Back in 2007 we reported that Danny Glover, evidently hired for his acting skills, came the “celebrity of choice” for Tahitian Noni International. Like very marketing expert knows, if you attach some celebrity onto your product it may influence sales in a positive way even if the product itself is worse than any of the inferior cheap crap one might find as being made in China. And now Mr. Glover’s acting will be applied towards EIRO Research, a Dalles-based “nutritional company” (wink wink nudge nudge?).
According to the actor (and you really should consider keeping in mind that actors get paid for acting), “I have been exposed to the network marketing industry before. However, I have never encountered a company like EIRO. EIRO’s management team, products, and opportunity represent the best-of-the-best. This is a great home for me, and I am proud to build a team along with such a great brand.”
So what Mr. Glover is basically saying is that his previous statements about TNI and Noni Juice being the best of the best is no longer true. It might depend on who is willing to pay more money for a really awful acting performance, though. But then again, EIRO appears to be a company that lures people into the network by implying on their website that you can “Drive a new Porsche or BMW”, which must really be an exciting idea for folks with material hang-ups and potentially zero scruples. All the publicity surrounding the departure of Glover from Tahitian Noni does provide an educational element; if you’re a failed actor you can always get a gig promoting some snake oil products and there’s always another sucker born somewhere.
Unsurprisingly, Tahitian Noni International does not like the attention all this is generating and has desperately tried to veil the bad news with the announcement of a new “celebrity” joining them, this time it’s Mike Campbell, lead guitarist for the original Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, who has just been signed as a TNI spokesperson. He’s supposedly been using Noni for the past year. That isn’t a very long time but then again, some people learn slower than others. Stay tuned for any announcements when he, too, will be showing up at yet another MLM or “juice company”.
 Robert Dean Jr. - Why he left TNI [58:04m]: Play Now
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Noni World Wide Warning
We took a hidden camera into a meeting for sales distributors in Costa Mesa.
It sounded like money is growing on trees, at least, the Noni tree. Sales of Tahitian Noni juice are in the billions.
"Every 1.7 seconds somebody buys a bottle of Tahitian Noni juice," one salesman told us.
The dealer says he is a "pearl" and starts explaining how the pyramid scheme works; that "two percent
of the world wide financial turnover is distributed amongst all pearls" and that after reaching that level
within the organizational pyramid structure you can become a "diamond pearl", "double diamond pearl",
"tripple diamond pearl" and finally "black pearl". He also says that
"Some [dealers] in The Netherlands already make 10.000 euros a month in additional bonussus".
The undercover reporter is presented with these miracle income opportunities and easy and quick advances
within the pyramidal organization structure, and of course, lots and lots of extra money.
Neil Solomon in his own words
Retired Medical Doctor Neil Solomon, considered a Noni expert admitted to unethical behavior!
“I admit that for at least the past 20 years, I have used my position as a physician to instigate a wide range of sexual relations with at least eight woman patients. This conduct included acts of sexual intercourse, as well as other explicit sex acts. These activities took place in my medical office during patient visits, as well as in other locations. I admit that I engaged in sexual misconduct with my patients during the physician/patient relationship. I admit that I engaged in this conduct with multiple patients over the same time period.” — Neil Solomon, October 27, 1993
The Noni Patent
As Morinda/TNI will proudly tell its distributors, and likewise proud distributors will tell unaware but potential customers and new distributors, there are patents involved with Noni! Using such statements they imply that something must be good and special about Noni. But only if you read the actual patent will you discover that this patent pertains to a "A method is disclosed for eliminating grease, sewage odor and hydrogen sulfide from restaurant grease traps and municipal sewage systems using xeronine. Xeronine works by stimulating the metabolism of the resident anaerobic and aerobic bacteria.". We could joke about how the vile smell of Noni easily out-stinks sewage, but we won't. We do, however, feel that patent 4,666,606 shows that drinkers of Noni Juice should not confuse themselves with sewers. Our advise would be to pour Noni Juice down the drain... in case things are clogged, of course.
Noni - No Evidence
Source : Caremark
Noni has been heavily promoted for an enormous range of uses, including abrasions, arthritis, atherosclerosis, bladder infections, boils, bowel disorders, burns, cancer, chronic fatigue syndrome, circulatory weakness, colds, cold sores, congestion, constipation, diabetes, drug addiction, eye inflammations, fever, fractures, gastric ulcers, gingivitis, headaches, heart disease, hypertension, improved digestion, immune weakness, indigestion, intestinal parasites, kidney disease, malaria, menstrual cramps, menstrual irregularities, mouth sores, respiratory disorders, ringworm, sinusitis, skin inflammation, sprains, stroke, thrush, and wounds. However, there is no real evidence that it is effective for any of these conditions. "Several animal studies have evaluated the effects of extracts derived from noni. The results suggest noni may have anti-cancer immune-enhancing and pain-relieving properties. However, most of these studies used unrealistically high doses that would be difficult to get from taking the juice itself. There have been no human trials of noni."
A Summary
The following is an article (originally posted in Dutch and also on this site) that aims to provide a quick overview, summary, and personal perspective on Noni Juice. We have taken the liberty to translate this to English and would like to thank the original author for having posted this summary.
It is very interesting and bizarre that in a short exchange of "information" the number of people that write the most (about Noni Juice) are evidently active sales people that sell Noni Juice and as such they are influenced by the commercial and financial benefits they can reap.
What isn't being said in all the wonderful stories about this "miracle juice" is that the product is often offered and advertised through SPAM e-mail, by different so-called distributors. This then automatically places this "miracle juice" in the same category of SPAM as is the case with Viagra, penis enlargement, mortgages and credit, and "get rich quick schemes". The same category of SPAM that everyone with an e-mail address has already seen too much of.
What also isn't told by the fancy-speaking sales people and distributors is the background of the mother company that produces this "miracle juice" which it sells through a system that can commonly be referred to as a pyramid scheme (but referred to as multi level marketing just like SPAM companies call themselves direct marketing experts) and that the mother company has often been taken to court by government prosecutors of different states in the USA. These legal suits were often because of, amongst other things, the way in which Noni Juice was being sold (with claims that it was a medicine or cure for HIV, cancer, etc.) Not only in the USA has the company been forced to pay fines. Subsequently there are distributors in the pyramid construction who will say that this "miracle juice" has been approved by the EU but what they fail to mention is that this approval is with regard to using the trademark and name of Tahitian Noni (R) while only allowing it under the category of a "novelty food" product as pasteurized fruit-juice. The mother company and manufacturer Tahitian Noni International (TNI) previously operating under the name Morinda, Inc., knows better than to make unsubstantiated claims and therefore leaves the marketing, sales, and advertising up to their distributors which in turn deploy the kind of marketing that TNI itself could no longer sustain without running into yet more legal trouble. The fact that these distributors in the EU are using the EU "approval" to impress unsuspecting potential customers with the claim that the ingredients of this "miracle juice" are approved by the EU is definitely something that can be considered surprising and suspicious.
It is also remarkable that many of the distributors and sales people around the globe, working within the pyramid structure, have constructed many different web sites on the internet which only serve the purpose of influencing the results of search engines (like Google and AltaVista). These sites and pages use combinations of words such as "Noni Fraud" and "Noni Scam" to lure and lead people to other sites which in turn sell this "miracle juice" or otherwise contain a lot of positive-spin propaganda. It is clear that in many cases these pages only serve the purpose to hide and overshadow other material published about Noni Juice which makes it difficult for people to find neutral or less-than-positive information on the internet regarding Noni Juice. This manipulation of search engine results aims to hide pages carrying facts other than those offered by the distributors and sales people.
For example as can be found at http://www.worldwidewarning.net
Raising false and idle hope for people who are suffering from cancer, including the families and loved ones, with the purpose of commercial and financial gains makes you kind of wonder... to say the least. Perhaps in the future these distributors will learn what it is like to have a disease that can't be cured.. in their bank accounts. Maybe the Noni Juice distributors should consider taking up some of those "get rich quick" spam offers because Noni might not be their ticket to wealth. Considering that, maybe it's not so strange that distributors and sales people are deploying their marketing activities on the internet in many of the different forums and discussion groups.
What about the TRUTH?
This page is dedicated to all those unfortunate individuals who have been terminally ill and had their hopes raised by Noni sales people who's only interest was grabbing some quick cash from people who would not live to complain about the snake-oil and sugar-water
that was sold to them. We hope that the collection of information of Noni related information will be beneficial to anyone looking into Noni.
In Hawaii, it's called Noni. In Guam it's called Lada. In Tahiti they call it Nono. All of which are known as Noni Juice, Indian Mulberry, Morinda, Hog Apple, Meng Koedoe, Mora De La India, Ruibarbo Caribe, or Wild Pine. But what is there about all this that
those financially involved or associated with this substance are trying to hide from unsuspecting customers? This page presents a collection links and information that is difficult to find amongst the polluted results
of many of the internet search engine. This pollution of the search-engine results is a direct result of companies and individuals (that have a financial interest in the representation of Tahitian Noni Juice) using many web sites
and pages with specific key words that direct you to positive sales information and propaganda. The information and links we present here are copyrighted by their respective authors and will hopefully provide a bigger, and perhaps clearer, picture of this
NoniJuice that is often referred to as snakeoil.
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