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We are often asked if taking Noni during pregnancy is safe or advisable. As far as we can ascertain, there have been no scientific or clinical studies on taking Noni during pregnancy.
There is plenty of anecdotal evidence both in favour of taking Noni during pregnancy and against the practice, so what is the answer? If you are pregnant and do your research on the internet, you’re just as likely to be as confused at the end as when you started.
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What is Green Barley Leaf Powder?:
Green Barley Grass is one of the green grasses and is the only vegetation on the earth that can supply sole nutritional support from birth to old age. When barley leaves are 12-14 inches high, they contain all the vitamins, minerals, and proteins necessary for the human digestion of chlorophyll.
The true nutritional benefits are found in the young grass leaves. These leaves are harvested and processed into the final product. The leaves contain many of the vitamins, minerals, and proteins necessary for the human diet.
Barley grass is considered a whole food concentrate that is close to its natural state supplying the nutrients we require in a natural proportion. The colour reflects the abundance of chlorophyll and the similarity to other dark leafy vegetables. Eighteen amino acids are found in barley grass including Alanine, Arginine, Aspartic acid, Glutamic acid, Glycine, Histidine, Isoleucine, Leucine, Lysine, Methionine, Phenylalanine, Proline, Serine, Threonine, Tyrosine and Valine.
All 8 of the essential amino acids are found in Barley grass. Amino acids are the building blocks of proteins, which are the major constituents of our body and are necessary for the continual cell building, cell regeneration and energy production that are necessary for life.
There are high amounts of vitamins and minerals in barley grass leaves. The vitamins found in Barley grass include beta-carotene, folic acid, pantothenic acid, vitamin B1, vitamin B2, vitamin B6 and vitamin C. The minerals include potassium, calcium, magnesium, iron, copper, phosphorus. manganese and zinc. There are many important enzymes found in Barley grass including the antioxidant enzyme, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and the new antioxidant 2''-O-glucosylisovitexin (2"-O-GiV). 2"O-GIV has been isolated and reported to have antioxidant activity equal to or superior to vitamin B.
Life Health Green Barley Leaf Powder comes from the South Island of New Zealand.
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What is Digestion?:
Digestion is the complex process of turning the food we eat into the energy we need to survive and creating waste to be eliminated. Digestion is the breaking down of food in the body into a form that can be absorbed and used or excreted. It is also the process by which the body breaks down food into smaller components that can be absorbed by the blood stream.
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What is our Liver?:
The liver is the largest internal organ in the human body, and it is also one of the most important. It is necessary for survival; a human can only last up to 24 hours without liver function. The liver has many jobs, such as changing food into energy and cleaning alcohol and poisons from the blood and it also makes bile, a yellowish-green liquid that helps with digestion.
The liver plays a major role in metabolism and has a number of other functions in the body, including glycogen storage, decomposition of red blood cells, plasma protein synthesis, and detoxification. The liver is also the largest gland in the human body. It lies below the diaphragm in the thoracic region of the abdomen to the right of the stomach and overlies the gallbladder. The adult human liver normally weighs between 1.4 - 1.6 kilograms and it is a soft, pinkish-brown, triangular organ.
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Noni Juice and Cholesterol |
What is Cholesterol?:
Cholesterol is a white, waxy substance which, despite its bad reputation, is essential for life. Without cholesterol our bodies could not manufacture a number of important hormones, and it also forms the outer membrane of some cells.
Our liver manufactures about 70 to 80% of our cholesterol, while the rest comes from the food we eat. In fact, our liver makes all the cholesterol we need, so if we eat too much or eat the wrong type of food, we get too much cholesterol circulating in our blood. It then gets stuck on the blood vessel walls, narrowing the vessels and increasing the risk of heart disease.
While a high saturated fat diet is the usual cause of a high blood cholesterol level, some people have a high level because of an inherited susceptibility. A high cholesterol level may also result from an under-active thyroid gland, chronic renal (kidney) failure, or excessive alcohol consumption.
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What is Skin?:
Skin is the bodies’ largest organ, so taking care if it should be a priority for us all. Skin is made up of three layers, each with its own important role. The outside layer is the epidermis. The bottom of the epidermis is constantly forming new cells which start to move to the top of the epidermis once they are completed. At the top of the epidermis, old cells die and eventually flake off, to be replaced with the newly formed cells. In fact, every minute of the day we loose between 30,000 and 40,000 dead skin cells from the surface of our skin!The layer under the epidermis is called the dermis. The dermis contains nerve endings, blood vessels, oil glands and sweat glands, and also tough and stretchy collagen and elastin.The third and bottom layer is subcutaneous fat. It is made up mostly of fat and helps our bodies stay warm and absorb shocks, such as bumps and bruises. The subcutaneous layer also helps hold our skin to all the tissues underneath.
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Noni and the Immune System |
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Inside our body is an amazing protection mechanism called the immune system. It is designed to defend us agains millions of bacteria, microbes, viruses, toxins and parasites that would love to invade our body.
An immune system is a collection of mechanisms within an organism that protects against disease by indentifying and killing pathogens and tumour cells. it detects a wide variety of agents from viruses to parasitic worms, and distinguishes them from the organisms own healthy cells and tissues in order to function properly. Detection is complicated as pathogens adapt and evolve new ways to successfully infect the host organism.
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Medical Causes of Energy Loss:
A desire for more energy is one of the most common requests heard in doctor's offices today. Lack of energy can be defined as exhaustion, weariness, sleepiness, fatigue, drowsiness of lethargy. We all feel like this from time to time, but sustained and on-going lack of energy is usually our bodies’ first warning that something is not right. Lack of energy is not a disease – it’s a symptom.
Energy loss can occur for a variety of reasons. The quality of the fuel we put into our body is the most obvious cause, but a variety of other factors may be the cause of, or else contribute to, a lack of energy. Short-term factors in our life contributing to a lack of energy could include having a cold or flu, pregnancy, glandular fever, pre-menstrual tension, migraine or an infection. More long-term or severe contributors to a lack of energy could include anemia, insomnia, under or over active thyroid, diabetes, malnutrition or anorexia, auto-immune disease, chronic fatigue syndrome, allergies, hypertension, cancer or hormonal imbalance (often brought about by poor diet). Often drugs subscribed to treat a medical condition are the cause of lack of energy.
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Noni Juice and Weight Management |
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What Causes Weight Gain?
In simple terms, we gain weight because our energy input exceeds our energy output – we eat more than we burn and this excess is stored as fatty deposits. But this conventional diet wisdom does not always hold true. Weight gain can also be caused by health conditions such as hypothyroidism, food sensitivity, organ disease, prescription drug use, anxiety, blood sugar imbalance, essential fatty acid deficiency and even a lack of sleep.
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This Noni or That Noni - How to Choose |
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The Informed Consumer:
Whether you want add a complementary supplement to your diet or take Noni to alleviate the effects of chronic disease, how do you know which Noni will work best for you? The following information will assist in making informed and intelligent decisions about the Noni juice you buy and take the mystery out of the different processes and terms used in the production and manufacture of Noni juice and associated products.
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