How the Miracle Berry is a Gamechanger for Diabetics

Today’s sugar-laden diets lead to many people being diagnosed with diabetes every year. Characterized by too much sugar in the blood, diabetes can cause serious health consequences if left unchecked.

MiraBurst understands how hard it is to find safe, delicious natural sugar substitutes for diabetics. Our products, made from the miracle fruit (Synsepalum dulcificum), are an all-natural way to safely manage your blood sugar.

What is Diabetes (Diabetes Mellitus)?

Diabetes is simply a group of diseases that result in too much sugar in the blood (high blood glucose). Types of Diabetes include type 1, type 2, gestational, and pre-diabetes.

• Type 1 diabetes is a chronic health condition where the pancreas doesn’t produce enough insulin.
• Type 2 diabetes affects how your body processes sugar, or glucose.
• Gestational diabetes is a type of diabetes that occurs in the course of pregnancy.
• Pre-diabetes occurs when your blood sugar is higher than normal, but you don’t meet the criteria for a diabetes diagnosis yet.

Not all types of diabetes respond in the same way to medication or treatment. Everybody, and every diagnosis, is different. But diabetic symptoms can often be managed, and sometimes reversed. For type 2 diabetes in particular, an active, low-sugar lifestyle is an excellent step toward improving your symptoms.

Eating less sugar makes it easier for your body to regulate it in the bloodstream. And maintaining physical activity can manage weight gain, and also help improve blood sugar levels.

Cutting down on processed foods and carbohydrates (starches and sugar) is a big help. Besides the well-known natural sugar substitutes for diabetics, a taste-modifying berry like the Miracle Berry can make this easier. Eating nutrient-rich vegetables can also help, as long as they are not naturally high in sugar or carbohydrates.

If you’re wondering what berries are good for diabetics, miracle fruit, blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries are all great options.

What is Type 2 Diabetes?

Type 2 diabetes is the most common form of diabetes in the world. It occurs when the body cannot properly use insulin (a hormone that helps glucose get into the cells of the body). As a result, blood glucose increases above a critical value. People can get type 2 diabetes at any age, but you are at higher risk if you have pre-diabetes (borderline diabetes) or if you are:

• Older – 45 years or more
• overweight
• Have a family history of diabetes
• Are not physically active
• A woman who had gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes is a kind of diabetes that some women get when they are pregnant. Even if a woman’s blood sugar levels go down after her baby is born, she is at higher risk of getting type 2 diabetes later in life.

***If you are African American, Hispanic/Latino American, American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian American, or Pacific Islander, you are at higher risk for prediabetes and type 2 diabetes. Also, if you are Asian American, you are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes at a lower weight (about 15 pounds lower than weights in the 1 Point column). Talk to your doctor to see if you should have your blood sugar tested.

Managing Type 2 Diabetes:

The foundation of the management and prevention of type 2 diabetes is lifestyle modification.
Since the root cause of type 2 diabetes is insulin resistance, in order to better manage or even reverse the diagnosis of type 2 diabetes, we must first understand why we develop insulin resistance. Why does our body become resistant to our own insulin and therefore unable to regulate our blood sugar the way it should?

As we age, most people develop some level of insulin resistance. However, prediabetes and eventually type 2 diabetes is mostly related to lifestyle influences which worsen insulin resistance namely:

• Unhealthy Eating Habits with increased consumption of carbohydrates (sugar and starches) and processed foods.
• Inadequate Physical Activity
• Excessive Weight Gain

These factors worsen insulin resistance and greatly increase the likelihood of developing prediabetes and finally type 2 diabetes. Even with family history of type 2 diabetes, one can still prevent or delay onset of prediabetes and type 2 diabetes by preventing or reversing insulin resistance. This is done by:

• Healthy Eating with reduced consumption of carbohydrates (sugar and starches) and processed foods
• Being Physically Active-Any form of increased physical activity, especially aerobic exercises like taking a walk for about 30 minutes a day.
• Maintaining Healthy Weight – This comes naturally once healthy eating and increased physical activity becomes a lifestyle.

Healthy Eating Habits Including Cutting Down On Carbohydrates and Processed Foods – The Backbone For Reducing Insulin Resistance!

If you have been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes following a low carbohydrate, high fat diet is crucial to preventing serious health complications.

Unfortunately, cutting down sugar consumption is not an easy task since sugar triggers the same “reward center” in the brain as cocaine (Daily Mail). We are therefore all addicted to sugar and sweets so how can we practically and easily cut down on sugar and still satisfy our sweet tooth? The so-called “Sugar free” cookies, cakes and desserts made with artificial sweeteners are not the answer for long term health.

MiraBurst is here to help:

A tiny, unique miracle berry could just be part of the answer to quelling those sugar cravings, enjoy healthy eating and help maintain healthy blood sugar levels. This miracle berry can help change eating habits for diabetics around the world. In fact, the diabetic epidemic is a huge motivating factor for commercializing the miracle berry since our mission is to make the world a healthier sweeter place for all —- READ MORE UNDER FOUNDER’S STORY

The Miracle Berry

Thankfully there is something that can make life a little bit easier for diabetics: the Miracle Berry. Simply put, the miracle berry is a taste-altering fruit. It is known under many names (sweet berry, miraculous berry, miracle fruit, etc) and, if you want to get technical, its true name is Synsepalum dulcificum. While this unique fruit can by no means cure diabetes, it can help you enjoy and maintain a healthier diet and possibly help you to even reverse your diagnosis of type 2 diabetes.