Keeping your immune system strong should be one of your top priorities. After all, it’s your immune system that helps keep you healthy by helping you fight several diseases including bacterial and viral infections.
One of the best ways to maintain a strong and healthy immune system is to have proper nutrition which includes a diet high in fruits and vegetables. However, many people still don’t eat enough healthy fruits because they don’t exactly like
the taste of these healthy fruits which tend to be a little sour or acidic. In an effort to make these healthy fruits sweeter and more delicious, many people turn to sugar to qualm the sourness and acidic tastes of these fruits.
Can you relate? Do you add sugar to your lemon water, smoothies, and fruit salads? Sure, sour fruits, especially lemon, lime, and grapefruit, taste better with sugar, but it’s not the healthiest option.
You certainly know that added sugar can be very bad for your health. But did you know that it can actually weaken your immune system? Let’s have a look at why, before uncovering how miracle berries can help you naturally enhance the taste of sour and acidic fruits and eat the fruit you need without the added sugar.
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How Sugar Weakens Your Immune System
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When a virus or bacteria enter your body, your immune system works through a series of defense processes, including inflammation, to fight it off. This is your immune system’s normal response to protect itself against anything harmful to your health.
The same thing happens when there’s a sudden influx of sugar in your body, according to numerous studies. Eating or drinking too much sugar curbs the immune system that attacks bacteria and viruses.
One study published in PubMed revealed that sugar induces insulin resistance and inflammation in the body. A University Hospital Zurich study showed that sugar-sweetened beverages negatively affect glucose and lipid metabolism and promote inflammation.
Another study at Aarhus University Hospital found that drinking sucrose-sweetened soft drinks triggers inflammation and insulin resistance. Lastly, fructose causes inflammation just 30 minutes after consuming it, according to one study published in Lipids in Health and Disease.
There have been many more studies with the same results. But what exactly do they tell us?
Since sugar triggers inflammation, it means that your body recognizes it as a threat and activates various cells to combat it, particularly white blood cells or leukocytes. They are the first line of defense against infections and disease.
To prevent all this, you need to cut down on sugar.
According to the American Heart Association, your daily sugar intake shouldn’t exceed 150 calories (men), which is 37.5 grams, or 100 calories (women), which is 25 grams or 6.25 teaspoonfuls. (6 and a quarter teaspoonfuls) – 1 teaspoonful of granulated sugar equals 4 grams.
That may sound like a lot, but to put things in perspective, 12-oz Coca-Cola can contain 140 calories or 39 grams of sugar or 9.75 teaspoonfuls (9 and three quarter teaspoonfuls).
How Can Miracle Berries Help?
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Let’s go back to sour or acidic fruits. If you’re used to adding sugar to make them sweeter, we have a solution for you.
With miracle berries, you never have to add sugar or sweetener to your sour fruits again. You can enjoy citrus fruits, fruit salads, and healthy smoothies as well as sugar-free yogurt parfait without potentially putting your health at risk with added sugar. You can enjoy healthy drinks like lemon water with apple cider vinegar, as it will taste like sweet lemonade.
How is this possible?
Miracle berries contain a glycoprotein known as miraculin. This protein has taste-altering properties when sour or acidic foods and beverages are consumed.
When you eat miracle berry or dissolve the miracle berry tablet on your tongue, the active substance in the berry called miraculin binds to the sweet taste receptors on your tongue. When you subsequently eat any sour or acidic food, fruit or drink the miraculin super-activates your sweet receptors and turns the food, fruit or drink into sweet tasting without any added sugar or sweetener. This enhanced taste sensation lasts for about 45 to 60 minutes. So, it doesn’t actually change the taste of sour foods and drinks, but rather alters your perception of it, turning it to sweet. In other words, it tricks your mind to think that the food or drink is sweet!
Again, this effect is only temporary. You have about an hour to enjoy the delectably sweet taste of sour fruits and beverages before your taste buds go back to normal. And during that time, you won’t need a single ounce of sugar.
3 Fantastic Reasons to Use Miracle Berries
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Not many people knew about the existence of miracle berries until recently, and many still don’t. But people in West Africa, where the fruit originates from, have been using miracle berries for centuries to sweeten sour foods and drinks naturally.
Here are the top reasons why you should do the same:
Reducing Your Sugar Intake
We discussed this already, but it really can’t be stressed enough. Cutting your sugar intake is the number one reason to enrich your diet with miracle berries. Even if you consume a tiny amount of sugar per day, it adds up. Research shows that about 71% of consumers are reading the sugar content on ingredient labels and about 56% of consumers are consuming less sugar than they did a year ago.
With miracle fruit, you don’t have to worry about it, because you can make all your sour fruits taste sweet as if you actually added sugar.
Packing on Important Micronutrients
Miracle berries have a lot of micronutrients that are very important for your health. The berry is high in antioxidants including polyphenols, flavonoids, Vitamins C, A and E, as well as essential amino acids, minerals and micronutrients which help boost the immune system, improve vision, brain health, bone health, and much more.
Vitamins C and E are some of the major antioxidants you can benefit from. Vitamin C stimulates the production of white blood cells and helps your body fight infections.
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Enhancing the Taste of Fruits
Not only do you not need sugar when combining sour fruits with miracle berries, but the berries enhance the taste of fruits. Citrus and acidic fruits, such as lemon, grapefruit, limes, oranges, apples, and strawberries, taste incredibly sweeter when combined with miracle fruit.
But you can experience an even sweeter sensation when you mix miracle berries with a combination of sour fruits and beverages. For instance, lemon water will taste like lemonade. Lemon water with apple cider vinegar will taste even sweeter. A fruit salad with vinegar or lemons will also taste unbelievably sweet as if vinegar was a fruit juice, and you sprinkled sugar all over it.
According to MiraBurst, miracle berry tablets can provide you with the same effects as fresh miracle berries. As soon as the tablet dissolves on your tongue, you can enjoy the taste-altering effects for up to an hour.
Miracle berry tablets are made from naturally grown, non-GMO miracle berries. They’re made from 100% pure miracle berry powder, so they can provide you with all the same nutritional and health benefits as the freshly picked miracle fruit.
Give them a try and awaken your taste buds today!
