Tahitian Noni Scam
Thanks but no thanks.
This is a company that boasted how a series of 14 clinical studies have been produced that prove the effectiveness of their "bio active" beverages. They boast how they have conducted more clinical studies than "any other network marketing superfruit company". Well what is that saying exactly? I mean how many superfruit companies are we talking about here, and how empirically sound, are your tests; is your science, and are your scientists?
Tahitian Noni boasts how they maintain 52 "scientifically-validated" patents, a "research facility" and "scientists" on staff that have produced over 35 peer-reviewed publications. I'm not impressed, not by the product, not by the bogus scientifically engineered mumbo jumbo, and least of all by the sales antics pulled by its reps...
I read about an investigation into this company that involved a hidden camera used by a private investigator whom got in touch with a Tahitian Noni dealer. This particular TNI rep was running a web site that claimed the juice could cure erectile dysfunction. Mind you, these sites are at least supposed to be monitored by TNI, and yet the site was never dealt with directly.
As one might expect, the dealer discusses the 10,471 million benefits of the drink, and how it includes everything your body could ever need. Despite claiming that the substance is filled with healthy substances, vitamins and fruit juices, he fails to explain that the product can only legally be sold under the "novelty foods" category in accordance with the FDA.
Next comes the onslaught of "before and after" stories where one guy hadn't had an erection for 7 years, and miraculously achieved one after drinking Noni. Another one involves people with various wounds and lacerations, and how they heal up to 3 times faster while drinking the beverage. Yet another one involves an element called damnacanthal, which apparently is only found in "nature" and can slow down tumor growth. He follows this load with a story about people in a Netherlands hospital who were terminally ill and waiting to die, whom are now all walking around healthy due to having consumed Tahitian Noni juice.
When the undercover investigator asks about HIV, the dealer suggests that there have been some individuals cured, but that he "couldn't say for sure".
This is common for companies like this, and so long as claims are not made official, it is apparent that they do nothing to stop their associates from saying what they like so long as it is not made as a public statement directly from the company. Sadly, the company convinced famous actor Danny Glover to promote the juice, which he did, only to later retract his statements and detach himself from the company after seeing the hopes dashed of terminally ill patients whom had their hopes raised by these criminals, just before dying.