MIRACLE FRUIT- WHY CANCER PATIENTS LIKE MIRACLE FRUIT ?

                                                 MIRACLE FRUIT BELONGS TO SAPOTACEAE FAMILY , MIRACLE FRUIT SCIENTIFIC NAME IS SYNSEPALUM DULCIFICUM . MIRACLE FRUIT EATEN CONSUMED TO TASTE SWEET BECAUSE IT HAS MIRACULIN PROTEIN .COMMON NAMES OF THIS FRUIT IS MIRACLE BERRY , SWEET BERRY , LEDIDI , TAAMI , ASAA. THE MIRACLE FRUIT ITSELF HAS A LOW SUGAR CONTENT AND A MILDLY SWEET TANG . THIS BERRY CONTAIN MIRACULIN , SO MIRACULIN BINDS PROTEINS AND BECOMES ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE SWEET RECEPTORS , RESULTING IN THE PERCEPTION OF SWEET TASTE . THIS EFFECT LASTS UNTIL THE PROTEIN IS WASHED AWAY BY SALIVA .

                                                  IT IS A SHRUB THAT GROWS BETWEEN 6 TO 15 FEET IN HEIGHT , ITS LEAVES ARE 5 TO 10 CM LONG , 2-3.7 CM WIDE . THE FLOWERS ARE WHITE . IT CARRIES RED , 2 CM LONG FRUITS .

                                                  THE PLANT GROWS BEST IN SOILS WITH A PH AS LOW AS 4.5-5.8 , IN AN ENVIRONMENT FREE FROM FROST AND IN PARTIAL SHADE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY . IT IS TOLERANT IN DROUGHT , FULL SUN SHINE AND SLOPES . THE SEEDS NEED 14 TO 21 DAYS NEED TO GERMINATE . A SPACING OF 4 METRE BETWEEN PLANTS IS SUGGESTED .

                                                   THE PLANTS FIRST BEAR FRUIT AFTER GROWING FOR 3-4 YEARS AND EACH YEAR PRODUCE TWO CROPS , AFTER THE END OF THE RAINY SEASON . THIS PLANT PRODUCE SMALL RED BERRIES WHILE WHITE FLOWERS ARE PRODUCED FOR MANY MONTHS OF THE YEAR .

USES:

                              THE FRUIT IS USED TO SWEETEN PALM WINE AND ALSO USED TO IMPROVE THE FLAVOR OF SOURED CORN BREAD . MIRACLE FRUIT IS THE BEST FRUIT FOR PEOPLE WHO WANT TO LOSING WEIGHT AND SUFFERING FROM DIABETES . CANCER PATIENTS TAKE THIS FRUIT BECAUSE THE FRUIT ALLEGEDLY COUNTERACTS A METALLIC TASTE IN THE MOUTH THAT MAY ONE OF THE MANY SIDE EFFECTS OF CHEMOTHERAPY .

                             THIS FRUIT CONTAIN MIRACULIN , BUT MIRACULIN IS NOT SWEET BY ITSELF , BUT IT CAN CHANGE A SOUR BEVERAGE INTO A SWEET BEVERAGE , EVEN FOR A LONG PERIOD AFTER CONSUMPTION . MIRACLE FRUIT IMPROVE QUALITY OF LIFE .