Glyconutrients

What are the 8 glyconutrients sugars?

Up until recently, sugars have been identified as only a fuel for energy. However, in just the last few years, science has again found shocking truth that established that a certain 8 essential sugars, glyco nutrients, are key to the healthy functioning of the body's entire system.

Energy in the body is produced from sugars that we digest and burn. There are in fact over 200 types of sugars, or carbohydrates. Nevertheless, science has recently shown that there are 8 special biological sugars that are not burned for energy, but actually form the building blocks known as glycolipids and glycoproteins. Simply put, this means that these special sugars become part of our complex cellular structure to allow our cells to communicate properly.

What is Wrong with Your Diet?

With the new food pyramid now calling for more servings of fruits and vegetables into our daily diet than is physically possible to consume, it is apparent that the produce that you buy in the store lacks in nutrition in comparison to the produce of 40 years ago. Did you know that the top six causes of death are diet related?

Poor health is brought on by:

1. A deficiency of vital nutrients
2. Free radical damage to cells and
3. A malfunctioning immune system

Why do You Need to Supplement with Glyconutrients?

There are less and less phytonutrients, vitamins, and minerals found in the plants, and they are especially void of glyconutrients. Why is this?

• Green harvesting of produce - bananas and tomatoes are green even as they are shipped!
• Agricultural food crops are grown in mineral depleted soils
• Modern food processing and methods of packaging
• The use of pesticides and preservatives

Due to the fact that the other six are not found in our diets anymore (Harpers Biochemistry), your body must undergo a sequence of enzyme and chemical reactions in order to create them. As an example, for the body to create Fucose from Glucose, there is a thirty-four step process, that robs the body of energy (ATP), which can be why you feel more tired when not consuming glyconutrients.

When the body is under any stress, or is exposed to toxins, as we all are, then it is harder for the body to go through the sugar conversions, and the cells lack in their glycoforms, and then the body deteriorates.