The soothing power of Aloe Vera

This past week, I came down with the Queen Mother of all chest colds. I had laryngitis and could barely squeak out my name for 5 days. Considering that talking is more or less what I do for a living - and this was a particularly critical, verbally demanding week - I was gargling, slurping, spraying, and steaming every homeopathic remedy I could think of. Had someone offered, I probably would have given eye of newt a try. Anyway, I took this plague as an opportunity to try Santaverde Aloeslim tea. No, this tea is not necessarily recommended for the litany of -itises from which I was suffering, but hey, tea is tea and it felt really good.

Aloeslim works as a detoxifying tea, cleansing and purifying by getting rid of excess water and the various toxins that build up in our system and interfere with its normal functioning. I served it at my recent live event at Tillie's Bean Coffee shop in Minneapolis, to mixed reviews. Some customers loved the smell but not so much the taste, and some did not care of the strong aloe scent but loved the taste. Personally, I think it smells better than it tastes, but considering I don't really love tea, I thought it smelled and tasted pretty good.

As far as my experiment in homepathic treatments for a tenacious cold virus that felt like 5 lbs of burning playdough lodged into my chest...I caved two days ago and am now taking the exotic cocktail of antibiotics, Nyquil and Sudafed. A girl's gotta sleep, you know? But I plan to continue with the Aloeslim to see if it has any effect on the little Buddha Belly that has silently appeared where my flat little tummy used to be. I'll keep you updated.