Although noni has been around for centuries only now are its miraculous health benefits being taken more seriously. Read here about the amazing (and unexpected) results noni has had on serious imbalances and diseases in the body.
After Tahitian Noni Juice helped Alexis Dellaverson get her life back, she decided to share her discovery with others. In 1999, blood tests indicated the Neshannock Township resident was suffering from either lupus or a harsh case of rheumatoid arthritis. Later she learned that she also had symptoms of Epstein-Barr Syndrome and fibromyalgia. “I didn’t understand what was happening to me, except that I was always tired and was so miserable,” she recalled.”My whole body hurt and my hands were so crippled up there were times my husband had to pull my fingers apart for me. It was a terrible situation.” Dellaverson’s husband, Rick, who is a steel production equipment sales engineer, learned about noni juice from interacting with people from foreign countries.
The healing properties of the noni plant have been utilized for more than 2,000 years by the people of French Polynesia. Believed to have originated in Southeast Asia, the plant was taken by ancient migration to Micronesia, then to Polynesia. Ralph Heinicke, who has a doctorate in biochemistry, pioneered the research for the active ingredient in noni fruit, which he called xeronine. In 1957, he discovered that healthy human cells contained the precursor of xeronine – proxeronine – and found that an insufficient amount of the alkaloid, or chemical substance, led to major health problems.
According to scientific study conducted throughout the world, noni targets several systems in the body on a cellular level. Based on more than 2,000 years of historical evidence of noni use, there have been virtually no drug interactions or side effects. The Food and Drug Administration does not regulate the use of supplements, but has placed noni juice on the list of generally regarded as safe nutrients by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. July 1 marked the fifth anniversary that Heinicke brought noni juice to the United States. Today, distributors claim sales of the substance have made for one of the fastest growing home-based businesses and, during June, outsold orange juice nationwide.
Noni Juice is touted as improving the symptoms resulting from a long list of ailments including cancer, arthritis, diabetes, asthma, stroke, post menstrual syndrome, AIDS, lupus, allergies, sinusitis, fibromyalgia, Chrohn’ s disease, Parkinson’s disease, migraine headaches, multiple sclerosis, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. It has also been credited with alleviating pain and acne. Yet, two years ago, Dellaverson had never heard of noni and refused to try the bottle her husband brought home to her. Finally, after he begged her for four months, she agreed and began taking small doses. “After the third day, I was sitting up in bed. So I kept taking it,” Dellaverson said. “Then one day, I said I can feel my arms with no pain. Within about a week or two, my energy was coming back. As time went on, two weeks, three weeks, every day I felt better.”
On Feb. 8,2000, she realized how much her life had changed. “I went to a church dance and danced for almost three hours in stiletto heels and nobody could believe it. That night I decided to start distributing noni juice and made a promise to Jesus that if I could feel better and build up my immune system and not have all the pain, I would sell this at cost. I promised to never make a dime off the people. That’s the way it’s going to be for the rest of my life. I’m never going to raise the price.” Although she still has three herniated disks in her spine, the pain and her other ailments have subsided. She underwent medical testing three months ago to find no sign of lupus, arthritis, Epstein-Barr or fibromyalgia. Today, as an independent distributor for Morinda, Inc., Dellaverson keeps in touch with Heinicke and with Gary Tran, another scientist involved in noni plant research. She also speaks at noni juice conventions nationwide.
Dr. Nielson C. Herrick, a local family physician, said that after researching noni juice, he is beginning to do trials on certain patients with it. “It seems to be safe and to have a pretty incredible effect on people I have met. I’ve read all the literature and research on it and it actually does make sense,” he said. “I used to pass these so-called miracle cures off, but I finally learned to look at them.” Herrick said he has discounted most of what he’s seen, but noni is one thing he considers safe and cost effective. “Now I’m beginning to tell some of my patients that they should try noni juice on top of current medical treatment,” he said. “Fortunately with this, we don’t have to worry about interactions with drugs, because noni is not a drug. The active ingredients in noni are not classified as herbs or medicine. Primarily, it’s an alkaloid that probably helps the proteins and enzymes work more efficiently on the cellular level. The rest of the ingredients are important antioxidants.” However, he warned, anyone taking coumadin, a commonly prescribed blood thinner, needs to have his or her physician monitor blood levels while taking noni juice. As with any type of treatment, it is important for everyone to first discuss its use with their health care professional, Herrick said. He suggested patients take literature on noni juice to their physicians, as this helps them understand the concept. He added the only side effect he knows of is that if noni juice is taken in too large doses, it may cause diarrhea. Herrick has been drinking the juice for about a week and said that at first, the aching in his back and shoulders got worse. But it soon was alleviated and left him feeling much better than before taking it.
“We’re excited and hoping that it will work on the disease of the ’80s, ’90s, 2000s, chronic fatigue,” he said. “It has a lot of promise there and we don’t have a lot in our current medicines that works for that disorder.” West Side resident Shirl Jones had the juice recommended to him by his doctor, Elbert Acosta. “At this point, I don’t feel that much difference in my knees,” said Jones who had a football injury in which cartilage was torn. “Juice is not going to replace cartilage,” he noted. “But I’m still taking it because it’s supposed to help high blood pressure. I don’t know if it’s helping that or not.”
Dan Adams, 59, of Neshannock Township, is another independent distributor for Morinda. He began selling the supplement about a year ago after it helped him to combat digestive problems, acid reflux and high blood pressure. “I’m off all the stomach medications and I take half a dose of my blood pressure medication,” he said. “I’ve done a lot of research on the health industry, so to speak. I found the health care industry has nothing to do with health, but everything to do with sickness. “The amount of money we are spending, almost a trillion and a half dollars a year, is all on sickness. I’ve always been a believer in supplements and I would rather put something in my body on purpose that’s going to help me rather than put stuff in my body every day by accident through processed food, fats, sugars, you name it.” Adams added he became a distributor to help get the word out that supplements really can help people with health problems.
Liz Bertone, 52, of the North Hill, discovered noni juice while battling rheumatoid arthritis. “I was to the point when I could do very little around the house. I was taking medications and seeing a rheumatoidologist, but about once a month, I’d have really bad flare ups. My hands used to swell so big that they looked fake. “When I started taking noni, the swelling went down within the first week. For me it’s been a complete miracle,” said Bertone, who has been an independent distributor for more than a year.
Cheryl Somma, 48, of Shenango Township, began distributing noni juice after hearing the good it had done for others. “Thank God I haven’t had any bad health problems, but I’m taking it for prevention. It’s helped give me energy,” said Somma, who runs Master Tan and waitresses at a banquet hall. “I used to feel like a truck hit me when I was done each day,” she said. “Now I’m just tired.”
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