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Glyconutrients
Recent research has discovered a new class of nutrients that are necessary for maintaining proper health.
These nutrients are called glyconutrients. Glyconutrients are basically monosaccharides or carbohydrates that
our body needs in order for proper cell to cell communication. There are over 200 carbohydrates or sugers but
only 8 of these are essential for our bodily funtions. Glyconutrients are used to prevent infections and disease
and slow the aging process.
To put it in laymans terms, the 8 essential glyconutrients are combined with other molecules to form glycoforms
which coat cell surfaces. Every single cell in our body needs glyconutrients for proper cell to cell communication.
Without them our cells cant distinguish between good cells and bad cells and viruses.
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This often leads to sickness, disease or autoimmune diseases. Cancer, for examply
is simply a form of natural cell growth that has gone out of control because
of improper cell communication.
Unfortunately, of the 8 essential glyconutrients, only 2 are readily available
in our food today. These are glucose and galactose. Glucose is our common table
suger where galactose comes from dairy products.
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Essential Sugars
The 8 essential sugars are:
Glucose – readily available in most foods.
Glactose – comes from milk sugar, lactose. This is also common in our diet.
Fucose – not available in our diet. Found in breast milk and special mushrooms.
Mannose – not available in our diet. Important in cellular communication. Strengthens the immune system and
lowers blood sugar levels.
Xylose – not present in our diet. Has a sweet taste but doesnt promote tooth decay. Sometimes used in sugarless
gum and candies. Anti bacterial, anti fungal and cancer preventative properties.
N-acetyl-neuraminic acid – not present in our diet. Found in breast milk. Important for brain function and growth.
Strengthens the immune system and has anti viral properties.
N-acetyl-glucosamine – not available in our diet. Important for cartilage repair and helps against arthritis.
N-acetyl-galactosamine – not available in our diet. Important in cell communication and fights against cancer.
Cell Communication
Compare the words:
FAT and EAT
Only one tiny little line makes the difference between the two words. Imagine then,
your cells missing only one of these essential sugars that are necessary to proper cell to cell communication. The
signals get mixed up and confused. The wrong information is passed on between the cells.
We learned in school that our cells communicate through protiens that are located around the cells. Recent discoveries
due to the electron microscope have shown us that the tiny hairs covering every cell's surface are made up of these
glyconutrients.
We have shown that glyconutrients are important for our immune system to fight off invading viruses and infections.
Without proper cell to cell communication our immune system is not able to distinguish between healthy cells and
mutated cells, viruses or bacteria. These attackers are able to run wild in our system, leading to disease and sickness.
If we provide our body what it needs for a strong, fully functioning immune system, we are more able to cope with these
invaders – thus reducing disease and sickness.
Food and Nutrition
The us congress itself stated in the “Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act” (DSHEA) of 1994 “there is a link between
the ingestion of certain nutrients or dietary supplements and the prevention of chronic diseases such as cancer, heart
disease, and osteoporosis.”
Look at the average American diet today. Processed foods, soft drinks, pizza, fast foods, sweets and the most common,
usually the only, vegetable – french fries.
Stress from our life styles is also on the rise. It has been proven that stress weakens our immune system.
Our environment today is full of pollutions, emmissions and other harmful toxins that weaken our immune system. Many of
these things didn't exist 50 years ago.
Because of over worked soil, early harvesting, preservation, cooking,
pasteurization, storage, freezing, refining, genetic engineering and processing
our food is lacking in nutrients. Green harvesting is common today in order to
get the food to the markets before it spoils. The problem is that most of the essential glyconutrients are found
only in vine ripened food and only if eaten within three days of harvesting.
Due to loss of nutrients in the soil, one would have to consume 52 peaches in order to get the same nutrients found in
2 peaches from fifty years ago.
Because of lacking nutrients, diseases are on the rise. This is a dietary defiency that can not be
treated by medications or drugs. Medicine only treats the symptoms of a disease, not the cause.
Why use glyconutrient supplements?
Our body can produce all of the necessary sugars. So why should we give out our hard eaned money on supplements when our
body produces them anyway?
Our body uses enzyme processes to produce its own glyconutrients.
A series of 15 processes are needed in order to produce one type of glyconutrients. This process uses up a lot of energy
and is very taxing on our bodies. This is a built in emergency function only. And if through infection or oxidative
stress from our environment, this process is interrupted then the whole process must be started over again.
Imagine working on an assembly line and needing to produce each and every individual part in order to assemble the whole
product. This is time consuming and slows the whole process down.
In the same way, our bodies work overtime in order to produce the necessary glyconutrients if they are not provided in our
diet. This puts stress on our system. If we provide all the necessary ingredients for health then our immune system is left
to do its job and our bodies have more energy for other things.
Medical drugs are given to treat the symptoms of a disease. Doctors will readily admit that they have no cure for
auto-immune diseases. They only treat the symptoms to offer relief. Drugs also have a toxic side effect on our body.
Prescribed drugs are now the fourth leading cause of death in the USA.
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