# Noni Juice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 18, 1999, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noni-juice/2683 "1999-08-18T15:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carl\_Berry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@Carl\_Berry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carl_Berry)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 1999, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noni-juice/2683/1 "1999-08-18T15:24:00Z")
Cecil, What can you (or the teeming millions) tell me about Tahitian Noni Juice? Is it snake oil or a Communist plot? Has anyone had good results from it? * * * Zymurgist ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 1999, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noni-juice/2683/2 "1999-08-18T16:42:00Z")
Pretty much snake oil. It’s got about as much of “what’s good for you” as any fruit juice you’d pick up at the grocery store–so yeah, it’s better than drinking chocolate milk, but if you try to live on it, you’ll be very sick soon. ---
**Author:** ![StStella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/67e7ee/32.png) [@StStella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StStella)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 1999, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noni-juice/2683/3 "1999-08-18T19:32:00Z")
I can tell you it is gross!! My husband has stomach problems and was persuaded by his sister to start drinking noni juice. While it did nothing for his tummy, it was pretty funny to watch his face as he tried to choke it down every morning! As you can tell, I’m a real supportive and sypathetic wife… * * * St. Stella ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 1999, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noni-juice/2683/4 "1999-08-18T19:51:00Z")
Hearing the “praise” of noni juice on tv awhile back, I checked into and if my memory serves me correctly, the reason it is so wonderful is that it is a pyramid scam. ---
**Author:** ![Louie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c68b51/32.png) [@Louie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Louie)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 1999, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noni-juice/2683/5 "1999-08-19T02:22:00Z")
What’s noni juice? ---
**Author:** ![Jorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@Jorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jorge)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 1999, 7:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noni-juice/2683/6 "1999-08-19T07:56:00Z")
Generally speaking, a pyramid-type scam, as they’re marketing processed juice… The actual plant, _Mirinda citrifolia_ does have pharmaceutical properties, and is used in the Pacific generally as a vermifuge (getting rid of certain types of parasitic worms). It has blossomed out here in the Pacific along with the [generally] laudable return to cultural values, but pounding it in a juice and mixing it with sugar doesn’t do much for its efficacy. It does however provide interesting higher-value crop opportunities for local farmers. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 1999, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noni-juice/2683/7 "1999-08-19T12:15:00Z")
“Noni noni boo boo?” ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 1999, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/noni-juice/2683/8 "1999-08-21T05:45:00Z")
My god, chief. How long have you been on the bounding main? 🙂 Peace, mangeorge * * * Work like you don’t need the money… Love like you’ve never been hurt… Dance like nobody’s watching! …(Paraphrased)