Effects of Miracle Fruit Pill Application on Food Likings and Energy Intake in Diabetic or Prediabetic Patients

Miracle fruit has a taste modifying function from sourness to sweetness when it is exposed to an acidic environment. To activate the miracle fruit's function, a miracle fruit pill should be orally administered to coat taste buds prior to eating sour food. Thus, participants are instructed to place a miracle fruit pill is on their tongue, and roll the pill around their mouth to allow full contact of the pill with the surface of the oral cavity without chewing until the pill completely dissolved. A miracle fruit pill is administered prior to eating.

To simulate the miracle fruit's function as a placebo, a chewable sugar candy that has a similar appearance to miracle fruit pill is orally administered. The same protocol that is used in miracle fruit intervention is followed in this placebo intervention but with a chewable sugar candy. Participants are instructed to place a sugar candy is on their tongue, and roll the candy around their mouth to allow full contact of the candy with the surface of the oral cavity without chewing until the candy completely dissolved. A sugar candy is administered prior to eating.