Miracle Berry: A Fruit That Can Change The Sour Taste Of Certain Foods

By partha das | Feb 06, 2017 | 08:53 AM EST

A new fruit now can change the sour taste of certain healthy foods. Miracle berry is the name of the fruit that is full of Glycoprotein and ready to explore some new features. Recent news reveals that the characteristic of it increases the interest of the people.

Fox News reports that miracle berry is available in Ghana, a state of the West Africa. The key part is the fruit contains miraculin, a certain kind of glycoprotein, which can convert the acidic and sour taste of certain foods. Actually, miraculin attaches itself to the essential taste receptors of the tongue and change the sour taste to bring something sweet.

Dr. Emmanuel Asare, a former internist-turned-plastic surgeon from Ghana, first understood the potential energy of miracle berry. He tried to create something new from this fruit to help those people who are suffering from diet problem. He even researched to invent something unique that can help people who are undergoing the chemotherapy.

Dr. Emmanuel Asare opines that a good number of people don't like to avail those foods that are truly natural and healthy. Miracle berry can turn the sour taste of some specific foods with highly acidic nature and bring the taste of grapefruits. The plastic surgeon thinks that the fruit can even reverse an important side effect of chemotherapy.

He opines that miracle berry can change the metallic taste in the mouth of those patients who are undergoing chemotherapy. The fruit is easily perishable, so Dr. Emmanuel Asare has invented a dissolving tablet to provide a long lasting effect. MiraBurst reports about the details of this tablet.

Actually, the name of this tablet is MiraBurst and the website that gives the detail information also has the same name. The unique fact is, one can put the tablet of the miracle berry on the tongue, "swirl it around" and it will dissolve. The user can avail the positive effect of it for at least 90 minutes.

Different opinions are also surfacing from Dr. Nesochi Okeke-Igbokwe, an internist at New York University Langone Center. She has opined that more research studies are necessary to explore the medical purpose of Miracle Berry. Now people are waiting to know more about this miracle fruit. 

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