This blog category features scientific studies and supporting documents that highlight the effectiveness and relevance of the proprietary products, ingredients, molecules, and technologies central to the Hope Movement. Each study is summarized and simplified to provide accessible insights for readers of all backgrounds. We work hard to become intentional and trusted curators. We curate an already existing knowledge-base on behalf of our team of consumers to empower them and reinforce the evidence that validates our products’ efficacy. While these studies offer promising results, it’s important to understand that no single scientific study provides a final answer; and is one of the reasons we seek to publish as many studies as possible. Research is an ongoing process, and each study adds one more piece to the larger puzzle. More studies, including relevant testimonials from humans, are needed to confirm these findings and understand how they might apply to real-world treatments. Trigger warning: As far as we know the testing on lab animals was employed according to ethical standards, but some might find this disconcerting. Disclaimer:
I recently learned something important about how scientific research is sometimes published. I’ll tell more about that shortly. That realization led me to take a closer, more careful look at a study examining diabetes, cognitive health, and the biological impact of Aloe vera inner leaf gel and its active component, Read more…
In this final part of our three-part series, we step back and look at the bigger picture. The study we’ve been curating isn’t built on a single experiment or a single result. It draws together years of research and a wide range of studies focused on Acemannan. In that sense, Read more…
The study we are about to unearth might qualify as a meta-analysis. “Meta” means many, or in this case many studies and the total sum of those studies are then provided an analysis by the authors of this study. Therefore the term meta analysis. One of the most interesting parts Read more…
When people hear the word biodegradable, it can raise an honest question—especially with something like Acemannan. If Acemannan, the active compound in aloe, breaks down so quickly after a leaf is removed from the plant (you’ve heard me talk about it), how can scientists also describe it as a valuable Read more…
Though it remains true that health-minded shoppers are unlikely to find Acemannan in most health food stores—or even listed as a meaningful ingredient in the vast majority of aloe vera products (click here for more), the term Acemannan is beginning to appear more frequently in online nutritional offerings. In fact, Read more…
I have been looking for this scientific study for quite some time and now I have it and I am ready to share it with you. Why did this1953 study have anything to do with the discovery of Acemannan? Well it served mostly as an initial catalyst and an attention-getter Read more…
A meta-analysis in 18 chapters of 325 studies Edited by Bill H. McAnalley, PhD These are Tony McWilliams’ notes gleaned from this book. Anything in italics are specifically Tony’s own thoughts, information from other resources, or disclaimers. Definition of Some Terms ● Acemannan = A polysaccharide that is the active ingredient Read more…
We are looking at a 2023 study relative to Alzheimer’s where actual Alzheimer’s patients were given an aloe-Acemannan nutritional supplement over a 12 month period of time. The authors, as far as they know, are saying this is the first study that has closely measured an immune ratio in Alzheimer’s Read more…
I am going to again curate a scientific study, this time out of South Korea, that focuses on Aloe arborescens, a species of the Aloe plant, with its active ingredient Acemannan. Our focus is to address memory impairment, this time in groups of mice. Let’s begin . . . The Read more…
Researchers wanted to find out if a special nutritional supplement—called aloe polymannose multinutrient complex (APMC)—could help people with moderate to severe Alzheimer’s disease by affecting something in the brain called BDNF. I’ll bring definition and clarity as we consider a study on this subject from 2017. Let’s first start with Read more…