This question has come up now and again. Recently, one IPC asked Doc this question and I thought I would put it up for the benefit of others: “I was recently told by my MD to refrain from taking Noni, because it had an adverse effect on the kidney, I have stopped, but is this true?”

Here’s Doc’s reply: “Absolutely not true. TNJ activates healing and repair mechanisms in every system including kidney and blood vessels. We can document that. The only caution with TNJ is for people in renal failure. TNJ is equal to orange and tomato juice as a source of potasium. So, they must start with small amounts and increase slowly while monitoring potassium. Any time someone gives you a negative comment on TNJ ask them for a reference and then refer to us for clarification including scientific documentation. If TNJ damaged kidneys the FDA would ban it. TNJ has been evaluated by the FDA for 11 years with no limitations to age, condition, medications, or amount of juice. The FDA never “Approves” a product only limits or bans the sale.”

Here are some fundamental facts about noni that we need to recognize.

TNJ Benefits

1. Is a Nutrient and not a Drug Response.

2. Benefits come from the Optimization or Normalization of our own intrinsic physiologic mechanisms.

3. This indicates Fundamental(Basic) Nutrient Deficiencies on a Global Scale.

Why do we specify Nutrient Response and not Drug or Pharmacologic effects?

1. The Dose/Response Curve shows increasing benefit to a point, then no further increase in benefits or effects even with a 100 fold increase in volume of TNJ consumed.

2. There is no overdose potential. None even with 4 liters in an 8 hour period, or the equivalent of 9 liters/day for 6 months(animal studies).

3. There is no toxicity nor side effects.

4. Affects only Abnormal Function, TNJ does not inhibit normal function. This is clearly seen in:-

a. High Blood Pressure

b. Hyperglycemia(high blood sugar)

c. Healing

d. Immunity (Autoimmune)

e. Stress

5. TNJ does not interfere with medications. In fact, TNJ increases medication benefits.

How did we develop Global Nutrient Deficiency?

The impact of 10,000 years of soil depletion, crop selection and crop limitation.

Our ancestors lived in the forests, fields, and marshes until domestication of animals and cultivation of grain made permanent villages necessary. They lived in full contact with all the nutrients our systems were designed to utilize. They ate more than 600 varieties of plants, fruits, nuts, roots and berries. Today we choose from 50 or less and most people eat 10 to 20 varieties.

Forests and fields are sustainable, they do not need fertilizer and they spring back up after forest or grass fires. That changes the first time you plow and disrupt the earth’s microbial systems. Dr Ralph Heinicke documented the progressively diminished pineapple volume and quality in Hawaii. They were forced to change fields every 12-13 years in spite of fertilizing.

Soil nutrients decreased steadily. Every year they would select the very best for the next seed crop. This is selection AWAY from most nutritional foods. The people also underwent selection and adaptation to the decreasing nutrients in their daily lives.

The physiologic systems they used regularly adapted to impaired nutrition. This we call Level I Function. (You can do this gradually over 10,000 years). The systems that were used infrequently did not have the opportunity to adapt. Level II systems(when we use our bodies at high performance/heavy load), and Levels III and above, that respond to overload, compromise, healing and repair are limited by nutrient deficiency. We see this clearly with Olympic level athletes that benefit from TNJ. We see abnormal function and damaged overloaded systems heal through the benefits of TNJ.

Validate the Gap in Nutrients and Knowledge

I invite all TNJ users, IPCs, and those interested in Health, to join in my personal goal to bring this understanding to the Healthcare Community.

a. We can use example patients to demonstrate our impaired physiologic function from the deficiencies of todays foods.

b. We can show the role of Nutritional Deficiency in Disease and the prevention potential of TNJ

c. We can clarify the role of Nutritional Deficiency in the limitations of Modern Medicine.

A useful resource would be the new DVD set, “Take Control of Your Health�. Read the sypnosis here: http://www.askdrrichardwilliams.com/take-control-of-your-health.html