Noni Juice?!
Question: What are the benifits of it? I also wanted to know does it help with stomach pains?
Answers: What are the benifits of it? I also wanted to know does it help with stomach pains?
I don't think it helps stomach pains, but my husband has taken it for 10 years. He is now 60 and doesn't have high blood pressure, cholestrol or anything like that (even though he has a family history). The doctor keeps telling him he is healthly as a horse.
I am 48, never took noni juice, and take blood pressure and cholestrol medicine. I also have osteoporosis. So - I am falling apart and he is perfectly healthy, even though he has a worse family history than I do!
I'm hitting the juice now, folks.
unlikely to help with stomach pains
it is a good source of antioxidants, but they can be had in much less expensive ways
How It Works
Bottom Line: Because there is no evidence that noni has beneficial effects in humans, it should not be used alone to treat cancer, diabetes, or any other serious disease.
The juice of the noni fruit has been traditionally used in Polynesian cultures as an anti-cancer agent. Scientists have isolated a fraction from noni juice that is rich in complex sugars. This fraction, alone and in conjunction with chemotherapy drugs, is able to increase the survival of laboratory mice that have been implanted with lung cancer. Scientists are unsure exactly how noni exerts this effect, but guess that it has an immune-stimulating effect, since it has enhanced certain aspects of the immune system in laboratory studies. Furthermore, noni juice acts as an antioxidant and slows the transformation of normal cells to cancer cells in certain animal laboratory studies. It is still unclear whether this effect occurs in humans
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Purported Uses
To treat cancer
Laboratory studies in animals show that noni extracts can increase the survival of mice implanted with lung cancer, both when used alone and in conjunction with chemotherapy drugs. There is no proof from clinical trials that the same effect occurs in humans, but a preliminary study is underway.
To treat chronic fatigue syndrome
No scientific evidence supports this use.
To treat diabetes
No scientific evidence supports this use. Noni is a fruit that is rich in complex sugars and therefore may worsen high blood sugar levels.
To lower high blood pressure
No scientific evidence supports this use.
As an immune stimulant
Laboratory studies show that noni juice enhances certain aspects of the immune system, but these results are not always transferable to the human body. There is no proof from clinical trials that these effects occur in humans.
To manage menstrual cramps
No scientific evidence supports this use.
As an analgesic
One study in laboratory mice supports this use, but there is no proof from clinical trials that the same effect occurs in humans.
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Research Evidence
University of Hawaii is conducting an NIH funded phase I study of noni in cancer patients.
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Clinical Summary
M. citrifolia is an evergreen plant found throughout Polynesia. The plant bears fleshy yellowish-white fruit and is used in traditional medicine for wound healing, infections, diarrhea, skin conditions, and as tonic. It is cultivated in Hawaii and other Polynesian islands and is marketed worldwide as Noni. Fresh or fermented juices are available as drinks while capsules, pills and powders are sold as dietary supplements. Over the last two decades, products containing Noni have been heavily promoted for immunostimulation, chronic fatigue syndrome, hypertension, and cancer treatment via network marketing schemes. The FDA issued a warning letter to an Internet distributor of M. citrifolia juice for presenting misleading claims of health benefits (1).
Although many of the beneficial effects of M. citrifolia are unsubstantiated, in vitro and animal studies suggest that M. citrifolia plant extracts have antifungal (14), antitumor and immunomodulatory (3) (7) (8) (17) (18) properties. M. citrifolia also inhibits low-density-lipoprotein oxidation and has been suggested for use in preventing arteriosclerosis (15). Glycosides and other constituents isolated from the fruits and leaves have demonstrated antioxidant effects (12) (13). In addition, high concentration (>5%) of M. citrifolia juice was shown to have anti angiogenic properties in an ex vivo assay (16). An NIH funded Phase I study of M. citrifolia in cancer patients is underway at the University of Hawaii's Cancer Research Center (11).
Mangosteen is worth a try. I took it for a while in 2007. It helps with lots of things.
Noni tastes gross, but it is supposed to be good for many things, too.