FLIP Your Body’s “Sugar-Buster” Switch
Metformin is the MOST prescribed drug for type 2 diabetes.
Sure, it’s effective… but it has potential side effects, such as digestive disturbances, fatigue, dizziness, headaches, cardiovascular reactions, flu-like symptoms, and more.
Luckily, nature has another solution—a BETTER one—that works in many of the same ways as metformin… but without the numerous side effects.
This natural treatment has been used in traditional Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine for thousands of years.
Most people have never heard of it, but it consistently outperforms metformin in studies.
The potent extract is called berberine. It’s derived from the plant Berberis vulgaris, commonly known as barberry.
Due to its powerful antibacterial and antiviral properties, berberine was used to treat diarrhea, dysentery, stomatitis, and hepatitis in the past.
It was even used as a dye because of its bold yellow color.
Recent research shows that berberine fights elevated blood sugar, obesity, inflammation, and even cancer.
And in a head-to-head comparison to metformin berberine consistently outperformed the wonder drug in folks with type 2 diabetes.
The study showed that in people taking berberine:
- hemoglobin A1c was decreased by 21 percent,
- fasting blood sugar dropped from 192 to 124 mg/dL,
- postprandial glucose decreased from 356 to 199 mg/dL, and
- triglycerides were reduced from 100 to 79 mg/dL.
The herbal extract is so effective because it activates a critical enzyme called AMPK (adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase).
In metabolic syndrome (a condition that includes prediabetes symptoms), the AMPK system switch is turned off. However, when AMPK is activated, it’s highly effective at cranking up your metabolism and burning fat.
Flipping AMPK back “on” battles high blood sugar in two ways:
- First, it stimulates glucose uptake in muscle, liver, and fat (which takes it out of the bloodstream).
- Second, it inhibits glucose production in the liver (which puts less sugar in the bloodstream to begin with).
It’s a one-two punch against high blood glucose that works like no other.
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Source:
Guo J, et al. “The Effect of Berberine on Metabolic Profiles in Type 2 Diabetic Patients: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.” Oxid Med Cell Longev. 2021 Dec 15;2021:2074610.
