GLYCOMICS - SCIENTIFIC VALIDATION

Why aren't we hearing about glycomics if glyconutrients are so important?
Before 1965 glyconutrients were only guessed at and papers were not really being written about them. Why? Microscopes were not powerful enough to discover what was happening in our bodies at the cellular level! With the advent of electronic microscopes scientists and other researchers were actually able to see much more than they could before!

Well over 20,000 scientific papers have been written on glycomics and many magazines have published articles as well. Glyconutritional supplements have emerged from this technology.

Glycomics is a new leading-edge technology. There are a few universities that have added new laboratories for research in glycobiology; glycobiology courses are being added to medical training. This is a disruptive technology that will change the way we approach wellness.

WARNING: Major international pharmaceutical companies want to use these sugars to create synthetic drugs or to synthesize them in drugs. However, there are many patents preventing them from doing so. There are some companies trying to "copy-cat" the new "glyconutritional" products. Do not believe everything you read on the internet. People can say anything on the internet; that does not mean they are right or even know what is really happening out there.

One more point! Be patient with your doctors. When they were in medical school they only had an hour or two of actual training in natural alternative health and most of them have not had the time to keep up with new discoveries. Many medical professionals have never heard of glyconutrients because they rely on what the pharmaceutical companies tell them.

Glyconutrients are necessary for every cell of the body to function properly. We are designed to get all the necessary ingredients for the body to make its own glyconutrients from the food we eat. However, in the last century the fast food businesses, the depletion of nutrients in the soil, acid rain...all these combine to ensure that there are not enough nutrients in what we eat to keep our bodies healthy.

It would be nice if all the cells of the body were born at the same moment and died at a given predictable moment, but that is not the way it works. When you ingest glyconutrients through the food you eat, or through supplementation, you are attempting to glycosylate all of the cells of your body. Cells are constantly being born and dying. The trillions of cells in the body have different life spans. Some of them live for hours and some live for years, as well as every time period in between. Complete glycosolation means that every receptor site on every cell has the complete complement of these sugars!

Here is a sample of just a few of the cells and their approximate life span:
Granulocytes, eosinophils, 10 hours
Basophils, neutrophils, 3 days
Stomach lining cells, 2 days
Sperm cells, 2 - 3 days
Colon cells, 3 - 4 days

There are some cells that last for months, and a few that even last for years.

We cannot predict which cells will be glycosylated nor can we predict how many will be glycosylated at any given time. Scientists are still researching the implications involving glycosylation and glyconutrients. It would be wonderful if they could learn how to control glycosylation or, at the very least, understand when, where and how it takes place. We are watching for new information all the time. If you find it first, please let us know so that we can include it on this web site.

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