Glyco Nutrients

Question: Why all this controversy about glyco-nutrients?

Answer: Understanding the role the glyconutrients play in the overall scheme of nutrition is very important Glycoproteins are microscopic structures are essential to all cellular function. They are constructed of building blocks of protein and eight different monosaccharide sugars. That's right, glyconutrients are sugars. These necessary sugars are not the same as the table sugar we often think of when we look at all of the latest diet fads. Instead these glyconutrients are needed by every single cell of your body to perform essential functions. What are some of the functions of glyconutrients and glycoproteins? Your body is a collection of cells. To function together, your cells must be able to communicate. Collectively glyconutrients are like the letters of the alphabet. They form together to create the words the cells use to express the instructions of your DNA. Glycoprotein structures allow the human egg to identify the human sperm, thus making fertilization possible. Glyconutrients also influence hormone function, where they intervene in the release and transportation of some hormones. With over 80 different hormones controlling every facet of your life, can you see how important just this one role is? Individually, glyconutrients have been shown to have specialized roles in the body. Just one of the sugars known as mannose inhibits certain pro inflammatory molecules causing asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and even lupus. In cellular studies it has been shown that mannose inhibits tumor growth and blocks communication between tumor cells. The research of glyconutrients has created a new field known as glycobiology or glycomics. In the February, 2003 issue of the Technology Review Journal, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology listed glycomics as one of the ten immerging discoveries that will change the world. Why? Possibly it is because the discovery of the role of these glyconutrients has fundamentally altered our understanding of cellular biology. This new field of study opens new doors in the understanding of nutritional needs as well as the development of new medical technology and of new approaches to therapeutic medications. The controversy is because there is no general consensus about incorporating this new knowledge into the medical practice. There have been exaggerated claims about glyconutrients and what they can do. The skeptics point to these. Hence the controversy.

Question: Obama' and 'healthcare? forces the working class to insure or go to jail? he said insurance for health should be enforced, just like states provide court orders to the public just as auto insurance. does this mean that eventually people could be jailed for not having health insurance?do you think that the president knows that the f.d.a. along with the american medical association have depleted 6 glyco-nutrients in the american food chain effecting our health?

Answer: Do you listen to Obama's speeches? Because judging by this question, I don't think you did. You have no right to judge if you don't know the truth.

Question: Where can I find information about glyco nutrients distributed by Manitech Corporation?

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