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Aloe is a tropical plant used to treat type 2 diabetes. The active ingredients are thought to work as fiber to help stimulate cell glucose uptake. No adverse effects have been reported. However, there is concern that additive hypoglycemia may occur if aloe is combined with diabetes drugs. Also, there is a potential for prolonged bleeding with the anesthetic agent sevoflurane during surgery; thus aloe use should be discontinued 2 weeks before surgery. Three small studies have indicated that aloe may decrease fasting glucose and triglycerides, but not total cholesterol. No long-term information regarding aloe use is available, and the effect on A1C was reported in only one very small trial. The dose used has been 1 tablespoonful (15 ml) twice daily of aloe leaf gel.^109,110 Use of this supplement is not recommended because of the possibility of inadvertent contamination with some of the cathartic ingredients.