10 Amazing Health Benefits of Noni

What is Noni Juice?

Check out these 10 Amazing Health Benefits of Noni. Morinda citrifola, commonly known as great morinda, Indian mulberry, nunaakai (Tamil Nadu, India), dog dumpling (Barbados), mengkudu (Indonesia and Malaysia), apatot (Philippines), kumudu (Bali), pace (Java), beach mulberry, cheese fruit, or noni (Hawaii).

Noni fruit is a native to Southeast Asia and Australasia and below are the 10 Amazing Health Benefits of Noni.

Noni fruit is green at first, then turns yellow as it ripens, giving off a pungent odor. Weaver ants are attracted to it, which protects the plant from plant-parasitic insects.

Below are the 10 amazing health benefits noni

Noni Fruit Taste

Noni fruit has a distinctive flavor and scent, it smells like fermentation and has a strong bitter taste like stinky cheese.  It is called the starvation or vomit fruit because people ate it out of necessity. 

Noni Fruit Juice

It is most commonly sold in juice form. There are different types, such as unsweetened, sweetened, diluted with grape or other berry juices, or even noni powder mixed with water or juice.

The best kind would be unsweetened, with pulp.

Additives such as sweeteners and preservatives will cancel out the effects it has on your body, making it redundant; the pulp contains the most nutrients.

Noni has a bad reputation for being a spam product, from ads saying that it is a cure-all.

This is not true, and most of the products on the market are indeed hurting more than helping.

10 Amazing Health Benefits of Noni

Nevertheless, noni juice may be what you are looking for to help alleviate pain or boost your immune system. Here are the 10 most important benefits this fruit has in detail.

1. Analgesic 

Noni has the nicknames “The Tree For Headaches” or “The Painkiller Tree”.

Studies have shown that noni reduced pain compared to the drugs tramadol and hydrocortisone, making it effective for arthritis and other joint pains.

2. Immune system booster 

Noni activates macrophages and strengthens the immune system, which then produces more lymphocytes.

It also contains antibacterial agents that fight infectious bacteria, including Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli.

3. Antidepressant/sedative

Noni stimulates serotonin and melatonin, two very important hormones. Serotonin affects mood, emotions, and sleep; an imbalance in levels of serotonin may contribute to depression.

Melatonin regulates the Circadian rhythm, which helps you sleep; keeping this regular will help you get a good night’s rest, also improving your mood.

4. Skincare/hair

Noni’s properties are used on skin and scalp conditions, such as eczema and ringworm; also rubbed on scalp for lustrous hair; and will keep your skin young.

Just rub some juice on the affected skin/scalp, leave on for 15 minutes, rinse off. Ingestion of juice may help your nails to grow stronger.

5. Anti-tumor/anti-cancer

Noni stimulates the production of nitric oxide. Nitric oxide is an extremely useful substance, one that is at the base of many of noni’s benefits.

In this case, it reduces tumor growth and helps your body fight against the cancerous replication of cells. It also contains an immunomodulatory polysaccharide-rich substance known as noni-ppt that further fights cancer.

The immune-boosting properties I mentioned in the above section are also a great help.

One more thing that’s important is the number of phytochemicals in noni that fight cancer.

Phytochemicals are found in vegetables and herbs if eaten regularly will build up preventive amounts.

In the case of cancer already being present, noni and other plants with high amounts will slow, stop, or totally reverse the cancer process.

6. Hypertension

Noni is high in phytonutrients, selenium, and vitamin C, which fights free radical damage on blood vessel walls; scopoletin, is a compound that may lower blood pressure. 

It is alkaline, which keeps bodily fluids from becoming too acidic, therefore hurting free radicals. It also has proxeronine, which is needed for the body to produce xeronine.

Xeronine helps coordinate the cells to work harmonious, lowering stress and in turn, blood pressure. It also has the amino acid, tryptophan. When tryptophan enters the bloodstream and goes to cells, it helps produce other substances that are important, such as even more serotonin, which is great for lowering blood pressure by way of its relaxing effect.

7. Cholesterol

Noni prevents the absorption of LDL cholesterol, thus reducing plaque in arteries, keeping you healthy and alive longer.

8. Memory 

Noni, as mentioned before, prevents the absorption of cholesterol by way of its large amount of phytosterols. This directly helps your brain stay healthier, and plaque does not build up in arteries feeding the brain, keeping it properly oxygenated.

9. Irritable Bowel Syndrome/constipation – Noni is high in soluble fiber, which helps ease the strain on your intestines and softens the stool. It also has the necessary vitamins and minerals to keep your intestines healthy.

10. Antibacterial/antifungal/antiviral – Noni has properties to fight infections comparable to that of prescription drugs. It contains anthraquinones, scopoletin, and terpenes, among others all working together to fight diseases.

Noni Juice Side Effects

Noni may interact with certain medications, so talk to your physician before taking noni supplements.

Where To Buy Noni Juice?

Noni juice is sold in juice, powder, tea bags or capsule form in most health food stores or online such as Amazon, this is one of my favorite noni juices.

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