Sunday, May 20, 2007

Why do we need GlycoNutrients?

Glyconutrients are fast becoming common knowledge to both doctors and the general public. It is expected that in the near future, glyconutrients will become the standard care given by medical doctors for all auto-immune diseases. In fact, because of the published scientific data and references in the PDR (Physicians Desk Reference) doctors can now be held liable for malpractice if they do not use standard care treatment for the appropriate disease.

Glyconutrients are at the forefront of nutritional science and biochemistry research. They are not vitamins, minerals, herbals, homeopathics or enzymes. They are in a class all to themselves. They are supplements derived from nature that have been formulated based on a new understanding in biochemistry of how our bodies maintain health at the cellular level. This new discovery is as significant as the discovery of the role of vitamins, essential fatty acids, and amino acids in how the body functions.

The bad news is that we are only getting two of the eight monosaccharides (Glucose and Galactose) in our modern day diets. More and more researchers and informed doctors have concluded that this deficiency is one of the major contributing factors to our declining immune system function and the corresponding dramatic increase in disease.

Did you know that 30 years ago there were only four auto-immune diseases in the world? Today, there are about 87.

Think of it this way: If your eight cylinder car had only two cylinders running, how far would it go and how well would it work? It also wouldn't matter nor help, if you put the highest quality and highest octane gasoline. This comparison is the same for your body. If each of your cells needs 8 monosaccharides to properly run, how well do you think your cells are functioning and communicating with only 2?

If you are concerned about optimal health, it is imperative that you get the other missing six monosaccharides in your diet by way of nutritional supplementation. In the time of our ancestors, their eating habits allowed them to consume all of the 8 essential monosaccharides by eating live plants, naturally healthy animals, etc. Since the early 1960's, we've seen nutritional depletion in our food chain that it is now virtually impossible to find 6 of the 8 essential monosaccharides your body needs in the modern diet.

Glyconutritional supplements seem to allow the human body to manifest more of its potential by enhancing cellular communication. These nutrients may be a critical component in supporting the natural function of all of our systems and particularly the immune system which is at risk in our toxic, denatured environment. While the scientific community creates pharmaceutical, synthetic applications of this discovery, there is already a nutritional supplement that provides a ready resource of these saccharides.

Why do GlycoNutrients work?

"The biggest revolutionary change in the war against disease is represented by glyconutrients. Glyconutrients are taking their place as one of the pivotal classes of nutrients. I know this not only because of the medical studies but also by the profound effects it has had toward promoting health in my patients that had been lacking over the past 20 years".
--- Michael D. Schlachter, M.D., Board Certified Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Disease Clinical Instructor, University of Nevada Medical School.

Harper's Biochemistry, a textbook used by many of the top medical schools in the U.S., was rewritten in 1996 to add an entire chapter listing the 8 necessary glyconutrients... mannose, galactose, glucose (the only glyconutrient still plentiful in our modern diets), fucose, xylose, n-acetylglucosamine, n-acetylgalactosamine, and n-acetylneuraminic acid. The co-author of Harper's, Dr. Robert Murray, was so impressed with the company we listed for you to obtain your glyconutrients that he now is on their Board of Medical Directors.

Glyconutrients are the next generation of wellness supplementation. We have just started to understand the many benefits of them. The research reported in the last two decades has fueled a new approach towards wellness and ignited a new sense of hope with many of the world's leading immunologists, researchers, and doctors.

Glyconutrient's Role in People and Animals' Health

In test after test conducted at leading institutes around the world, Glyconutritionals (Phytonutrients, Saccharides) have been shown to lower cholesterol, increase lean muscle mass, decrease body fat, accelerate wound healing, ease allergy symptoms, and allay autoimmune diseases such as arthritis, psoriasis, and diabetes. Bacterial infections, including the recurrent ear infections that plague toddlers, often respond remarkably to saccharides, as do many viruses--from the common cold to the flu, from herpes to HIV. The debilitating symptoms of chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, and Gulf War syndrome frequently abate after adding saccharides. And, for cancer patients, saccharides mitigate the toxic effects of radiation and chemotherapy--while augmenting their cancer-killing effects, resulting in prolonged survival and improved quality of life.

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Dr. McDaniel - "I have seen quality of life improvements in people with diabetes, HIV-AIDS, heart disease, asthma, autism, allergies, Downs Syndrome and a number of other conditions. Many of these people saw little or no improvement through the use of their prescription drugs." Dr. Reg McDaniel serves as the medical director of the Fisher Institute for Medical Research in Grand Prairie, Texas. glyconutrients (saccharides) main page

Many people in the U. S. are astonished that revolutionary glyco-technology has not received the recognition it deserves. However, if one understands the politics and policies of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the pharmaceutical industry this lack of recognition is not surprising. Things are about to change!

The cell surface landscape is richly decorated with oligosaccharides anchored to proteins or lipids within the plasma membrane. Cell surface oligosaccharides mediate the interactions of cells with each other and with extracellular matrix components. The important roles that carbohydrates play in biology and medicine have stimulated a rapid expansion of the field of glycobiology, the focus of the special section in this issue. See page 2357 [Illustration: Cameron Slayden] The recent issue of "Science Magazine" demonstrates that this "New Frontier" of health science is now being accepted by renowned and acclaimed researchers as vital and essential. Scientists during the last decade discovered the importance of amino acids. Now they recognize the importance of carbohydrate molecules, which have special glycoproteins that enable cell to cell communication in the body's fight against free radicals or malignant cells. Diseases are the result of a breakdown in cell to cell communication. When the immune system is glycoprotein deficient, cell to cell communication breaks down.

Science Magazine Cover March 23, 2001 Volume 291 Number 5512

Glyconutrients and Scientific Publications

Glyconutrient Interest in Medicine and Science

Glyconutrients are now listed in the 2004 edition of the PDR for compromised immune systems.

Harper's Biochemistry is the main biochemistry textbook required by doctors during their medical training. It now includes Glyconutrients in its teachings as having a vital role in health and healing. As of 1996, chapter 56 was edited to indicate there are now eight essential carbohydrates and not two as previously taught. Doctors, who graduated before this time, will not likely know of glyconutrients or their potential.
In the March 23, 2001 issue of Science Magazine, 42 pages were dedicated to educating the science and medical community about Glyconutrients, Glycobiology and Glycoscience.

Articles in Scientific American include: "Sweet Medicine: Building Better Drugs from Sugars" (July, 2002) and "Changing Cancer Cells' "Surface Sugars" can Inhibit Tumor Growth" (January 22, 2002).
In the June 2002 issue of MD News, a 3-page article covered the science of sugars and featured its successes with such disorders as fibromyalgia, toxic shock, and diabetes.

As of August 2003, Oxford University began focusing on the "clinical development of iminosugar derivatives as antiviral agents", particularly the hepatitis C virus.
In the July/August, 2002, issue of Advance for Managers of Respiratory Care included an article called "Glyconutrients Could Offer Novel Approach to Asthma".
Dr. Ben Carson, a world-renowned professor of neurosurgery, oncology, plastic surgery, and pediatrics at John Hopkins University had a very aggressive type of cancer that reversed itself with the use of high dosages of glyconutrients.
Dr. H.R. McDaniel, who spent 16 years exploring the therapeutic nature of Aloe vera, was invited to address a conference in 2000, on Comprehensive Cancer Care, which highlighted the latest and most promising techniques for cancer therapy. As a result of this appearance, he was invited to present the Glyconutrient principle before the Royal Society of Medicine in London, England on August 28, 2001, and later to the United Nations-sponsored 17th International Conference on Nutrition.
Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience of Japan promotes worldwide progress in glycoscience, especially those of glycoconjugates. The Foundation, along with the Seikagaku Corporation, promotes research and development in the field of glycoscience. At present, their major program is to award research grants to qualified glycoscientists.

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. The Research Center for Glycoscience of Japan is a new AIST research center that became independent from the Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology but has a limited life of six fiscal years, from June 1, 2002, to March 31, 2008. With sixteen permanent researchers and about 100 others including technicians, collaborators from outside institutes, post-doctoral fellows, graduate and undergraduate students, and administrative staffs, they are working towards several goals, including the construction of a prototype machine for a sugar chain synthesizer and to promote industrial applications of glycoscience.

What are Glyconutrients?

Glyconutrients are not vitamins, minerals, amino acids or enzymes, but are in a class of their own as nutritional supplements derived from plants.

Glyconutritional supplements are formulated based on new understanding in the biochemistry of how the human body maintains health at the cellular level.

Healthy cells lead to healthy tissue - healthy tissue leads to healthy organs - and healthy organs lead to healthy bodies. Despite the relatively recent discovery of glyconutrients and their functions, medical doctors and the general public are becoming increasingly aware of their importance in treating underlying causes of disease and in maintaining good health.

A glyconutritional approach gets at the root cause rather than treating only the symptoms.