Has anyone here tried Noni juice?

[Mellow Chaos]

Noni is a fruit from the far South Pacific that is supposed to regenerate dead cells, help alleviate the symptoms of Hepatitis C, Type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, chronic pain, and a bunch of other stuff. I bought a months supply at Costco for $14 and have been using it for a few days, and I'll be damned if I am not tired when I go to bed, don't need as much Advil for my back, and wake up more refreshed. It tastes like old socks, though. Hopefully, this isn't just the placebo effect.

My friend, who is a manager at Costco says that they sell it by the boat load, and he swears by it. My Interent research says that it is so simple and effective, that the FDA won't evaluate it because it doesn't involve pharmaceutical R&D or bio-engineering and that it is outside the fold of big pharma. I'm telling you though, after only a few days, the results have been interesting.

 

[Esav Benyamin]

I came across it here, 1 litre bottles South Seas Noni, but I've never tried it.

Nature’s Miracle Cure

Noni (Morinda citrifolia) or Kura, in Fiji, is a powerful herbal remedy used widely in the Pacific for the last 2,000 years. Western scientists and doctors are now testing its effectiveness against many ailments. Dr Ralph Heinicke of the University of Hawaii discovered that noni or kura fruit contains a compound which enables the intestines to produce xeronine. Xeronine is a vital compound which keeps all our cells healthy. Noni juice is thought to be able to help the body repair damaged cells and to keep good cells healthy. By working on our cells, the building blocks of our body, noni is able to treat a wide range of diseases.

People with chronic pains, gout, asthma, hypertension, diabetes, arthritis, migraine, cancer, obesity, cigarette and drug addiction, stress and tiredness, reduced immunity and digestive problems have claimed beneficial results from the regular use of pure noni juice.

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away."

 

[FoxholeAtheist]

http://www.theness.com/encyc/nonifruitjuice-encyc.html

http://www.quackwatch.org/04ConsumerEducation/News/noni.html

Looks like bull**** to me!

Edited for politeness and to add...

http://forums.randi.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=46074&highlight=noni

 

[Stockman]

Just another "Snake Gully Hop" and probably attached to some multi leveled marketing scheme.

 

[Mellow Chaos]

Just another "Snake Gully Hop" and probably attached to some multi leveled marketing scheme.

Well...it has been associated with MLM, but it has a lot of sources outside of that BS. All I know is the people who swear by it and how I feel after a few days of drinking it, that's all.

Edited to add: Upon further research, apparantly the FDA has found some isolates in noni that it has found to be worthy of evaluation, so it's not all BS after all. There IS more than one side to every story. Some very, very good products get caught up in MLM schemes, and just because that is the case, doens't mean the product isn't worth a crap.

 

[Stockman]

Mellow - If you or anyone else derives a benefit from a given product, whether from the natural ingredients, the placebo effect or a combination of both, then this has to be considered a good thing. - However

Snake Gully Hops, take many disguises and have been around for a very long time, every year there are countless tonics, potions, concoctions and elixirs that hit the markets, all tip toeing around the legal boundaries set by the FDA and the medical fraternity. These products use sales gibberish like “help alleviate the symptoms” and “claimed beneficial results” but can not and will not make definitive medically proven statements.

Saying this, if you are receiving a possitive result, I am happy for you and hope this continues. I was recently told about a product derived from Goji berries grown in the Himalayan mountains that is getting some remarkable results.

 

[Copaup]

*Bad Clint Eastwood voice on*
How's it on stains? (spit)
*Bad Clint Eastwood off*

Hey, I say go if licking a monkeys butt takes away someones arthritis pain than they are welcome to it. For me, I stick with FDA approved medicines that will later be shown to result in a horrible array of side effects...er...so how bad does it taste again?

 

[pinpoint]

Copaup
Licking a monkeys butt is meant to be good for intestinal flora not arthritis, you might have a new discovery there
Regards
Pinpoint

 

[Steven Andrews]

My wife suffered with symphysis pubis disorder during her last pregnancy. Her doctor recommended Noni juice.
It worked for her.
She has passed on the recommendation to her friend, who is also suffering from SPD.

 

[Mellow Chaos]

*Bad Clint Eastwood voice on*
How's it on stains? (spit)
*Bad Clint Eastwood off*

Hey, I say go if licking a monkeys butt takes away someones arthritis pain than they are welcome to it. For me, I stick with FDA approved medicines that will later be shown to result in a horrible array of side effects...er...so how bad does it taste again?

Cop...you mean like Vioxx, Celebrex, Bextra, or Aleve? You hit the nail on the head. I'm running out of options for my back and hands.

Actually, they've gotten noni to taste neutral, as opposed to intolerable like before.

Thanks for your response, Steve. I glad it helped your wife.

 

[cockroachfarm]

......If you or anyone else derives a benefit from a given product, whether from the natural ingredients, the placebo effect or a combination of both, then this has to be considered a good thing.....

This is what my old family doctor used to say - and he was as "traditional" and as "conservative" in his medical outlook as they come!

I have friends in England who swear by this stuff; I've never tried it. But if you think it works (and better yet, if you "feel" an improvement), go for it!

(just keep track of possible side effects - even mild ones)