Bioactive Beverages, What are they?
Bioactive Beverage is a term that is starting to
flood the news media and marketplace. The questions that are most often asked
are
what makes something bioactive and what is the significance of
Bioactive Beverages?
Are Food - Fruits and Vegetables - Bioactive?
A food (including beverages) is considered bioactive when the body can absorb it
and use it not only to meet basic nutritional needs but also brings about physiological
benefits that actually improve a person’s health. Major sources of bioactive food
components are found in fruits and vegetables. Over the years we have become familiar
with some of these names and eat them everyday; Soy contains isoflavones and estrogens,
Tomatoes besides being delicious contain lycopene.
A
Bioactive Beverage makes use of these phytonutients in a liquid form
for healthful results in the human body. Research has shown that not all fruit juices
are the same. Some well known juices that are made from acai, gac or mangosteen
fruit, among others, contain carotenoids and flavonoids. Although healthy when eaten
raw, flavonoids and betacarotene rapidly degrade when they come in contact with
heat and light. For example it was found that after 30 days storage at room temperature
the flavonoids in the acai fruit’s pulp lose up to 35% of their stability and 80%
after four months.
Noni – An Amazing Fruit
The noni fruit flourishes
in the French Polynesia Islands. The pure water and air along with the rich volcanic
soil is the perfect environment, producing high quality fruit. The noni that grows
in French Polynesia is about 20% higher in nutrients than noni fruit from any other
part of the world. When ripe it easily fits into a hand being the size of a small
potato. Noni is first green and then ripens to yellow-greenish colour. Unlike apples
and plums, the noni fruit grows throughout the year.
TAHITIAN NONI® Juice is Bioactive
One group of bioactive beverage
that retains its potency for long periods of time are the
Tahitian Noni® Bioactive Beverages. Years of research has shown that
the noni fruit, particularly grown in the French Polynesian Islands has a wide array
of unique bioactive compounds. These bioactive compounds are very soluble allowing
them to easily travel throughout the body by the bloodstream where they are absorbed
by cells. The key bioactive in noni is iridoids. Iridoids are found in medicinal
plants and scientific study has shown that they enhance the immune system, promote
heart health, protect cells, help maintain healthy HDL cholesterol* at
already normal levels*, increase energy and endurance and reduce free
radicals.
Where are Iridoids Found?
Iridoids are rarely found
in fruits, which make the noni fruit extremely unique and gives it an advantage
when made into juice. In fact the iridoids in Tahitian Noni®
Bioactive Beverages are extremely stable and resistant to degradation
in storage and during processing. The same exposure to heat, light and oxygen which
caused the potency in other fruit juices to rapidly degrade was used to test the
iridoids in the Tahitian Noni® Bioactive Beverages.
The result was the iridoids retain their chemical composition and their potency
in all of these processes including pasteurization. Recent testing of
Tahitian Noni® Original™ shows that the iridoids were still
active even nine years past a bottle’s expiration date which gives confidence of
the potency of the juice and the resulting benefits to the body.
The interesting fact about iridoids
is they are produced in plants as a natural defense against their surrounding environment
relieving the stress of the plant. Noni has been shown to give support against a
wide range of physical and biological stressors. Best of all noni does this without
producing toxic side effects. A well known example of how iridoids in
TAHITIAN NONI® Juice function is seen in horses before and during competitions.
Owners and trainers have discovered that horses given TAHITIAN
NONI® Original™ in their feed before travelling to and during
the competition were less stressed by the changes of their environment and challenges
of the competition.
Tahitian Noni® Bioactive Beverages
Altogether, Tahitian Noni® Bioactive Beverages
contain 12 unique nutrients classified as iridoids which are a key component in
its resulting health benefits. Human clinical trials testing
Tahitian Noni® Bioactive Beverages have already been done in these
areas:
- Immune Function
- Energy and Endurance
- Cardiovascular Health
- Joint Health
- Antioxidant Protection
The discovery that TAHITIAN NONI® Original™
is made from the fruit of a bioactive-rich, adaptogenic plant, containing iridoid
compounds explains the health benefits that people have been experiencing for years.
Tahitian Noni® Bioactive Beverages are truly
remakable bioactive beverages.
Our Save On Noni™ Monthly Shipment Program
will save you money on these products and they are available in 1 litre glass bottles,
750 ml aluminum bottles and 4 litre quads that can be easily shipped anywhere in
Canada by UPS.