Aloe Vera

frizz_head

Ellie2758 wrote:

I couldnt see any own-brand Yakult type stuff in sainsburys

I suspect I will hate Yakult too.....:eek:

Ellie

Oh no Ellie, Yakult is nice - like a very watered down yoghurt - but very sweet! Also very expensive!!

Peter_Griffin

Hi again,

don't worry about FOC's,

one thing to consider though is that if you are lactose intolerant then probiotic drinks are made from milk products and contain lactose, so may be a problem, don't taste too bad though just like sugary yogurt watered down.

Ellie2758

Well, this is the thing isnt it? If you are trying to discover if you are lactose intolerant surely you should be avoiding ALL dairy products?

btw, the Yakult was fine. I bought the "light" version and it tasted like raspberry sherbet.

Ellie

Ted_Hutchinson

Ellie2758 wrote:

Well, this is the thing isnt it? If you are trying to discover if you are lactose intolerant surely you should be avoiding ALL dairy products?

btw, the Yakult was fine. I bought the "light" version and it tasted like raspberry sherbet.

Ellie

HERON have Muller vitality probiotic yoghurt drinks for 59p for 6 so worth a try if your experimenting with them. However Heron stuff comes and goes so I can't guarantee yours will have these in at the moment.
With regard Lactose intolerance and probiotic drinks/Yoghurts as Recent research shows that yogurt with active cultures may be a good source of calcium for many people with lactose intolerance, even though it is fairly high in lactose. Evidence shows that the bacterial cultures used to make yogurt produce some of the lactase enzyme required for proper digestion.

Ellie2758

Who are Heron, Ted? I dont know that we have them round these parts.

Ellie

Ted_Hutchinson

Ellie2758 wrote:

Who are Heron, Ted? I dont know that we have them round these parts.

Ellie

Very cheap frozen food place. All out local (East Midlands) towns seem to have them. I assumed they were national. Tend to have smallish shops with freezers down both sides but over them are tinned stuff and basics. They specialise in short dated or end of range items which is why they are cheap and why their stuff comes and goes. Currently doing 12 cornetto's for £1 but only in one flavour. Similarly the 59p muller probiotics were vanilla or tropical 6packs only. The often have weightwatchers yoghurts but usually it's toffee flavour only. Sometimes have some good snack biscuit offers. Their 1kg 99p bacon bits are always good value. I've sometimes found 4 or 5 reasonable gammon rashers in a pack, odd shapes, but they eat fine.

kingshir

I've been taking an Aloe Vera capsule daily for the last 5 years to help with the pain of arthritis and placebo effect or not, I can assure you that when I miss it for a day or two my wrists and fingers start to hurt! I also used it when my son was small and had eczema; I used it on the rough red, sore bits - again with great effect and I use it for anything to do with burns, rashs etc.

Ted_Hutchinson

The problem with anecdotal reports of successful alternative therapies is that there is often no science or logic behind these reports.
While I can point other readers to research which confirms that Olive Oil and Omega 3 will help with the pain of arthritis, and I can, if I had time, explain to other readers why these two oils could be expected to have this beneficial effect, I have to say there is no research anywhere which supports the use of Aloe Vera for arthritis and that includes the major Arthritis research sites.

Hopefully you and other readers who want to spend their money this way will be buying your supplies from ZIPVIT where you can get Aloe Vera 6000mg - 120 for £7.45 that way you minimise your loss.

But other readers should always follow medically approved advice for the treatment of burns which means at least 10 minutes under running cold water first.

Edit: Do also take Martin's rules about not giving Medical Advice seriously. It is one thing pointing readers to officially recognised sites which are giving scientifically proven and medically approved advice and taking it upon yourself to give other people advice based on your own experience but which has no scientific backup and isn't received medical opinion.

Trying2Save_3

My 15yr old had an accident Wed night whilst cooking and has got burns from cooking oil on her face and chest. One of the nuses said Aloe Vera will help but the stuff I bought from the chemist hurt her when I put a little bit on. Where can I get the right ointment? Or should I go and buy the plant?

Trying2Save_3

I do not want medical advice - I have that from the Doctor - I want to know where to get the plant/lotion?