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Can you eat the skin of the aloe vera plant?

By Anonymous April 2, 2016 - 7:01am
 
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Hello and welcome to EmpowHer,
Even though the outer skin of the aloe plant can be eaten, it is usually tough and bitter. You can peel back to skin using a knife, then crush the soft inner meat and eat raw.
Below I have a pasted a link to a HER article that talks more about eating aloe.
https://www.empowher.com/skin-products/content/aloe-vera-it-safe-eat
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April 2, 2016 - 8:48am

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