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Glyconutrients is a new and exciting field in nutritional medicine
based upon the eight essential saccharides (sugars) we all need
for optimal health and functioning at a cellular level. These eight
essential sugars are called glyconutrients and may be replentished
in our bodies via natural substances like specific mushrooms or
shark cartilage or through supplements.
Supporters say glyconutrient supplements provide the nutrition
that we, as humans, don't receive on a daily basis from our regular
food supplies.
Naysayers would argue that glyconutrients are nothing more than
snake oil or the newest, high-tech form of sugar pills. Sugar pills
are exactly what glyconutrients are but not in the placebo-effect
way the critics contend.
Scientists discovered in the early 1900's that glycoproteins,
glycolipids and other glycos (glycol means 'sweet') are needed at
the cellular level of humans and all mammals for intercellular communication.
Successful results were attained in cancer patients by treating
them with the far more crude glycontrients available at that time.
Radiation therapy, though less effective was more dramatic and
the whole medical field made a shift to this more radical procedure
and abandoned the glyconutrient movement, even though it was proving
more effective. There was also much more money to be made using
radiation therapy than with glyconutrients so even back at the turn
of the century money talked then as well as it does now.
It wasn't until the 1960's that glyconutrients started to be revisited
again as a way to treat many diseases that the pharmaceutical industry
was having trouble treating. Even more recently, in the last 10
years, medical scientists have once again put forth serious research
in regards to the role of glyconutrients in help healing many different
diseases especially in regards to immunological disorders and a
whole host of other diseases and disorders.
The theory and science behind glyconutrients is that humans, at
one time used to forage for food and had a wider variety of foods
at their disposal. Nowdays, foods are injected with hormones, genetically
altered and grown so that they last longer on store shelves and
can last long trips on barges from other countries. Because of this,
we simply do not get enough of the eight essential glyconutrients
that we need in order for all of our biological systems to work
properly.
Many of those who are severely ill show signs of depletion of one
or more of the eight saccharides. Many more who have been diagnosed
with incurable diseases have been brought back to good health through
supplementation with glyconutrients or at least had their conditions
improve.
So why haven't you heard more about glyconutrients before? Glyconutrients,
though not new is just gaining steam again with nutritionists and
nutritional scientists. It is so new that even the traditional health
food stores do not supply the eight essential glyconutrients in
one pill, powder or jar. Yes, you can buy separate substances that
contain most of the glyconutrients but it is much more cost effective
to buy supplements that contain all eight saccharides in one container.
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But, like many items
on the leading edge, the general public is usually the last
to know. So, do the research yourself and see if glyconutrients
are a good fit for your lifestyle and your health goals. |
Once you do this research, you'll most likely be convinced that
glyconutrients are worth a try. Why, not? What do you have to lose?
There have been no proven downsides to taking glyconutrients. So,
the only thing you have to lose is your health problems.
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