Aloe to drink and aloe for your skin are different animals, Meme.

I drink some daily--have for years. I've never had diverticuli, but I used to have terrible acid reflux, which aloe helps with.

One of the lovely things about low carb is that it lessens the inflammation in the gut, as it does inflammation everywhere. But prior to LCHF, I could count on aloe to lessen it, as well.

The nutritional portrait of aloe is really pretty fascinating: it is chock full of nutrients, as well as being a potent digestive anti-inflammatory.

Sloan Kettering Cancer Institute in NYC gives it to their patients undergoing chemo/radiation, and it helps with the severe nausea so many people experience during those treatments.

I think of it, though, as soothing the "burn" in your gut, like the topical version does with burns on your skin.