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What Is Noni ?

Noni is an evergreen shrub or bush that can grow to a height of between fifteen to twenty feet. The fruit looks like a green grenade which is covered with reddish brown seed pits that give it a lumpy texture. The fruit starts green, turns yellow, ripens to whiteness & falls from the tree.
 
The tree bears fruits all year round. Once one fruit is picked, a new one will take its place after only three months! The noni fruit, in its raw form, smells foul & tastes just as bad.
 
Noni originated in India, it now grows in various parts of the world such as French Polynesia (the best known of these islands is Tahiti), Hawaii, Southeast Asia & etc. It grows best in mineral-rich volcanic ash.
 
The earliest reference to noni being used as a medicine date back several thousand years to India's Sanskrit writings when it was used in Ayurvedic medicine. Noni is used in the native medicinal systems of the islands of the South & Central Pacific, including Tahiti, Samoa, Tonga & Hawaii, Southeast Asia for example Malaysia & the Philippines. Parts used include the bark, leaves, flowers, fruit & seeds.
 
Noni was, and still is, prescribed by the native Polynesian healers to treat pain, inflammation, burns, skin problems, intestinal worms, nausea, food poisoning, fevers, bowel & menstrual problems, insect & animal bites etc.
 
According to Dr. Neil Solomon, Noni has been reported to be safe for pregnant and nursing mothers. Noni can also be taken with all medications & other food supplements.  It is non-addictive.
 
Nutrients in Noni
Over 150 nutraceuticals have been found in the noni fruit, some of those identified are : anthraquinones, beta-carotene, calcium, linoleic acid, magnesium, pectin, potassium, proline, protein, proxeronine, proxeroninease, scopoletin, beta-sitosterols, sterols, phenylalanine & tyrosine, ursolic acid, all the B vitamins & antioxidants like vitamin C, proanthocyanadins & anthocyanadins.
 
How Does Noni Work & Why It Can Be Good For Us ?
Our bodies work by biochemical reactions. Examples include growing hair, digesting food, healing injuries, fighting infections, walking, thinking, feeling etc.
 
There are certain processes in our body that are primary & supportive of the entire body.Any change in these primary processes can cause dramatic changes throughout our whole body & other aspects of our life.
 
Two of the main primary processes include the processes of synthesis and of communication.Synthesis include all the things that our bodies make, for example, proteins, connective tissues, new cells, hormones, DNA etc.Communication refers to the flow of chemically controlled information among the cells, for proper co-ordinated growth of the human body as a whole.
 
Globular proteins are the workhorses for both synthesis (enzymes) & communication (cell wall receptors) processes.Globular proteins are long strands of amino acids connected like beads on a string. Big & wobbly, they spend only a very short time in the precise shape that does most of their intended work.
More about proteins...
. Enzymes catalyze every biochemical reaction in the body & the cell wall receptors are responsible for much of the communication that occurs biochemically in the body.
 
. To increase the effectiveness of an enzyme or receptor, our bodies produce a small molecule called xeronine that wedges itself between the strands of protein, making it more rigid & hence spending more time in its biochemically efficient configuration. Dr. Ralph Heinicke, a research biochemist, pioneered the study of the alkaloid Xeronine.
 
. Xeronine is produced in the body (large intestine) from the building blocks Proxeronine, Proxeroninase and Seratonin. Our bodies contain all of these blocks but proxeronine may be in short supply. Under usual circumstances, the liver stores proxeronine, releasing it into the bloodstream every two hours. Additional quantity of proxeronine required comes from the food that we eat.
 
However soil depletion and environmental degradation have reduced the amount of xeronine building blocks in our food. Also illnesses, ageing, stresses, highly active lifestyles etc. have placed an increased demand on the proteins in our body. To increase the supply of xeronine in our body, more proxeronine will need to be supplied through our diet.
 
Noni is found to contain, in abundant quantity, the building blocks for xeronine, namely proxeronine and the enzymes needed to convert proxeronine into xeronine, known as proxeronase. 

The Noni plant has brought hope and helpful benefits to people for the past 2,000 years. It is not completely understood how Noni juice works in the human body, but several scientific studies, as well as anecdotal evidence from Noni juice consumer testimonies, say it works.

In the past 50 years, scientists and researchers around the world have begun to better understand how the compounds found in Noni fruit work. The majority of the published research has come from researchers at the University of Hawaii School of Medicine, as well as other laboratories in France and Japan.

World reknowned Noni expert, Dr. Neil Solomon, collected data from over 200 health professionals representing 20,000 people who drank Noni juice. In his book, TAHITIAN NONI JUICE, he tabulated results from this pool of people who experienced objective and/or subjective improvements after drinking TAHITIAN NONI juice.
 Source: Solomon, Neil, M.D. Ph.D. TAHITIAN NONI® JUICE. UT: Direct Source Publishing, 2002

Noni contains naturally occurring minerals, enzymes, anti-oxidants, vitamins, phytonutrients and bioflavonoids. Noni is rich in proxeroxine and scopoleitin.

Noni Newspaper Article (with permission) Daily Record - 02/05/2005, Exclusive By Lachlan Mackinnon
JUNGLE JUICE GIVES CHRIS A KICK
A former professional CELTIC player has been cured of crippling injury by taking "jungle juice." Chris Morris has hailed the health drink - Tahitian noni juice - for his amazing recovery. The 41-year-old had to retire prematurely eight years ago after a string of operations on his knees. If he hadn't, he would have caused irreparable damage.  But now he is turning out every week for his local team in Newquay, Cornwall.

Testimonials :
"I have just placed my 2nd order for your NONI juice, I am half-way through my 1st litre and it has made such a difference already to my health. I suffer with High Blood Pressure, Arthritis, Hiatus Hernia and Irritable Bowel Syndrome since the removal of my gallbladder.