Uses of Miracle Fruit

Miracle Fruit in the United States

While the FDA has not approved Miracle Fruit as a food additive or sugar substitute, it is legal to buy, sell, grow and use it in the United States. You may have trouble finding growers of Miracle Fruit in the United States, however; the first place to start would be growers in Florida, who are selling this fruit and importing it from West Africa. Other options include several online stores growing and selling the fruit.

Dieters everywhere are struggling with adjusting to the bland and flavorless taste of healthy and low-fat foods. Miracle Fruit provides them with a healthy and nutritious way to change the way those foods taste to them temporarily; for instance, a tart lemon may now taste like a sugary piece of lemon candy. Another benefit for dieters is adding the pulp and juice from these miracle berries to recipes as a sugar substitute to sweeten those foods while still remaining low-fat.

Aside from dieters, diabetics can also benefit from using Miracle Fruit as a sweetener. By placing the pulp of a miracle berry on your tongue several minutes before eating a bland snack, you can transform it into a sugary sweet treat without going into a diabetic coma. Another benefit for diabetics is that Miracle Fruit contains polyphenols, which can improve insulin sensitivity.

After several rounds of chemotherapy, many cancer patients lose the desire to eat as it dulls the taste buds dramatically. Many cancer patients find themselves eating much less and becoming thin as a result. Recent studies have been done to show the effect that miracle berries have on the taste buds of cancer patients in the hope that many foods they used to enjoy now taste flavorful.

To enjoy the effects of Miracle Fruit, you will want to chew up a miracle berry and get the pulp and juices to coat your tongue. Your taste buds will soon react to this; typically within a few minutes. After a few minutes, try eating a sour food, such as a lemon, and taste the difference. The effects of Miracle Fruit can last between 30 minutes and two hours.