Noni Juice...

[Larry, Baby and Me]

Just passing some info on to you that might be of importance...

I have seen posts over the past months on "other" boards about giving birds Noni juice to prevent plucking. The end result -- no one has had success with Noni juice.

One person on the "other" board said there have been ones on those boards that have had success with Noni juice.

I am here to tell you - I have followed the Noni juice threads and posts because I thought there might be something to it and if there was any successes - I would "consider" it for Baby. BUT --- there has been NO success with Noni juice at all.

So - the person who said there has been success with Noni juice is shooting from the lip and she does not know what she is talking about. A person that gives advice without any knowledge is dangerous.

Here is a link aobut Noni juice... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/index.php

Please do not give it to your birds.

[FoxersArtist]

Even if there had been a success, how would they have been able to know for certain that it was the juice and not some other change? I have the same questions about "Pluck No More" and have always been curious as to whether these products REALLY work for some birds. Hmmm.
-Anna

[Larry, Baby and Me]

Yep - I have tried Pluck-No-More... 5 bottles of that stuff at $35.00 per bottle. The directions say to put it in the water and also spray the bird 4 times a day. I never did have time to spray Baby 4 times a day --- maybe that is the reason it did not work --- duhhh???

Before I used it on Baby I took a bottle of it to my vet and asked her what was in it... I couldn't understand any of the ingredients. She said it was Chinese herbs and they would not harm Baby.

Here we go again -- made in China. :mad::mad::mad::mad:

[Larry, Baby and Me]

For ones that don't have time to read the link...

Cork Pulled on Revolutionary Tahitian Noni (1998) (http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/www/archives/125)
June 15, 2007
Source: Akron BBB (http://www.akronbbb.org/SpecialEdList_LastRec7e77.html?Type=F)
In a case reminiscent of the cure-all potions from the old west, four Attorneys General announced a settlement with Morinda, Inc., a Utah-based marketer of a beverage called “Tahitian Noni.” The wonder juice was advertised as having the power to cure or prevent a variety of disorders including diabetes, depression, hemorrhoids and arthritis. The product has not been approved for these uses by the Food and Drug Administration.
Under the terms of the agreement, Morinda will not claim the product can cure, treat or prevent disease until it is approved by the FDA. Further, the company will not make any such claims without substantial scientific evidence and will refrain from using testimonials implying that the advertised results are the typical experience of a consumer in acutal conditions of use, unless there is adequate information that the results are indeed typical. Morinda must provide refunds to consumers upon request and pay $100,000 in investigative costs. Coincidentally, the company also uses the Internet to promote a multi-level business opportunity to retail the product.

[Larry, Baby and Me]

If you have time to read the link and watch the news clips --- Their hormone cream contains CANCER causing agents...

Here is the link again... http://noni.worldwidewarning.net/index.php

[Larry, Baby and Me]

Here is how EVIL those Noni people are!!! Notice at the end of the last paragraph... “The consent judgment has to do with labeling requirements in California. We just need to adjust our product labeling in California,” he said.


Tahitian Noni, in its settlement, agreed to add warning labels to its product — the Tahiti Trim Plan 40 Body Balance Cream — that states it contains progesterone, “a chemical known to the state of California to cause cancer” and should only be used with a physician’s advice. According the National Cancer Institute, a large clinical trial published in 2002 showed that hormone replacement therapy (a combination of the hormones estrogen and progesterone) increased women’s risk of developing breast cancer and heart disease. But these cancer warnings will only be added to Body Balance Cream products sold in California. That’s because California has Proposition 65, a state law that requires companies to provide warning labels if their products contain chemicals that can cause cancer and birth defects.

Michael Drake, assistant general counsel for Tahitian Noni, said the company isn’t required to provide cancer warnings on hormone creams sold in Utah or elsewhere. “The consent judgment has to do with labeling requirements in California. We just need to adjust our product labeling in California,” he said.

[Larry, Baby and Me]

It took me a while but I finally found the CBS video exposing Noni Juice.

http://cbs2.com/goldstein/Noni.Juice.Tahitian.2.513423.html

[Dot]

I don't remember the name of the instant cure that tickled me so. Everyone kept asking, "Have you heard about it?" "Has anyone tried it?" Well, someone finally ordered some and when they got it, the directions said, "Thoroughly mist your bird twelve times a day in the following concentration...." What a hoot. A wet bird does not mist. PERIOD. What a rip off.

[Larry, Baby and Me]

Dot - what you said reminds me... I was fresh out of high school and stayed a couple weeks with an Uncle of mine in the Calif desert. They have horrible times there with cockroaches. Ya just can't get rid of them.

There was an advertisement in the paper about a sure-fire way to get rid of those pesks. Many ordered the product...

What they got - detailed instructions and 2 bricks.

The instructions read...

1. Place brick in left hand.
2. Place cockroach on top of brick.
3. With the other hand, pick up 2nd brick and firmly smash the cockroach.

And guess what --- it worked - everytime.