The Antioxidants and Nutraceuticals Behind Noni Juice's Limitless Health Benefits

 
Among the countless health and medicinal benefits associated to noni juice, noni’s connection to arthritis had been the most talked about and the most verified health benefit. A lot of people suffering from arthritis could swear that drinking noni juice had helped them cope up and alleviate the pain and inflammation due to this joint disease.

Arthritis is a disease characterized by inflammation of the joints. This could be of 3 types, rheumatoid, osteoarthritis and gout. Osteoarthritis, the most common type is a degenerative joint disease characterized by the breakdown of joint cartilage, bones rub against each other leading to rigidity, pain and loss of joint movement and function.  This type of arthritis commonly occurs to older people.  Rheumatoid arthritis, on the other hand, is an autoimmune chronic joint disease wherein your own immune system attacks the lining of your joints causing joint inflammation, damage, chronic pain and disability. Gout, the last type, is cause by high levels of uric acid in the blood wherein excess levels accumulate within your joint capsule causing inflammation and pain. Gout often affects the big toe and other joints within your wrists, heels, knees and fingers.


Many people genuinely testified that regular consumption of noni juice alleviated their pains and improved their condition. These testimonies were supported further by studies and research. One study published in Phytotherapy Research, January 2010 issue, revealed that noni extracts inhibited substances that induce inflammation. This study involved experimentation with human white blood cells. This means that noni juice has the potential to control chronic inflammation in arthritis, which also keeps you far from the worst possible complication of arthritis and that is disability.

Another study published in the same journal and year showed a reduced pain sensitivity in mice after treating with noni fruit puree. The results showed that noni fruit puree has the same pain-relieving effects as tramadol. Most noni juice drinkers suffering from arthritis reported positive feedback after noni juice consumption. 

One witness said that despite his age, arthritis hasn’t bothered him anymore since he has been supplementing his diet with noni juice. Pain isn’t anymore his problem too. He can stand upright, play with his kids and even looks good for his age at 44. 

Although there are a lot of positive feedbacks and research findings about noni juice, it is still best to consult your doctor before resorting to noni juice supplementation for the treatment of arthritis. 

 

Not Your Ordinary Fruit Juice 

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This blog is dedicated to all noni juice lovers and believers as well as to those who question this amazing food supplement. Noni juice has been sold and promoted widely nowadays as a miracle drink due to the positive effects it has in the body as reported by noni juice drinkers and producers. Referring it as a “miracle drink” has caused so much controversies. So let’s just leave it as a nutritional supplement that's indeed worth trying.

People from many corners in the world may have experience amazing benefits from drinking noni juice, but some of these benefits have not been supported by scientific evidences. The one thing I’m sure about noni juice is it’s not your ordinary fruit juice for it possess something that’s incomparable to other fruit juices. This is the reason why people considerably drink this juice regularly despite its bitter taste. Behind noni juice’s bitter taste lies so many essential compounds and nutrients that health experts have identified. Learn what are these compounds and the common uses of noni juice before and today. 


 

What's in Noni Juice?

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Scientifically called Morinda citrifolia, this small evergreen shrub that bears greenish to yellowish ovoid-shaped noni fruits has been one of the most prized plants in the Tropics. Believed to have originated in Polynesia, noni fruit, cheese fruit or Indian mulberry has been used by Polynesians as a cure to several health problems, as an energy and immune system booster for many centuries. Nowadays, people have heard of noni fruit extract or noni juice as a controversial food supplement. Controversies about this drink inevitably arise due to the countless health claims regarded to this fruit juice. Most people though see it as an effective herbal cure to several conditions, from skin rash to chronic inflammatory diseases such as arthritis.  Some people also believed that noni extract is a potent nutritional supplement that’s worth trying. Whilst most people view noni positively, few people still have their doubts, questioning its effectiveness. The doubts and questions have prompted medical professionals and researchers to conduct several extensive studies for the search of the ultimate truth regarding noni juice health benefits. Laboratory experiments and researches have led them to find out the real benefits as well as the “overstatements” regarded to noni juice. One of these truths is,  there are 150+ antioxidants, nutrients and nutraceutucals identified by experts in noni juice. These compounds are believed to be the key components behind noni’s limitless effects in the body.





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Before learning about the 150+ compounds in noni fruit, get to know how people use this tropical evergreen shrub for several health-promoting and curative purposes. From its roots, flowers to its fruit extract, noni fruit has been used not just by Ancient Polynesians but by a large percentage of health conscious individuals nowadays.
  •  Noni fruit has been used as a cure to intestinal parasitism
  • Noni extract has been used to alleviate signs and symptoms of respiratory ailments such as cough and colds. 
  • A liquid concoction made from ground noni leaves, roots, fruit and water was used by Polynesians to treat diarrhea while boiled bark decoctions were used for digestive ailments.
  • Noni fruit extract has been used to stimulate delayed menstrual cycles.
  • Noni leaves and extract have been used to treat inflammations, ring worm and adult gingivitis.
  • Noni leaf and fruit extracts have been used to alleviate pain due to arthritis, muscle strains and injuries. 
  • Noni leaves were used to treat abscesses and boils.
  • Noni fruit extract has been used to boost energy and immune system
  • Noni leaves were also used to control blood sugar in people with diabetes.
  • Noni fruit extract has been used to reduce and normalize cholesterol levels. 

Some noni juice’s manufacturers use only fully ripened fruit in the extraction of juice. About 5 lbs. or 2 kg of fresh Noni fruit are extracted to produce 32 oz. (960 ml) of Noni Juice. Generally, the color of Noni juice is golden amber to reddish dark brown, which may vary upon its age. Occasionally, noni juice contains some pulp.

Ripe Noni fruits are harvested and cleansed. They will usually age and ferment for 3-4 weeks, juicing itself.  The juice will be collected or extracted, pasteurized and then bottled. 


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Here’s the list of Nutraceuticals, Antioxidants and Nutrients Identified in Noni:

      Among the following compounds, proxeronine is the most compelling and most studied ingredient of noni juice. Proxeronine is the precursor of xeronine molecules, compounds needed by the body for protein assimilation. By drinking noni juice, we absorb proxeronine, xeronine molecules then are produced, which would bind to specific protein molecules in order to function to the optimum level. Not all proteins need xeronine but most protein molecules are not able to function without xeronine. Protein has several significant roles in the body, ranging from basic functions like tissue repair to complex ones such as hormone production, and nutrient transport inside and outside body cells. Experts believed that proxeronine is the key component behind most of noni juice’s miraculous effects in the body. 
Bioflavonoids

Glucopyranose

Arginine

Scopoletin

Morindine

Asperuloside

Leucine

Proxeronine

Morindone

Serotonin

Aspartate

Morindadiol

Terpenes

Precursors

Lysine

Proxeronase

Plant Sterols

Vitamins

Cysteine

Rubiadin

Iron

Trace elements

Phenlyalanine

Serotonin

Sitosterol

Alkaloids

Cystine



Magnesium

Phosphate

Enzymes

Threonine

Damnacanthal

Glycosides

Serine

Glycine

Carbonate

Carbohydrates

Multi-receptor

Trypophane

Nordamnacanthal

Alizarin

Activators

Glutamate

Protein

Acetin GlucoP

Chlororubin

Valine




Caproic acid

Alanine

Histadine


Carotenoids

Caprlyic

Isolucine

Proline

Bioflavinoids

Glucopyranose

Arginine

Scopoletin

Morindine

Asperuloside

Leucine

Iron

Trace elements

Phenlyalanine

Serotonin

Sitosterol

Alkaloids



Damnacanthal

Glycosides

Serine

Glycine

Carbonate

Carbohydrates

Multi-receptor

Trypophane


Nordamnacanthal

Alizarin

Activators

Glutamate

Protein

Acetin GlucoP

Chlororubin

Valine

Anthraquinones

Ursolic acid

Methionine


Tyrosine

Sodium



Anthraquinones

Ursolic acid

Methionine

Tyrosine

Sodium


Cystine

Magnesium

Phosphate

Enzymes

Threonine

Caproic acid

Alanine

Histadine

Carotenoids

Caprlyic

Isolucine

Proline 
  
 
This video explains further how proxeronine, primary ingredient of noni juice, works inside the body on the molecular  level. This helps us to understand more how noni juice affects our over all health. Noni juice enhances protein functions through its main component, proxeronine. Several protein functions are also explained in detail in this video.  Knowing all these ease our doubts regarding noni juice. We could  somehow say noni juice is a miracle drink with stimulating all these mechanism of actions in the body.