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    Posted: 26 Mar 2009 at 12:58am
(Thread Purpose: Have you encountered a piece of believable/educational news you suspect could (as in "Pay it Forward") 'make a difference'?...need I say more?) 
 
~~~~~~~~TODAY: 25 March, 2009...HEALTH NEWS!
 
CNN) -- The small fruit has the color of a cranberry, the shape of an almond and tastes like a flavorless gummy.
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The "miracle fruit" makes acidic foods, such as lemons and grapefruits, sweet and candy-like.

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But after chewing the fruit and rubbing the pulp against the tongue, the berry, known by a promising name -- "miracle fruit" or Synsepalum dulcificum -- releases a sweetening potency that alters the taste buds.

For about 15 to 30 minutes, everything sour is sweet.

Lemons lose their zing and taste like candy. Oranges become sickeningly sweet. Hot sauce that usually burns the tongue tastes like honey barbecue sauce that scorches as it trickles down the throat.

Through word of mouth, these miracle fruits have inspired "taste tripping" parties, where foodies and curious eaters pay $10 to $35 to try the berries, which are native to West Africa.

About five months ago, a Miami, Florida, hospital began studying whether the fruit's sweetening effects can restore the appetite of cancer patients whose chemotherapy treatments have left them with dulled taste buds.

"What happens in patients is the food tastes so metallic and bland, it becomes repulsive," said Dr. Mike Cusnir, a lead researcher on the project and oncologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center. "Most of the patients undergoing chemotherapy have weight loss. Then they cut further into their diet and then this furthers the weight loss. It causes malnutrition, decreased function of the body and electrolyte imbalance." Video Watch a flavor tripping demonstration and the interview with Cusnir. »

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Originally posted by PaWolf PaWolf wrote:

(Thread Purpose: Have you encountered a piece of believable/educational news you suspect could (as in "Pay it Forward") 'make a difference'?...need I say more?) 
 
~~~~~~~~TODAY: 25 March, 2009...HEALTH NEWS!
 
CNN) -- The small fruit has the color of a cranberry, the shape of an almond and tastes like a flavorless gummy.
The%20miracle%20fruit%20makes%20acidic%20foods,%20such%20as%20lemons%20and%20grapefruits,%20sweet%20and%20candy-like.

The "miracle fruit" makes acidic foods, such as lemons and grapefruits, sweet and candy-like.

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But after chewing the fruit and rubbing the pulp against the tongue, the berry, known by a promising name -- "miracle fruit" or Synsepalum dulcificum -- releases a sweetening potency that alters the taste buds.

For about 15 to 30 minutes, everything sour is sweet.

Lemons lose their zing and taste like candy. Oranges become sickeningly sweet. Hot sauce that usually burns the tongue tastes like honey barbecue sauce that scorches as it trickles down the throat.

Through word of mouth, these miracle fruits have inspired "taste tripping" parties, where foodies and curious eaters pay $10 to $35 to try the berries, which are native to West Africa.

About five months ago, a Miami, Florida, hospital began studying whether the fruit's sweetening effects can restore the appetite of cancer patients whose chemotherapy treatments have left them with dulled taste buds.

"What happens in patients is the food tastes so metallic and bland, it becomes repulsive," said Dr. Mike Cusnir, a lead researcher on the project and oncologist at Mount Sinai Medical Center. "Most of the patients undergoing chemotherapy have weight loss. Then they cut further into their diet and then this furthers the weight loss. It causes malnutrition, decreased function of the body and electrolyte imbalance." Video Watch a flavor tripping demonstration and the interview with Cusnir. »



That also happens if you stop eating anything with added sugar (including anything with table sugar, or sugar as any kind of cooking ingredient). Grapefruit now tastes like those fruits gems to me. (Why don't we have a drooling with joy smiley?LOL)
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Does it work with sour milk?
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Well, it has made some cheeses taste sweeter... and sour milk with a little bit of acid thrown in to induce coagulation is basically what cheese is!LOLBig%20smile
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Guess it shouldn't be too 'Amazin''...it worked for me.
 
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MissyDWolf had to have a tooth sawed out of her chops, today.
Being the real trooper she is, all is well, now, 'cept I'm babying her.
She's on her well-covered couch with all her pudding, her phones, and her prescription drugs - one of which was totally new to me.
That means I HAD to look it up...and what I found was friggin' amazin', I tell ya!
Guess I'll share what I found in Wikipedia (now I'm heading for the P.D.R. after this).
First, the Wikipedia link for 'Diflunisal': http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diflunisal
Next, the actual 'Overdose' information (someone simply HAD to have edited it!):
 
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Deaths that have occurred from diflunisal usually involved mixed drugs and or extremely high speed masturbation.

 
 
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"...why, yes! Of course, Dear! Sugar?! Will that be one lump, or two? Or would you prefer something holely different?..."
 
It can be done - not that *I'm* willing to try...
 
Required...you must read the below article with the provided music, or listen to the song FIRST...
 
 
 
(no, no...none of this "aawwww, c'mon Pa! Be BRAVE!!! The 'Inquiring Mindless' need PROOF!"...Nope! It ain't happenin' here!)
 
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Amazing magic trick
 
 
...the ads take aim and lay their claim to the heart and the soul of the spender
Jackson Browne - The Pretender

C'mon, man!
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(ongoing discussion with a friend on one of his 'findings'; he's thinking 'further investigations and opinions' are required...so he asked ME for my thoughts)
 
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Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2009 19:11:50 -0500

Definitely dead. A corpse found in China. Think it was an accident, Pa?
 
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Yea - I'm certain of it.
 
Looks like the results of an accident that happened in 'Nail Gun School' where the kid with Parkinson's was inadvertently placed in a back-row... 
 
Great argument for not sitting in the Front-Row.
 
Wonder if this nifty DeWalt model was used?
 
 
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While reading the news a moment ago, I decided to follow an odd link at the bottom of the page...this deserves a spot SOMEWHERE; I simply could not figure where (besides anywhere other than our home...).
I decided to place this ad within this thread...and I *do* worry about youngsters reading our posts, sometimes. I could see Mama and Little Cathy reading the board, together and stumbling across this post..."...loooookie, Mommy!"
Then again, maybe they read the news and follow links, also.
Anyway - about THIS product: 
Would you  consider it (with apologies to MM00, since I know how much he dislikes the following word) 'Green'?
Maybe so...looks like *most* everyone's interests were taken into consideration (Confused). 
So I'll leave it to YOU to watch the videos at the bottom of this page. 
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Pa!  I'm horrified and offended!  ShockedWinkLOL
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This little story is pretty amazing.
SEVEN times older than the Great Sphinx?!
<<<--- +/- 35,000 YEARS OLD
 
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35,000 year old porn....doncha love it!
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Poll: New Yorkers Prefer
Spitzer to Paterson

He was more fun to read about.
 
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Confused "Dirt Cheap"? Would you think the SECOND one would need to be "of equal or lesser value"? 
A true sign of the times...
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Sometimes it can be a real b*tch just trying to become a 'Dad'; it appears that it has always required 'an agreement'; otherwise there will be the proverbial "wasted nut" (there's been more than one person I've thought of as such)...
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Now, I've known of people who played this instrument (not me)...this one is friggin' amazin', I tell ya!
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