Taken from 'The Missing Nutrients' by Dr. Steve Nugent
Soil depletion has many causes but it is primarily a result of corporate farming methods. For thousands of years, farmers have known that soil rotation was essential in keeping the soil from becoming a useless wasteland. Today, in the name of profits, most corporate farms don't perform required soil maintenance. They simply add three items (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK), and sometimes calcium) to the soil. This makes the plants grow full of calories, water and fiber but void of the complete nutrition you need. This has been happening for fewer than 60 years, but getting worse every year. Eating fresh produce is a strong recommendation but do not be fooled. If it's not in the soil, it's not in the plant you eat!
There is unfortunately far too much produce being grown in soil that has less than the full complement of nutrients we need. "How can this be?" you might ask. It only takes NPK to make a plant grow, but it takes many more than those three nutrients to make and keep us healthy. Trace minerals are missing, or at least deficient, in many areas now. There is little hope of that situation improving in the near future. These trace minerals are required in micrograms, rather than milligrams, but the key word here is "required".
GlycoScience is designed to provide information on nutritional saccharides - glyconutritionals - that form the scientific underpinnings for Mannatech Inc. who are the leaders in glyconutrients.which give optimal health and well-being.
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Every Day - A "Glyco-Day"
Excerpt from 'The Missing Nutrients' by Dr. Steve Nugent.
'What you have learned thus far about so-called alternative medicine (or what I prefer to call complementary medicine) you've learned with a Western biomedicine thought process. For instance, take the use of herbal medicine. As the name implies, this is when an herbal substance is used as a medicine. You have a symptom, you take the herbal for relief of the symptom. When you help support your body with that herbal (which is far less toxic than pharmaceutical drugs), your body, as long as it receives everything else it needs, can respond to the challenge and defend, heal and restore you.
Vitamins and minerals are essential for the process of assembling healthy cells as well as many other functions of the body, but glyconutrients and their corresponding proteins, are essential for cell-to-cell communication. If your cells cannot communicate, you have no function and, therefore, no hope. It's that simple and explains why glyconutrients were the most important health discovery (by Mannatech Inc.) of the 20th century.
Your doctor was probably taught that cell-to-cell communication was facilitated through amino acids...... The problem with the old theory is that amino acids can link in only two ways. A and B can link as Ab or BA. But glyconutrients are what biologists call ring structures. They have a carbon backbone and O (oxygen) and H (hydrogen) molecules attached. This allows sugars to link with a virtually infinite variety of combinations. This process is also the only thing that can facilitate cell-to-cell communication since it's the only way you can spell virtually every "word" necessary to communicate from one cell to another.
'What you have learned thus far about so-called alternative medicine (or what I prefer to call complementary medicine) you've learned with a Western biomedicine thought process. For instance, take the use of herbal medicine. As the name implies, this is when an herbal substance is used as a medicine. You have a symptom, you take the herbal for relief of the symptom. When you help support your body with that herbal (which is far less toxic than pharmaceutical drugs), your body, as long as it receives everything else it needs, can respond to the challenge and defend, heal and restore you.
Vitamins and minerals are essential for the process of assembling healthy cells as well as many other functions of the body, but glyconutrients and their corresponding proteins, are essential for cell-to-cell communication. If your cells cannot communicate, you have no function and, therefore, no hope. It's that simple and explains why glyconutrients were the most important health discovery (by Mannatech Inc.) of the 20th century.
Your doctor was probably taught that cell-to-cell communication was facilitated through amino acids...... The problem with the old theory is that amino acids can link in only two ways. A and B can link as Ab or BA. But glyconutrients are what biologists call ring structures. They have a carbon backbone and O (oxygen) and H (hydrogen) molecules attached. This allows sugars to link with a virtually infinite variety of combinations. This process is also the only thing that can facilitate cell-to-cell communication since it's the only way you can spell virtually every "word" necessary to communicate from one cell to another.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Beating The Common Cold
Taken from "Healing with Vitamins" - Dr. Elliot Dick is a professor of preventive medicine at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and one of the country's most respected cold researchers.
Dr. Elliot Dick has given his formula for beating a cold:
He takes 2,000 milligrams of vitamin C an hour for 3 hours at the first sign of cold symptoms. "Usually the cold is gone by then , but if not, I'll take 1,000 mg an hour until it is . I thought it was a bunch of foolishness. Not anymore." (He cautions that daily doses of vitamin C larger than 1,200 mg can cause diarrhoea in some people, so experiment with the dose that's right for you.)
Vitamin C is amazing! Dozens of scientific studies have now proven that Vitamin C can , if taken in the right amounts, help to block cancer from forming in your body.
- It keeps arteries running clean and open, free of deadly plaque build-up.
- Prevents cataracts and preserve your clear vision for as long as you live.
- Greatly reduce your odds of suffering a heart attack...serve as a soothing balm to your allergies, ending wheezing and watery eyes.
- Dramatically lessen and even eliminate arthritis and joint pain, while building up strong new cartilage tissue and healthy ligaments.
- Boost your immune system so that you ca resist rampaging flu bugs and avoid having to stay at home, sick in bed.
- Keep your skin looking young, radiant, and wrinkle-free with a vitamin C skin cream.
And of course, let's not forget what made vitamin C famous - its fierce protective power against the common cold.
Mannatech Inc. are the leaders in glyconutrient industry and produce plant-based "health sugars". Their Manna-C product contains vitamin C giving optimal health and wellbeing.
Dr. Elliot Dick has given his formula for beating a cold:
He takes 2,000 milligrams of vitamin C an hour for 3 hours at the first sign of cold symptoms. "Usually the cold is gone by then , but if not, I'll take 1,000 mg an hour until it is . I thought it was a bunch of foolishness. Not anymore." (He cautions that daily doses of vitamin C larger than 1,200 mg can cause diarrhoea in some people, so experiment with the dose that's right for you.)
Vitamin C is amazing! Dozens of scientific studies have now proven that Vitamin C can , if taken in the right amounts, help to block cancer from forming in your body.
- It keeps arteries running clean and open, free of deadly plaque build-up.
- Prevents cataracts and preserve your clear vision for as long as you live.
- Greatly reduce your odds of suffering a heart attack...serve as a soothing balm to your allergies, ending wheezing and watery eyes.
- Dramatically lessen and even eliminate arthritis and joint pain, while building up strong new cartilage tissue and healthy ligaments.
- Boost your immune system so that you ca resist rampaging flu bugs and avoid having to stay at home, sick in bed.
- Keep your skin looking young, radiant, and wrinkle-free with a vitamin C skin cream.
And of course, let's not forget what made vitamin C famous - its fierce protective power against the common cold.
Mannatech Inc. are the leaders in glyconutrient industry and produce plant-based "health sugars". Their Manna-C product contains vitamin C giving optimal health and wellbeing.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Stop Colds This Winter
Adapted from 'Go' Magazine -Boost your Immunity this Winter by Madeline Jennings
'Your immune system is your very own defence force that protects your body against invasion by harmful bacteria, viruses, toxins and other foreign organisms. You can train and stimulate your defence force to work at its best. The best way to enhance your immune system is to have overall good health. In a nutshell, this means eating a balanced diet, drinking plenty of water, getting enough rest, supplementing where appropriate and being able to unwind from physical and mental stress.'
Developing Immunity - '....... The immune system has an amazing ability to remember past encounters with foreign invaders. So, when macrophages (white blood cells) recognise a foreign microbe as a previous encounter, it communicates this to the B-lymphocytes, which quickly provide the antibodies to destroy it (this is why B-lymphocytes are also known as memory cells). Once your body has produced antibodies to a certain microbe - a specific flu virus strain, for example - that virus cannot make you sick again because your immune system (when healthy) immediately recognises it and has the antibodies to destroy it. This is what is known as acquired immunity.'
Mannatech's cutting edge scientists have produced PhytoMatrix a plant-sourced multivitamin and mineral supplement utilising proprietary technology to provide superior essential vitamin and minerals also AO - their antioxidants - which support your body's natural ability to protect against free radicals.
'Your immune system is your very own defence force that protects your body against invasion by harmful bacteria, viruses, toxins and other foreign organisms. You can train and stimulate your defence force to work at its best. The best way to enhance your immune system is to have overall good health. In a nutshell, this means eating a balanced diet, drinking plenty of water, getting enough rest, supplementing where appropriate and being able to unwind from physical and mental stress.'
Developing Immunity - '....... The immune system has an amazing ability to remember past encounters with foreign invaders. So, when macrophages (white blood cells) recognise a foreign microbe as a previous encounter, it communicates this to the B-lymphocytes, which quickly provide the antibodies to destroy it (this is why B-lymphocytes are also known as memory cells). Once your body has produced antibodies to a certain microbe - a specific flu virus strain, for example - that virus cannot make you sick again because your immune system (when healthy) immediately recognises it and has the antibodies to destroy it. This is what is known as acquired immunity.'
Mannatech's cutting edge scientists have produced PhytoMatrix a plant-sourced multivitamin and mineral supplement utilising proprietary technology to provide superior essential vitamin and minerals also AO - their antioxidants - which support your body's natural ability to protect against free radicals.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
Body Mass Index
According to Dr Steve Nugent in his book "The Genetic Key Diet" he suggest you return to the original recommendation of percent body fat and inches to keep track of weight.
'.......When you start on the system, weigh yourself the first day Then, using a tailor's tape, measure the appropriate areas of the body. Once a week, re-measure each area. Measure your progress in inches, not pounds. If you wish to weigh yourself, do so no more frequently than once per week and only first think in the morning. Even then, scale weight is still not a very accurate gauge of healthy body composition.
Weight loss plans that advertise weight loss as much as a pound a day, or ten pounds a week, are plans that are clearly not measuring fat loss. It will be almost physiologically impossible to lose more than two pounds of pure body fat per seven-day period. There may be rare exceptions but they will be rare indeed. If you are losing more than that, then you are displacing water, and perhaps cannibalizing muscle tissue as fuel. And in some cases, you may also lose bone mass on diets, if these diets are not properly balanced and have the proper dietary supplements. Bone is highly nutritious, not as nutritious as muscle but more nutritious than fat so the body will eat muscle, bone, then fat, in that order when it's starving for nutrients.....'
Mannatech is a world leader in Glyconutrition and their cutting-edge scientists have designed a weight loss programme including GlycoLEAN meal replacement giving optimal health and wellbeing.
'.......When you start on the system, weigh yourself the first day Then, using a tailor's tape, measure the appropriate areas of the body. Once a week, re-measure each area. Measure your progress in inches, not pounds. If you wish to weigh yourself, do so no more frequently than once per week and only first think in the morning. Even then, scale weight is still not a very accurate gauge of healthy body composition.
Weight loss plans that advertise weight loss as much as a pound a day, or ten pounds a week, are plans that are clearly not measuring fat loss. It will be almost physiologically impossible to lose more than two pounds of pure body fat per seven-day period. There may be rare exceptions but they will be rare indeed. If you are losing more than that, then you are displacing water, and perhaps cannibalizing muscle tissue as fuel. And in some cases, you may also lose bone mass on diets, if these diets are not properly balanced and have the proper dietary supplements. Bone is highly nutritious, not as nutritious as muscle but more nutritious than fat so the body will eat muscle, bone, then fat, in that order when it's starving for nutrients.....'
Mannatech is a world leader in Glyconutrition and their cutting-edge scientists have designed a weight loss programme including GlycoLEAN meal replacement giving optimal health and wellbeing.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Mannatech Coined the Word Glyconutrients
The Real Story that ABC’s 20/20 Investigators Missed
ABC’s 20/20 story on Mannatech – Why did ABC not finish their investigation on Mannatech?
By Mark Johnson, June 2, 2007
“Is there any valid scientific evidence that this Mannatech product really works?” Dr. Schnaar responds by referencing the National Library of Medicine www.PubMed.org) as the main repository of medical knowledge. Then with intentioned drama, he looks at the reporter and makes a circle with his right hand and says quite emphatically, "Zero." Well, he is absolutely correct, because "Ambrotose" is a company brand name. The term "glyconutrients" or “glyco-nutrients” is the word that Mannatech coined as a new generic term for scientists to use in research papers.
Glyconutrients are found to be essential in the production of glycoproteins made in human cells (Harper's Biochemistry Textbook, 24th ed. and later). There are many listings on PubMed for “glyconutrients.” Basic common sense confirms that scientific journals, papers and research, all use terms like “glyco-nutrients,” "glycoprotein," "glycoconjugate," "glycoform," "mannose,"
"fucose," "xylose," etc... Journals report on the science, not on a particular company's name or brand names. As an example, published papers focus on the results of clinical studies using “monosaccharides” and “oligosaccharides.”
Mannatech filmed the interview between ABC reporter and CEo Sam Caster. To see full interview, to to www.youtube.com and enter "mannatech" in search box.
ABC’s 20/20 story on Mannatech – Why did ABC not finish their investigation on Mannatech?
By Mark Johnson, June 2, 2007
“Is there any valid scientific evidence that this Mannatech product really works?” Dr. Schnaar responds by referencing the National Library of Medicine www.PubMed.org) as the main repository of medical knowledge. Then with intentioned drama, he looks at the reporter and makes a circle with his right hand and says quite emphatically, "Zero." Well, he is absolutely correct, because "Ambrotose" is a company brand name. The term "glyconutrients" or “glyco-nutrients” is the word that Mannatech coined as a new generic term for scientists to use in research papers.
Glyconutrients are found to be essential in the production of glycoproteins made in human cells (Harper's Biochemistry Textbook, 24th ed. and later). There are many listings on PubMed for “glyconutrients.” Basic common sense confirms that scientific journals, papers and research, all use terms like “glyco-nutrients,” "glycoprotein," "glycoconjugate," "glycoform," "mannose,"
"fucose," "xylose," etc... Journals report on the science, not on a particular company's name or brand names. As an example, published papers focus on the results of clinical studies using “monosaccharides” and “oligosaccharides.”
Mannatech filmed the interview between ABC reporter and CEo Sam Caster. To see full interview, to to www.youtube.com and enter "mannatech" in search box.
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