attracted much attention and is presented by its manufacturers as providing extra benefits. They often avoid mentioning that in order to remove the strong laxative elements found in the outer leaf, they must pass the whole liquid through charcoal filters, which inevitably upsets the natural balance of nutrients found in the gel. Forever Living Products (FLP) does not have to risk the integrity of the product by subjecting the gel to this filtering process.  Since the traditional, well-proven benefits of aloe vera are found in the gel, not the rind, FLP discards the useless rinds, using them as natural fertilizers in its aloe fields!

Our Aloe Vera is not boiled. Boiling or pasteurization is cheaper and faster. Excessive heat destroys the active ingredients. We use only sub-pasteurization temperatures (known as ‘cool processing’) to ensure enzyme activity is preserved. Cool processing locks in nutrients immediately after harvesting and enables the product to retain its full potency for a greater time.

Our Aloe Vera gel is not reconstituted from freeze-dried gel. This is how some companies can offer ‘double-strength” products and so on. Our products contain 100% stabilized Aloe Vera gel, from plant to product to you.

100% stabilized Aloe Vera is the FIRST ingredient on the labels of our drinks, gelly and lotions. 

The Food and Drug Laboratories of New York have declared that our Aloe Vera Gel is ‘essentially identical’ to the raw gel. In other words, drinking our Aloe Vera Gel is like breaking open a leaf and scooping out the gel

Our products make the difference between feeling good and feeling great! “

Forever Living’s aloe was also the first to receive certification by the International Aloe Science Council to certify the pureness of their  rich cocktail of pulp and liquid. This independently authenticates their product as pure and being just like nature intended. Forever Living’s plants are grown in herbicide-free and pesticide-free fields, carry the Kosher Rating as well as the Islamic Seal of Approval and are not tested on animals.