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Drive away Depression with Noni

Serotonin is a hormone that act as a neurotransmitter. Neuro-transmitters send messages (electrical impulses) from one nerve cell to another. It is often termed as ‘Mood Molecules’ as it determines the mood of a person.

Serotonin manufactured by the body, is found along with its receptor sites in the brain, blood platelets and lining of the digestive tract. This is also a precursor to a hormone called melatonin which plays multiple life-giving roles in the body, including regulating biological rhythms. Serotonin is more than a messenger, as it’s level in our body affects a wide range of mental and physical responses in the body and plays a significant role in activities such as temperature regulation, longer sensations, sexual behaviour, and sleep patterns. Serotonin receptors also help to regulate emotions, cognition, pain, and sensory motor function. Serotonin deficiencies can give rise to wide range of illnesses, depending on the part of the brain that is  affected.

James Stockard, a North Western University psychiatrist, has stated that, “A person’s mood is like a symphony and Serotonin is like the conductor’s baton”.

For example, Serotonin levels in the brain determine whether we will perceive a glass of water as being half-empty or half-full. Other neurotransmitters may send the message that we are full, but Serotonin levels determine if we feel satisfied. In a recent study using PET scans (technology that measures cell function to gauge the rate of Serotonin synthesis), it was found that men in the study produced 52% more Serotonin than women. Women are twice as likely as men to become clinically depressed. Low Serotonin levels in the brain are linked to clinical depression, suicidal tendencies, anxiety disorders, obsessive-compulsive behaviours (such as overeating), bulimia, schizophrenia, sleep problems, migraine headaches, autism, drug and alcohol addictions, Alzheimer’s disease, and patterns of violent behaviour. The conditions listed above may improve significantly when Serotonin levels are raised.

Simply put, depression is a mood disturbance. Depression affects a person’s mood, thoughts, behaviours, and physical well-being. Most depressions are a disorder of the brain’s chemistry. Three other main categories of depression are major depressive illness, dysthymia, and bipolar disorder.

Major depression strikes intensely for an undetermined period of time. During the episode, things such as eating, sleeping, or even getting out of bed become almost unbearable. Much of the time one can’t think or concentrate.

Dysthymia, on the other hand, can be milder and persistent with low moods almost every day, possibly lasting for several years. Sad days outnumber good days. Victims function to a degree, but always feel as if they are never at their full capacity.

Victims of bipolar disorder swing between episodes of major depression and “highs” known as mania or less severe highs, known as hypomania. Its high symptoms include irritability, elevated mood with decreased need for sleep, excessive talking, and impulsive behaviour fueled by bad judgement leading to painful consequences for themselves and their loved ones.

Chemicals in the brain may be largely responsible for depression, mania, and hypomania. Major depression, dysthymia, and bipolar disorder often require psychiatric help and medicines to normalise the chemicals in the brain. Serotonin is one such known chemical.

In the  survey conducted of the 1,111 people who consumed Noni for help with their depression, 77 percent reported some of their symptoms decreased after drinking Noni.

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Noni ‘A Friend in Need’ for Women

Noni ‘A Friend in Need’ for Women

It is reported that about three-quarters of all women have uncomfortable physiological and psychological symptoms as they approach menstruation. This condition has been classified as PMS, or premenstrual syndrome, and can range from mild to severe. Other menstrual disorders include amenorrhea, which is the absence of menstruation; menorrhea, or heavy bleeding; and dysmenorrhea, also known as severe menstrual cramps.

Some of the discomforts if not symptoms like bloating, breast tenderness, temporary weight gain, gastrointestinal distress, headaches, rashes, muscle and joint pain, fatigue, gingivitis, heart pounding, hot flashes, hyper-sensitivity to sounds and smells, agitation, and insomnia are also observed.

Not all the women but some experience these syndromes. This may be due to the hormonal imbalance between estrogen and progesterone in women. On the other hand the ovarian cysts may be due to high amounts of androgen or male hormones in the system. The presence of higher quantities of hormone called prolactin in non-pregnant or non-lactating woman can inhibit ovulation causing a menorrhea.

Thyroid hormone imbalance can also cause menstrual problems.

In a survey of the 2,573 women who consumed noni reduced painful and uncomfortable menstrual symptoms, 78 percent reported successful results.

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Your Skin and Noni

 

Your Skin and Noni

The Skin is the major indicator of health and vitality. We estimate age, personality, status, race, and health merely by looking at a person’s skin. The development of grey hair, facial wrinkles, and changes in skin coloration and texture comes along with the aging process. These changes may also be  due to environment (i.e. sun, wind, dry heat, chemical preservatives) and lifestyle choices i.e. alcohol, tobacco, loss of sleep and stress. It is also a fact that as we get older our skin becomes more vulnerable to these factors. Skin problems are more as the person gets older and older.  It is also a bliss that vast majority of the skin conditions are preventable. Healthy diet, sufficient hydration and common sense precautions and Noni play a central role in preventing and helping skin diseases.

The skin is one of the largest organs of the body  and it accounts for the 15% of the total body weights. It includes the nail, hair, and various types of glands. Though skin does not do any dramatic functions like purifying blood, running, digesting or thinking it requires a seriously burned person or a person who has serious skin infections to realise the importance of our skin.

Out of the two layers, epidermis and dermis of the skin, the dermis has abundant blood vessels through which nutrients are supplied to our skin.  Keratin, a fibrous protein produced by epidermal cells and melanin, offers protection to our skin against ultraviolet rays.

What happens in aging ?

As the age increasing, one notices the skin losing its glow and becoming dry and rough. This is due to decrease in the moisture content of the stratum corneum or to a decrease in vertical height of epidermal cells.

Decrease in the number of Langerhans cells decreases the skin’s immune response. The reduction of Melanin and decreased immunity, increases the risk for tumorigenesis.

In elderly persons the dermis has a decreased density with fewer cells and blood vessels. The total amount of collagen decreases one  percent per year in adulthood. Therefore the skin thickness decreases linearly with age after 20. The remaining collagen fibres become thicker, less soluble and more resistant to digestion by collagenase with age. Noni prevents this.

The rate of nail growth also decreases with aging. Nail plates usually become thinner, more brittle and fragile. Hair greying occurs due to loss of functional melanocytes. Of course heredity also plays an important role in hair greying. A decrease in the number of hair follicles in the scalp increases baldness.

Collagen is one of the compounds of connective tissue which occurs not only within the dermis layer of the skin but also found in every organ and structure of human body. Connective tissue is composed of collagen fibres, elastic and the extracellular matrix but the amount and conformation of collagen is different in any given tissue.

Although flexible, collagen fibres offer a great resistance to any pulling force. Collagen fibres are fairly simple proteins and are  made up of chains of amino acids. Amino acids are delivered from circulation to the cell called fibrocytes that manufacture Collagen. The three important nutrients of collagen namely glycine, hydroxyproline, hydroxylysine are naturally present in Noni. Very rarely any other animal protein contains all the three of these nutrients.

With aging this collagen simply becomes metabolically inert. It loses its responsiveness, flexibility, fluidity, and strength. In the skin, the change in the quality of our collagen manifest as a loss of smoothness, plumpness, and luster. These changes are modifiable and largely preventable. Noni when used  both internally and externally promotes the maintenance of healthy skin. The skin apart from protection also helps to absorb nutrients.

Noni because of its ‘amphoteric nature’ that is the presence of fatty acid like linoleic acid as well as water, when applied externally aids healing of rashes, inflammation prickly heat, rosacens, or other allergic manifestations. These symptoms and allergy may be due to the release of histamine. Noni resists the release of histamine and protects the skin against allergies.

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Noni – Why is it so Special ?

     Noni – Why is it so Special ?

       Noni contains more than 200 micronutrients which are all a real gift to human kind. The most important
   among them are.

       1. Proxeronine and Proxeroninase

   It produces Xeronine which is highly required by certain types of body proteins in our body to enhance
   regeneration of cells and maintain hormonal balance.

       2. Scopoletin

   This has anti-inflammatory, anti-histamine, anti bacterial, and anti-fungal properties. This helps lower blood
   pressure, and binds to Serotonin and helps regulate sleep, hunger and temperature.

       3. Anthraquinone

   It fights against bacteria such as staphylococcus, aureus, E. coli and salmonella.

       4. Damnacanthal

   It resists the growth of precancerous cells.

        5. Terpene

   It promotes the rejuvenation of cell and helps to expel toxins out of our body.

       6. Phytonutrient and Selenium

   They provide powerful anti-oxidant protection against free radicals.

        7. Abundant in soluble and insoluble fibre

   Soluble fibre helps purify blood, decrease cholesterol, balance the blood sugar and insoluble fibre promotes
   colon health.

          8. Amino Acids

   Noni contains more than 20 known amino acids which include, the nine essential amino acids which are the
   basic building block  of protein. Our body cannot produce essential amino acids and hence we are dependent
   on the diet for their requirement. It is also rich in fatty acids which helps maintain the skin, nerve cells – heart
   tissue – and blood vessels.

   They help maintain the cell membranes thereby promoting better exchange of nutrient – toxin exchange.

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Cellular Communication with Noni

 

There is a constant war between our natural cell defense mechanism and our enemies like bacteria, viruses, parasites and toxins. In a battle, if the army chief cannot communicate with his soldiers, the war is lost. Likewise cells need to communicate with one another to attack and defend themselves.

It is more interesting to read from the 24th edition of Harpers bio-chemistry, which tells us that about 200 Carbohydrates are found in the nature of which scientists have identified eight as carbohydrate compound of letters that make up to cellular alphabet.

The cell communication is accomplished by using these eight known carbohydrates to shape bio-chemical letters and words.

The cells attach these eight known carbo-hydrates, to fats and proteins thereby creating what is known as glycoforms. Glycoforms represent the cell’s urgent messages for defense and help !

If the cells cannot transmit their messages, they can be suddenly conquered by their enemies.

When cells can easily communicate, prevention and healing take place. Carbohydrate based therapeutics is the nutrition necessary for cell-to-cell communication and to increase cellular activity. NONI which is rich in more than 200 nutraceuticals, boosts up cell-to-cell communication.

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