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Religions > Atheism |
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"maff" |
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25 Nov 2005 07:41:40 AM |
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Synsepalum dulcificum |
Miracle berry lets Japanese dieters get sweet from sour
http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,7369,1650338,00.html
·West African fruit offers low-calorie sugar option
·Taste buds tricked into liking blandest desserts
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Friday November 25, 2005
The Guardian
It is a common complaint among long-suffering dieters: if only
low-calorie foods weren't so bland. A new cafe in Tokyo appears to have
the answer in the form of a little red berry from Africa, appropriately
named the miracle fruit.
Most people would turn their noses up at the food on offer at the
Miracle Fruits cafe in the city's Ikebukuro district. Not one item has
more than 100 calories - a fifth of the average dessert - not even the
cakes and ice-cream. They are all unbearably sour, palatable only with
help from the miracle fruit. All that calorie-conscious sweet-toothed
diners have to do is chew the flesh of a berry, taken from the
Synsepalum dulcificum plant, for about two minutes, discard the pip,
and tuck in. In an instant, the lemons and limes taste as good as an
ordinary sugar-laden dessert.
Synsepalum dulcificum
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| User: "" |
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| Title: Re: Synsepalum dulcificum |
25 Nov 2005 07:57:18 AM |
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maff wrote:
Miracle berry lets Japanese dieters get sweet from sour
http://www.guardian.co.uk/japan/story/0,7369,1650338,00.html
·West African fruit offers low-calorie sugar option
·Taste buds tricked into liking blandest desserts
Justin McCurry in Tokyo
Friday November 25, 2005
The Guardian
It is a common complaint among long-suffering dieters: if only
low-calorie foods weren't so bland. A new cafe in Tokyo appears to have
the answer in the form of a little red berry from Africa, appropriately
named the miracle fruit.
Most people would turn their noses up at the food on offer at the
Miracle Fruits cafe in the city's Ikebukuro district. Not one item has
more than 100 calories - a fifth of the average dessert - not even the
cakes and ice-cream. They are all unbearably sour, palatable only with
help from the miracle fruit. All that calorie-conscious sweet-toothed
diners have to do is chew the flesh of a berry, taken from the
Synsepalum dulcificum plant, for about two minutes, discard the pip,
and tuck in. In an instant, the lemons and limes taste as good as an
ordinary sugar-laden dessert.
This is a remarkable fruit. Until recently I lived in Ghana and had a
couple of the trees that produce the fruits. All you need do is suck
one of the little things and anything with any sugar at all tastes
intensely sweet. The local kids use them to make poor quality oranges
taste really good. The effect only works on moist fooods or drinks, and
it requires that there be some sugar present. It will not make salt
water taste sweet, for example. One berry will work for a couple of
hours.
One disadvantage is that many things taste way, way too sweet
afterwards. Beer tastes like soda, Coke is unpalatably sweet, and a
nice dry red wine tastes like a cheap dessert wine.
Anyway, I can testify that it is a striking effect.
Bill Rogers
Synsepalum dulcificum
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http://www.google.com/search?q=%22Synsepalum+dulcificum%22&btnG=Search+Directory&hl=en&cat=gwd%2FTop
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| User: "Robert J. Kolker" |
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| Title: Re: Synsepalum dulcificum |
25 Nov 2005 02:38:10 PM |
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wrote:
One disadvantage is that many things taste way, way too sweet
afterwards. Beer tastes like soda, Coke is unpalatably sweet, and a
nice dry red wine tastes like a cheap dessert wine.
Oy! Mogen David. My favorite wine. Only the goyim could love wine that
puckers up their tongues.
Bob Kolker
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