My Miracle Plant Blog

In order to have a healthy life we need to achieve proper balance in our lives. This includes diet, exercise and relaxation/rest. Below is just a sample of some of my blogs on various topics concerning a healthy lifestyle. I hope we can all adopt at least one healthy habit on a weekly basis to achieve a longer and healthier life.

Aloe Vera and You - Healthy Drink

Aloe vera juice is an excellent source of vitamins and minerals - an essential source for maintaining circulatory and digestive health, energy levels and many cell processes.

Some of the vitamins present are vitamin A (Beta-Carotene), B1 (Thiamine), B2 (Riboflavin), B3 (Niacin), B5, B6 (Pyridoxine), B12, C (Ascorbic Acid), E, and some folic acid. It’s got minerals such as calcium, sodium, iron, potassium, magnesium and copper.

Now that you know that the aloe vera contains these vitamins and minerals, what are some of the foods you would you have to eat naturally to be sure you are getting them all? You would have to eat: (read more...)

Aloe Vera and You – Burns

Aloe is an excellent first aid treatment. It contains a unique blend of polysaccharides, and other compounds which accelerate the healing of the skin’s surface.

Ever been so busy in the kitchen, with four different things cooking and forget to use a pot-holder? How about using an oven mitt that’s just not thick enough? It’s happened to me.

First degree burns – that’s when you get a burn but the skin is not broken, light scorching, sunburn

Second degree burns – when you get a blister and broken skin, like bubbling skin

I have used the pure or raw extracted aloe vera gel to completely heal wounds like these. First I use the aloe as a

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Coconut Wonders

Coconut is another natural wonder food that can help save your life. It has only been recently that modern researchers have begun to fully discover the amazing health benefits of this amazing fruit.

Coconut looks like a large green American football and when you remove the outer covering it resembles a brown nut with two eyes and a mouth. You can pierce the "mouth" to get to the water inside. Usually, the browner the nut the older the coconut. In Jamaica we discard the water and use the hardened white meat inside the older brown coconuts in our baking and cooking, eg: custards, rice and peas, etc. The young coconut is