Do Miracle Berries Actually Affect Your Taste Buds?

Imagine that you bit into a juicy lemon and instead of being hit with sourness you taste a sweet fruit. Well this is possible! Keep reading to find about the new craze: miracle berries.

History of Miracle Berries

Miracle berries aren’t that new after all. Synsepalum dulcificum, or miracle berry, was discovered in 1725 in West Africa by French explorer Chevalier des Marchais. He noticed that natives on Africa’s coast were chewing on the berries before their meals. It wasn’t until 1968 until the miracle berry came to the United States.

Science of Miracle Berries

The magic behind miracle berries all come down to one protein called Miraculin. The micraculin binds to taste bud receptors on your tongue. Instead of binding to the sour receptors, it rewires the sweet receptors to identify acids as sugars. The miracle berry has also been used for diabetics, people trying to lose weight, or even cancer patients.

Are you going to try a miracle merry?