The benefits and harms of noni berries: composition, nutritional value, calorie content

Exotic noni fruit, also known as “Indian mulberry”, “pork apple” and “cheese fruit”, is native to Southeast Asia, Malaysia, Australia and Polynesia. Noni is dark green in color and its fruit is the same size as a small potato. Ripe fruits of the fruit are distinguished by a rich unpleasant odor.

For more than one century, the natives have been using the noni fruit for the treatment and prevention of various diseases, and during this period they learned a lot of the benefits and harms of noni berries, however, to this day, all the properties of this truly mysterious fruit have not been fully understood.

The benefits of noni berries

• Noni berries contain many fatty acids, which act as building blocks of beneficial oils and fats for the body. Thanks to polyunsaturated fats, the condition of the skin can be significantly improved. They also protect blood vessels, heart tissue and supply the body with energy;
• Noni berries are rich in soluble fiber, which lower cholesterol and blood sugar, and insoluble fiber, which has the ability to keep the colon healthy.
• The use of noni berries is especially recommended for those with a sweet tooth, smokers and coffee lovers. Due to the content of the enzyme proxeroninase and the alkaloid proxeronin in its composition, the noni fruit reduces the craving for coffee, the appetite for sugar and the dependence on nicotine;
• Among other things, noni berries normalize appetite, body temperature and sleep. They have this ability thanks to scopoletin, which integrates with serotonin and helps it cope with its functions.

In medicine, the beneficial properties of noni berries have been used to combat:

• Constipation;
• Convulsions;
• Fever;
• Nausea;
• Diseases of the genitourinary system;
• Cough;
• Malarial fever;
• Cataract;
• Various diseases of bones and joints;
• Migraine;
• Depression;
• Vaginal discharge in pregnant women.

Harmful berry bread

Due to the high sugar content in their composition, noni berries are not recommended for diabetics. Noni berries also contain a lot of potassium, which is a contraindication to the intake of people with kidney disease, as well as those who take various drugs that maintain potassium in the body at the required level, which include diuretics. Otherwise, an excess of potassium will begin in the body, and this is very dangerous.

Not so global side effects that can occur after consuming noni berries include:

• Skin rash;
• Diarrhea;
• Allergic reactions;
• Headache;
• Belching.

Despite the contraindications for use and side effects of noni berries, there is no official background behind them, so these are just assumptions of scientists and doctors. These fruits are of great benefit to human health, and the harm of noni berries has not been observed to this day.

However, as with many fruits, strict dosages must be followed when taking noni berries. So, small children can take no more than 15 grams per day of noni in order to increase immunity, and for adolescents – up to 30-50 grams per day.

Nutritional value and chemical composition of noni berries

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