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Medical Video: Health Food Facts : What is a Noni Fruit?
Not many know that actually Noni fruit, aka noni fruit, is part of the family species of coffee. This exotic green fruit the size of a potato itself does not taste good and gives off a slightly sharp stench, so it is more often consumed in the form of juice or food supplements. Although the appearance is less tempting, it turns out there are many benefits of Noni fruit for health that you may never know before.
What are the benefits of Noni fruit for health?
1. Reducing fever
Studies show that Noni juice has antiviral properties and helps get rid of coughs, reduce fever, and treat body aches.
2. Overcoming arthritis
If you live a healthy lifestyle and drink noni juice every day, you can reduce the pain caused by arthritis to a minimum. Various studies show that Noni juice helps reduce pain and reduce joint damage associated with arthritis due to its analgesic properties.
The research team in Germany studied the benefits of Noni fruit in reducing sensitivity to pain among test animals. As a result, the efficacy of noni analgesics was found to be comparable to tramadol, a prescription analgesic drug used to treat moderate to severe pain.
Wrapping fresh noni leaves around a problematic area is also said to relieve arthritis, swelling and pain from arthritis.
3. Reducing the risk of gout
Gout is a type of arthritis caused by a buildup of uric acid crystals in the joints. Various studies have shown that noni juice can reduce the concentration of uric acid in the blood, thereby reducing the risk of gout.
4. Protect from the risk of damage from a stroke
Drinking noni juice can help protect you from damage that a stroke can cause. Researchers at Kobe Gakuin University in Japan conducted laboratory tests on animals to determine whether the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties of Noni fruit would protect lab mice from brain damage caused by disruption of transient blood flow to the brain.
As soon as blood flow to the body of the mice recovered, groups of mice that received noni juice showed less neurological damage than the control group. Researchers published their findings in the Biological and Pharmaceutical bulletin in 2009.
5. Improve immunity
One more benefit of Noni fruit for health is by increasing the immune system. The scopoletin content that is present in Noni fruit has anti-bacterial, anti-inflammatory, antifungal and anti-histamine properties that enhance the body's defense mechanism.
In addition, the anti-bacterial properties of Noni fruit show efficacy that is powerful enough to fight E. coli bacteria (causes of digestive disorders and urinary tract infections), Staphylococcus aureus (causes of skin and bone infections, to sepsis) and Proteus vulgaris (causes of urinary tract infections )
6. Lower cholesterol
Increased cholesterol levels in the blood are a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Smoking can also cause high cholesterol due to accumulation of oxidative stress in the body.
One study involved 132 participants who were described as heavy smokers. Participants were asked to regularly drink noni juice or placebo pills for a month. The results show that consuming 29 to 188 milliliters of noni juice can reduce total cholesterol in large quantities and increase levels of high density lipoproteins. High density lipoprotein is a good form of cholesterol.
Noni also reduces low-density lipoprotein, a form of bad cholesterol. These results are published in the 2012 edition of The Scientific World Journal.
7. Lower blood sugar
Animal studies have shown promising results for the benefits of Noni fruit to control blood glucose levels. Researchers at the University of the West Indies conducted one such study and found that noni fruit had blood sugar-lowering properties. The study involved giving noni noni supplements or prescription diabetes drugs in diabetic mice for 20 days to study the effects of blood sugar.
The study found that noni was also effective as a diabetes drug in reducing blood sugar. The results were published in the journal Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine last October.
8. Reducing stress
According to clinical nutritionist Byron J. Richards, Noni juice can help you deal with stress and reduce the impact of stress on brain cognitive function.
9. Prevent cancer
Noni fruit contains a variety of antioxidants that can fight your risk of cancer. Noni fruit has shown the nature of immune stimulation and is resistant to tumors. The National Cancer Institute has also funded initial research on the benefits of fruit for the prevention and treatment of breast cancer.
10. Treat scalp irritation
Dr. Reema Arora, a dermatologist from Delhi, said that although not much medical literature has investigated the benefits of noni fruit, health experts agree that this green fruit contains anti-bacterial and antifungal properties, and thus can help overcome scalp irritation.
