Friday, May 21, 2010

Something you should know about Noni



It is a type of plant scientifically known as Morinda citrifolia or widely known right now as Noni since it was popularized by the noni industry in Hawaii.
Others from different parts of the world called it in their tongue as great morinda, Indian mulberry, or Nunaakai in Tamil Nadu, India, dog dumpling in Barbados, and finally in Malaysia it is famously known as mengkudu. This species of plant is in the coffee family, Rubiaceae. It is a plant that is native in the area from Southeast Asia to Australia.

Its use as medicine, supplements, health drinks and many more other forms brought into view testimonial of people who found its use very beneficial to their health. While I can't say if there's any concrete proof for this claim yet from personal use one must admit that there are significant positive results.

Despite its peculiar cheese odor, there’s no denying that the fruit of the Noni (Morinda citrifolia) is a very good fruit high in nutritional content and dietary fiber. It contains a lot of vitamin C, iron, and potassium, and in fruit and pulp form Noni is a great source of protein. However, the protein and fiber don’t make it into the juice. With the fruit matter filtered out, you’re essentially just getting a lot of vitamin C and the other micronutrients.

Noni contains trace amounts of the following phytochemicals: scopoletin, catechin (also found in green tea), rutin, and lignan. Lignan and catechin have been shown in limited lab research to act as antioxidants; scopoletin seems to be slightly antibiotic and also to have an effect as a blood pressure regulator. Noni is also thought to be relatively high in alkaloids – natural plant compounds that have a pharmacological effect on mammals. Fresh Noni juice and pulp probably contain amounts of these compounds significant enough to have an effect. In fact, many report striking effects from drinking fresh juice or pulp.

In today age of widespread pollution of the earth that we stood and live on, the sunlight that bathe us with warm yet dangerous ray, the pesticide laced foods that we eat, the impure chemically tainted water that we drink and even the smoggy air that we breathe--all this had incurred upon us with tolls of miserable ailments...a desperate disease.

Could we undo the years of damage to our skin? Could we have a better digestion and metabolism level? Could we ever find relieve from chronic headache? Ever boosting the energy of our fatigued constitution and relieve our anxiety?

I believe we will do it by any means for this purpose. For wealth is not in the material but in the well being of our physique. Surely for that we would pay a lot...

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