Health benefits of Miracle fruit

Health benefits of Miracle fruit

Synsepalum dulcificum also known as the miracle fruit is a plant with a berry that, when eaten, causes sour foods (such as lemons and limes) subsequently consumed to taste sweet. This effect is due to miraculin, which is used commercially as a sugar substitute. Common names for this species and its berry include miracle fruit, miracle berry, miraculous berry,, sweet berry,and in West Africa where the species originates agbayun, taami, asaa, and ledidi.
The berry itself has a low sugar content and a mildly sweet tang. It contains a glycoprotein molecule, with some trailing carbohydrate chains, called miraculin. When the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten, this molecule binds to the tongue's taste buds, causing sour foods to taste sweet. While the exact cause for this change is unknown, one hypothesis is that miraculin works by distorting the shape of sweetness receptors "...so that they become responsive to acids, instead of sugar and other sweet things. This effect lasts until the protein is washed away by saliva (up to about 60 minutes).
The names miracle fruit and miracle berry are shared by Gymnema sylvestre and Thaumatococcus daniellii,two other species of plant are used to alter the perceived sweetness of foods. -Wikipedia

Health benefits of Miracle fruit

Chemotherapy:
Miracle berries have been given to patients undergoing chemotherapy, a side-effect of which is sour, metallic tastes in the mouth. The berries convert these tastes to sweetness, encouraging patients to eat more and gain much needed nourishment. Diabetes patients who really crave sweetness also use it - I can see how it would help kids with diabetes, for who the lack of sweetness really hurts.

Change the awefull taste of certain medicines :

Certain medicines as we know taste quite awful, remember when you were young and as a child your parents tried to make you take a spoonful of medicine when you had a bad cough and you didn't want to take it because you knew it tasted awful - well now thanks for the the amazing taste changing miracle berry tablets this could be a thing of the past.

Weight loss:

Miracle Frooties have only 1 calorie each, 0% fat, and are a great natural weight-loss aid. Trick your sweet tooth by eating a miracle berry before sugar-free deserts. Eat a strawberry, lemon, or lime instead of a piece of candy. Make sweet homemade desserts such as strawberry shortcake, lemon meringue, rhubarb pie, and key lime pie without using sugar or artificial sweeteners. Skip the oil and season your salad with plain balsamic vinegar for a surprisingly tasty dressing. Sweeten your tea with lemon or orange juice instead of sugar. Send us your own tips and tricks!

Diabetics:

Tired of bland sugar-free desserts? With the miracle fruit, lemons taste like candy and strawberries taste sugared! Make your own delicious sugar-free pies, try natural yogurt again, and enjoy all-natural lemonade or limeade with just fruit and water. Skip the artificial sweeteners! Just take a Miracle Frootie tablet beforehand, and make sure the food includes a flavor that normally tastes sour or tart.Instead of using artificial sweeteners use the fruit and enjoy sweetness in the foods.