# Which fruit do you think will become the next cure all? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 2, 2012, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614 "2012-05-02T08:28:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2012, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/21 "2012-05-02T23:12:27Z")
Is coconut a fruit? It’s everywhere. Coconut oil to cook with. Coconut water to drink. ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/22 "2012-05-03T13:59:37Z")
I think it’ll be blueberry. It’s been in the news for a while about all the benefits it provides to your health, but the fad hasn’t really caught on to the point where we see blueberry juice, blueberry smoothies, blueberry yogurt, chocolate covered blueberries, etc. As blueberries become more in demand, marketers will probably start putting blueberries and blueberry flavoring into more things. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/23 "2012-05-03T14:05:47Z")
Richard Simmons. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/24 "2012-05-03T14:47:01Z")
> [@grude](#): > > Heh while it looks cool and sounds cool the taste is so light and delicate it makes lychee seem strong, seriously probably the most subtle fruit out there. Yeah, dragonfruit is perhaps the most disappointing fruit I’ve ever had. It just looks so awesome and cool, both inside and out, and then you eat the flesh and … almost tasteless. I’ve found it makes a nice sorbet-like substance when you halve it and freeze it, but that’s about it. I’m going to throw a random one out there: gooseberries. I have no idea whether it is purported to have health benefits, but it seems exactly the type of fruit that would. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/25 "2012-05-03T16:55:02Z")
> [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](#): > > I think it’ll be blueberry. It’s been in the news for a while about all the benefits it provides to your health, but the fad hasn’t really caught on to the point where we see blueberry juice, blueberry smoothies, blueberry yogurt, chocolate covered blueberries, etc. As blueberries become more in demand, marketers will probably start putting blueberries and blueberry flavoring into more things. Already happened. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/26 "2012-05-03T17:27:26Z")
Yeah, blueberries were the big UTI fighter about 8 or 9 years ago. Eat a pint of blueberries day! More good stuff than cranberries! But they didn’t get the panacea treatment, that I recall. Mostly UTI/antioxidant stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/27 "2012-05-03T18:00:15Z")
Gooseberries are awesome! I hope they make it big. ---
**Author:** ![madrabbitwoman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c37758/32.png) [@madrabbitwoman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madrabbitwoman)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/28 "2012-05-03T21:32:43Z")
Mountain ugni and/or jostaberry. I recently bought a seedling of each and want my investment to pay off. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/29 "2012-05-03T22:05:29Z")
> [@fluiddruid](#): > > … Anyway, my guess for the next fad? Buddha’s Hand. It looks cool, has a cool name and is a fruit. I’m good with that. I love the stuff (slice and steep in good vodka for a couple of days, for one thing) but it’s a holy bitch to find around here. Smells great, looks freaky. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/30 "2012-05-03T22:09:23Z")
I hope it’s juniper berries. We’ve got a LOT of juniper trees on our property, and it would be nice to cash in on a fad. ~VOW ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/31 "2012-05-03T22:24:52Z")
I thought goji berries (wolfberry) was the super food de jure. ---
**Author:** ![living\_in\_hell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3d9bf3/32.png) [@living\_in\_hell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/living_in_hell)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/32 "2012-05-03T22:37:52Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > First it was the apple. Actually an apple caused all the problems, but later it was the cure. I thought it was a pomegranate? ---
**Author:** ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/33 "2012-05-03T22:46:57Z")
> [@hogarth](#): > > Hopefully saskatoon berries/serviceberries. They’re pretty tasty. As someone who lives in Saskatoon, grew up on a farm near the riverbank where wild saskatoons are plentiful, and who has eaten buckets and buckets of saskatoons, I can confirm that they are far beyond “pretty tasty” (the wild ones are far better than the farmed varieties, but smaller and don’t bear fruit very reliably) but sadly do not cure all. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/34 "2012-05-03T23:06:18Z")
> [@Gorsnak](#): > > As someone who lives in Saskatoon, grew up on a farm near the riverbank where wild saskatoons are plentiful, and who has eaten buckets and buckets of saskatoons, I can confirm that they are far beyond “pretty tasty” (the wild ones are far better than the farmed varieties, but smaller and don’t bear fruit very reliably)\*\* but sadly do not cure all.\*\* Didn’t stop the other “super fruits”. ---
**Author:** ![dngnb8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dngnb8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dngnb8)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-fruit-do-you-think-will-become-the-next-cure-all/620614/35 "2012-05-03T23:10:45Z")
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