POI FACTS

• Easily digestible, low allergenic.
• High in vitamins, minerals and enzymes. The nutrition in poi is better utilized than other foods due to fermentation and the small starch granules.
• Proven invaluable in the care of allergic individuals, malnourishment, special health problems and those recovering from illness.
• High alkaline forming elements in poi reduce gastrointestinal disturbances and are better tolerated.
• If contaminated by pathogenic organisms, poi may purify itself with naturally existing lactic acid producing bacteria.
• Prevents dental caries.

Approximately 25 percent of people have some kind of digestive problem. Digestive disorders have been identified as one of the three top health concerns. Conditions that require ingestion of a nutritious, non-irritating food are numerous: malabsorption · malnutrition occurring in alcohol and drug addiction · infant nutritional impairment · nephrotic syndrome · diarrhea · celiac disease · inflammatory bowel diseases · functional bowel diseases · gluten-sensitive enteropathies, including steatorrhea · chronic pancreatitis · chronic liver failure · immunodeficiency diseases · ketosis associated with renal failure, where a source of carbohydrate and fat supplementation is required to minimize protein catabolism · cystic fibrosis · digestive problems associated with cerebral palsy · hereditary metabolic disorders · senile anorexia.

These are only a mere fraction of digestive diseases that afflict people of all ages today. Digestive processes of the body are affected to the degree that the afflicted cannot consume normal foods. The body cannot absorb necessary nutrients (malabsorption) resulting in chronic malnutrition.

Food replacement products often have common allergens such as soy, dairy, wheat, and refined sugars. Taro Dream will serve as an alternative to these allergen-based products.