NatureBorn™ Frequently Asked Questions
While most vitamin supplements on the market contain synthetic vitamins and non-chelated minerals, Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex contains natural vitamins and chelated minerals—minerals bound to natural compounds—for greater absorption. In addition, Whole Health Complex contains our signature proprietary Tahitian Noni™ Antioxidant Blend (noni fruit and leaf), as well as a certified organic super fruit blend, a certified organic super sprout blend, and plant sterols that help lower cholesterol.†
†FDA Claim: Foods or dietary supplements containing at least 400 mg per serving of free phytosterols taken twice a day with meals for a daily total intake of at least 800 mg, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease.
2. Does Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex have organic ingredients?
Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex contains two proprietary whole food blends that are USDA certified: Organic Super Fruit Blend and Organic Super Sprout Blend.
3. How do you create your organic blends?
Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex consists of two organic blends: Super Sprout Blend and Super Fruit Blend. Our custom-grown Organic Super Sprout blend contains the potency levels of nutrients and phytonutrients found in full-grown plants. The Organic Super Fruit blend contains whole fruits concentrated nine times.
Both blends are grown in a precision-controlled environment where optimal temperature, moisture, lighting, and oxygen enrich the nutritional content. To ensure preservation of abundant enzymes and other bioactive constituents, they are fresh freeze-dried immediately after harvest.
4. How is Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex different from Hoa® I and II?
Hoa® I and II was originally formulated 8 years ago based on the scientific knowledge of that time. Designed to provide a comprehensive offering of nutrients that are delivered into your system at the right place and time, Hoa® I and II still remains a very viable product.
Because of new research, we now know that vitamins found in nature provide other beneficial nutrients not found in synthetic vitamins. Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex was created to maintain all of the important co-factors, related phytonutrients, and matrix compounds that are missing from synthetic vitamins. Whole Health Complex also contains plant sterols that help maintain healthy cholesterol levels and may reduce the risk of heart disease. †
†FDA Claim: Foods or dietary supplements containing at least 400 mg per serving of free phytosterols taken twice a day with meals for a daily total intake of at least 800 mg, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease.
5. How does the Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex lower cholesterol?
Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex contains natural plant, or phyto, sterols, that lower harmful cholesterol levels by blocking the absorption of cholesterol in the digestive tract. Studies show that the cholesterol lowering effects of plant sterols can be seen in as little as four weeks. When plant sterols are consumed, they compete with cholesterol in the digestive tract, which ultimately results in both a decrease in the amount of LDL cholesterol in the blood and a reduced risk of heart disease. Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex contains enough plant sterols per daily serving to apply the FDA claim for the reduction of the risk of heart disease.†
†FDA Claim: Foods or dietary supplements containing at least 400 mg per serving of free phytosterols taken twice a day with meals for a daily total intake of at least 800 mg, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease.
6. What is the difference between natural and synthetic vitamins?
Natural vitamins are accompanied by a variety of beneficial co-factors such as trace minerals, enzymes, coenzymes, activators, antioxidants, and many others. These vital co-factors envelop the vitamin in a whole food complex and work with the body to optimize the use of the nutrient.
Synthetic vitamins are created in a laboratory. Nature's essential co-factors are not present in these vitamins, so your body does not receive the same benefits that natural vitamins offer.
7. What are the benefits of taking both TAHITIAN NONI® Juice and Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex?
Both TAHITIAN NONI® Juice and Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex naturally support your overall health. Whole Health Complex was developed by Dr. Ralph Heinicke to be the perfect companion product to antioxidant-rich TAHITIAN NONI Juice. It encapsulates 100% of the recommended daily allowances of the essential vitamins and supports a healthy heart. When used together, Whole Health Complex and TAHITIAN NONI Juice help you maintain a healthy body and already normal cholesterol levels, maximizing the health benefits you receive.*
8. Who should take Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex?
Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex is for all adults seeking to maintain optimum health. For specific health conditions, we advise you to consult your health care professional.
9. Much is said about bioavailability and absorption—how does Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex measure up?
As it relates to nutritional supplements, bioavailability measures the amount of a nutrient that is absorbed and used by the body. This measurement indicates how much of the nutritional supplement actually enters your body's cells and benefits your health. The body is designed to best recognize and utilize nutrients when they come from foods, so we created a vitamin made entirely of whole food complexes, which are naturally bioavailable and easily absorbed into the blood stream.
10. Can I take more than the recommended dose of Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex?
We advise that you follow the recommended dosage as directed on the label. Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex provides you with 100% of the RDA of essential vitamins and most minerals. Along with a healthy diet, Whole Health Complex should satisfy most people's nutritional needs.
11. Can I take Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex along with Tahiti Trim® Plan 40® Women's Essential Hoa Blend and/or Hoa® I and II?
No. You would exceed the daily allowance for some vitamins and minerals, which could be unsafe to your health at such high levels.
For the benefits of Tahiti Trim Plan 40, including relief from menopausal symptoms, we suggest you take the Women's Essential Hoa® Blend, which contains nutrients specific for mid-aged women. If you want a vitamin that offers you a large variety of nutrients, Hoa I and II will be a good choice. If you are looking for a natural vitamin and mineral supplement that helps you lower your cholesterol, then the new Whole Health Complex is the ideal choice for you.
If you have concerns about which product you should take, we advise you to consult your health care professional.
12. Who is Dr. Heinicke?
Dr. Ralph Heinicke is the grandfather of TAHITIAN NONI Juice. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Cornell University in 1936 with a special interest in plant physiology and later received his Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of Minnesota. While working in Hawaii from 1950 to 1986, Dr. Heinicke was published in several scientific journals for his pioneering research on enzymes found in plants and fruits. This same research led him to search out other food sources that could be used as supplements with real, substantial benefits, one of which was noni. He became fascinated with the stories and traditions surrounding the noni plant and became convinced of noni's potential to improve health on many different levels. Dr. Heinicke has dedicated his life to the exploration and development of noni for which he holds three patents.
13. Why isn't Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex enteric coated?
Enteric coating is a coating that is placed on an ingredient or pill during processing. With this coating, instead of being dissolved in the stomach, the ingredient or pill is absorbed in the small intestines. Most of the nutrients in Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex are derived from whole foods, so like any food, the capsule needs to pass through the digestive system to deliver its nutrient benefits to the body. Enteric coating would hinder this important process.
14. What are chelated minerals and what do they do for my health?
Chelated minerals are minerals that are bound or complexed with natural substances such as peptides, amino acids, or similar compounds. This process creates a naturally complexed mineral that increases absorption in your body. Six of the nine minerals in Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex are chelated to provide this benefit.
15. Can pregnant women use Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex as their prenatal supplement?
Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex is designed to provide general nutritional support and is not designed to meet nutritional needs specific to pregnancy and lactation.
16. Is Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex safe for diabetics?
Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Heath Complex has no added sugar. If you have diabetes, we advise you to consult your health care professional before taking this product.
17. If I have difficulty swallowing capsules, can I mix the contents of Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex into a beverage or food?
Yes. The plant-based capsules dissolve readily as they pass through the digestive system, but if you add the contents to a beverage or food, you will still receive the same benefits.
18. Is Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex vegetarian? Does it contain animal ingredients?
Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex consists of a vegetarian formula and is free of animal ingredients.
19. How many capsules should I take each day, and how long will a bottle last?
The daily recommended usage is four capsules—two capsules twice a day with meals. One bottle of Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex should last one person 30 days.
20. Should Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex be taken with meals?
To obtain the cholesterol lowering and heart health benefits of plant sterols, two capsules of Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex should be taken twice daily with meals. Because the whole foods in Whole Health Complex need to be digested, taking Whole Health Complex with meals will help them digest more efficiently.†
†FDA Claim: Foods or dietary supplements containing at least 400 mg per serving of free phytosterols taken twice a day with meals for a daily total intake of at least 800 mg, as part of a diet low in saturated fat and cholesterol, may reduce the risk of heart disease.
21. What are the benefits* of taking the vitamins in Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex?
Vitamin A (as beta carotene): an antioxidant, essential for normal vision, important to the proper functioning of the immune system, and essential for the proper functioning of the cells
Vitamin C: an antioxidant that helps support the immune system, and essential for the energy metabolism / the transformation of food into energy
Vitamin D: essential for the structure of bones; helps build and maintain strong/healthy bones, necessary for adequate bone density and for the absorption and utilization of calcium and phosphorus
Vitamin E: an antioxidant that protects against damage caused by free radicals
Vitamin B Complex—Thiamin (B1): needed to release energy from food and carbohydrates
Riboflavin (B2): contributes to the normal release of energy from foods, needed for the normal transport and metabolism of iron in the body, helps the body to maintain a normal iron level, and helps maintain healthy skin and mucous membranes
Niacin (vitamin B3): helps release energy from foods, helps keep the nervous system functioning, needed for normal mental function, and helps maintain healthy skin and mucous membranes
Vitamin B6 (pyridoxine): helps maintain positive mood; needed for muscle function, releases energy from carbohydrates stored in muscle, and necessary for the body to use protein
Vitamins B6, B12: helps support heart health, assists in energy metabolism, and assists in maintenance of proper nervous system function
Folic Acid: helps maintain a healthy vascular system
Biotin: needed for the proper metabolism of proteins, helps to build your proteins, helps release energy from fats, needed for the body to control carbohydrate supply, and needed for normal mental function
Pantothenic Acid: needed for the body to use fats properly, and needed for the body to release energy from foods
Vitamin B12 (cyanocobalamin): necessary to the maintenance of nervous system health, needed for normal mental function, and essential for energy metabolism
22. I notice that vitamin C in Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex comes from Acerola—is this a good source in terms of my health?
Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex uses natural vitamin C from Acerola (a cherry-like fruit) instead of synthetic vitamin C (most commonly listed as ascorbic acid). This formulation ensures that you receive not only a highly bioavailable natural vitamin source but also several other useful co-factors contained in Acerola—just as nature intended.
23. What are the benefits* of taking the minerals in Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex?
Calcium: plays an essential role in forming bones and teeth, assists in maintaining bone heath, and integral to the transmission of nerve messages.
Iodine: plays a role in development of the brain and in mental performance/ activity, needed for the growth and function of the thyroid gland, essential for the production of thyroid hormones, and needed for energy metabolism
Magnesium: helps absorb calcium and maintains healthy bones/teeth, essential for use of energy by the body, necessary for muscle function (including function of heart muscle), and necessary for nerve/ nervous system function.
Zinc: helps to support a healthy immune system, and needed for cell division
Selenium: antioxidant, necessary for the function of the immune system, and needed by the body to use iodine in the production of thyroid hormones
Copper: contributes to cell protection from damage caused by free radicals, needed for the function of the immune system, helps build connective tissues (such as in bone, lungs and the vascular system), needed for energy production, and necessary for proper nervous system function.
Manganese: an antioxidant that helps scavenge free radicals from the body, helps build and maintain strong bones, and needed to produce energy.
24. Are there any allergens in Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex?
To the best of our knowledge, no known allergens exist in Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™. However, one or two ingredients derived from soybean oil are part of the NatureBorn formula. Please consult with your physician to determine if foods derived from soybean oil could cause you allergic reactions.
25. Why are calcium, iodine, and magnesium not chelated in Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex?
Both the calcium and magnesium sources used in Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex are readily absorbed by the body, even without chelating them. In fact, the natural sources of these minerals were used in nutritional studies that helped establish the daily requirements for these minerals. The iodine in NatureBorn™ comes from kelp, which provides the body with naturally occurring forms of iodide. Iodide is rapidly absorbed by the digestive system and assimilated by the thyroid gland for use in the production of thyroid hormones.
26. Do healthy people need to take a vitamin-mineral supplement like Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex?
Because most of us experience times when the demands of everyday life keep us from eating our healthiest, exercising regularly, and sleeping adequately, many experts recommend taking a multivitamin-mineral supplement to ensure we get all the nutrients we need.
The American Dietetic Association has stated that "even people with the best intentions sometimes fall short on their nutrient intake." And Harvard Medical School* stated that "diet[s] can't provide everything, which is why a daily multivitamin is important." Additionally, many of today's foods no longer contain adequate levels of vitamins and minerals because of their growth and harvesting processes. Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex assures that you're getting 100% of your daily requirement of vitamins and most minerals to help you maintain your good health. *The Benefits and Risks of Vitamins and Minerals, a special health report from Harvard Medical School, copyright 2003 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.
27. Is it safe to take all four capsules of Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex at once?
It is not unsafe to take the four capsules at the same time; however, for the heart health benefits of the plant sterols, you should take two capsules twice daily with meals. In general, divided doses allow supplement ingredients to be absorbed more efficiently.
28. Is it safe for children to take Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™?
Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ was formulated for adults; therefore, NatureBorn™ is not recommended for children under 14 years of age.
29. What is your source of vitamin E in Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™?
Our natural source of vitamin E is a nutrient called D-Alpha tocopheryl succinate. It's typically derived from vegetable oils and soybean oil.
30. Why is there no iron in Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™?
Tahitian Noni NatureBorn™ Whole Health Complex is formulated for all adult men and women. Iron is not included in this product since it is generally indicated only for women who are in their childbearing years. Those who need iron supplements should only do so when prescribed by a physician to prevent the risk of iron overload.