Glucose is readily available in our diets (converted from white sugar, fructose, and starchy foods) and in most cases is oversupplied in the form of sugar cane, rice, corn, potatoes, wheat, etc. Galactose is readily available in our diets. It is obtained from the conversion of lactose (milk sugar) and is also easily obtained from dairy products UNLESS you suffer from lactose intolerance or are a vegetarian who does not eat dairy products. Fucose is not readily available in our diets but is readily found in breast milk, astragalus herb, in several medicinal mushrooms, and in certain brown algae. It has numerous well-documented benefits for the immune system and has been shown to inhibit some cancer growth and metastasis. Mannose is not readily available in our diets. The most popular source is Aloe Vera. It is also available in tiny quantities in the bran of whole wheat. However, it is very unstable and must be taken fresh from the plant or properly standardized to be of any benefit. It plays a profound role in cellular interactions and has even been known to lower blood sugar levels. It is absolutely vital to proper immune defenses against microbial invaders and has a natural and powerful anti-inflammatory effect. Xylose is not readily available in our diets. It is often seen in sugarless gums, candies, etc. in that it has a sweet taste but does not cause tooth decay. It has recently been added to nasal sprays and appears to discourage the binding of allergens and pathogens to mucous membranes. It also has known anti-bacterial and fungal properties and may help prevent certain cancers. N-Acetyl-Neuraminic Acid is not readily available in our diets but is another sugar that abounds in breast milk and dramatically impacts brain function and growth. It, too, boosts immune function and has documented anti-viral actions. Interestingly, in certain disease states, the ability to digest this sugar is impaired. N-Acetyl-Glucosamine is not readily available in our diets. It is particularly beneficial for cartilage regeneration and joint inflammation. Glucosamine, a well-known natural medicine for arthritic conditions comes from this sugar compound. It has many more therapeutic effects and deficiencies or malfunctions of this sugar have been linked to diseases of the bowel. N-Acetyl-Galactosamine is not readily available in our diets. It is the least known of the essential sugars although it appears to inhibit the growth of some tumors and, like the other sugars, plays an individual role in keeping cellular messages clear and promptly delivered. Most of these sugars do not involve or require insulin for their use and go directly to the cells where they are incorporated into the cell structure wherever they are needed. These sugars are so important to our health, that Mother Nature has made provisions to ensure we get them early on in life. Breast milk contains all of the essential sugars mentioned above. Emerging research continues to support how important breast-feeding is to human development - both short term and long term. Initial feeding with breast milk nourishment most positively affects immune function and brain development. Here's the bottom line: Not all carbs are bad for you. In fact, if you don't supplement your diet with these 8 necessary sugars you are not giving your immune system the proper tools with which to fight off all of the harmful things we inevitably face today! What's the answer? Well, science has proven that our bodies need these 8 necessary sugars (or “glyconutrients”) so our cells can properly communicate and do their job. We only get enough of 2 of them from our modern day diet. WE NEED TO SUPPLEMENT OUR SYSTEM SO WE GET ALL 8! What's the Secret For Living A Longer, Healthier Life? Increase Your Intake of Antioxidant Nutrients. We can't stop the clock from ticking. But for millions of people, the challenge has become not just living longer, but living better. The key is to understand nutritional strategies that protect the body and prevent disease. Like an old-fashioned Western movie, the prevailing theory about body chemistry features molecular bad guys ("free radicals") and good guys ("antioxidants".) Free radicals break down tissue, injure cells, age the body's organs and set the stage for disease. The good guys, antioxidants, are the body's peacekeepers and protectors. Antioxidants neutralize free radicals, thus slowing the aging process and helping the body resist disease. In order to live longer, healthier lives, we need to increase our intake of antioxidant nutrients. It's important to live a healthy lifestyle and to avoid excessive stress, which studies show actually increases free-radical production in the body. Millions of people also take vitamins, minerals and herbs to insure that they are getting enough antioxidant nutrients. Be sure that the supplements you take are ones that are scientifically proven to be well absorbed and utilized by your cells, otherwise, you are wasting your money and jeopardizing your health. The Dietary Supplement Information Bureau recommends the following: Vitamins, Minerals, Nutrients · Vitamin C provides antioxidant, anti-aging protection to every cell in the body and greatly benefits the immune system. Research shows Vitamin C reduces risks of cardiovascular disease, cataracts and several forms of cancer. Probably the most extensively studied vitamin, Vitamin C has been shown to be of value in preventing and treating over 100 diseases. · Vitamin E protects the body from free radical damage (especially tissues, organ systems and the brain) and protects the immune system. Studies suggest it reduces the risk of such major chronic degenerative diseases as atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), diabetes and cancer. · Vitamin A and Beta-Carotene - Vitamin A helps regulate reproduction, growth and vision, supports integrity of the skin and mucous membranes, maintains health in the cells that line glands, ducts and organs and is a key immune support and anti-cancer nutrient. · Selenium is an essential trace mineral that is a highly regarded anti-aging nutrient. It also has been shown to protect against prostate cancer. · Coenzyme Q10 (Co-Q10) - a vitamin-like nutrient found in nearly every cell, CoQ10 is a key fat-soluble antioxidant essential for generating energy for metabolism. It is especially valuable for preventing cardiovascular disease and has been called a "scientific breakthrough" in the treatment of chronic heart failure. · Alpha-Lipoic Acid (ALA) - neutralizes free radicals in cell membranes, improves nerve function, aids insulin in regulating blood sugar and may prevent cataracts. It also recycles other antioxidants like Vitamin C and E. · Hawthorn Berry - Modern research shows that hawthorn enhances circulation and normalizes both high and low blood pressure. Used widely in Europe to treat heart failure, hawthorn relieves angina and improves circulation to the extremities, strengthens the heart and helps fight arterial plaque. · Green Tea - The antioxidants in green tea are believed to help lower cholesterol and protect cardiovascular health. Green tea fights intestinal infections, supports the immune system, prevents cavities, and protects red blood cells from free radicals. The bottom line is you will not get these antioxidants from our modern day diet. You need to supplement your diet with antioxidants that have been PROVEN to work in the body and do their job acting as the peacekeeper in protecting your tissues from harm. Dr. Lester Packer in his first book for a lay audience, The Antioxidant Miracle, Your Complete Plan for Total Health and Healing, published in 1999, presents his evidence that antioxidants offer significant health benefits. Much of this evidence was discovered at the Packer Laboratory at the University of California at Berkeley during his 50 years of research. At the heart of Packer's theories is the notion that single antioxidants may be powerful, but that these compounds work more effectively as a team – creating a synergistic effect that far surpasses that of single antioxidants alone. Some quotations from the book: "More than 70% of People will die PREMATURELY from diseases caused by or compounded by deficiencies of antioxidants." "It is virtually impossible to get the optimal amount of antioxidants from food alone." "Scientists now believe that free radicals are causal factors of nearly every known disease. By controlling free radicals, antioxidants can make the difference between life and death, as well as influence how fast and how well we age. There is overwhelming scientific evidence demonstrating that those of us who eat a diet rich in antioxidants and take antioxidant supplements will live longer, healthier lives." We'll help you out at the end of this book with some exciting news about how to choose the right combination of nutrients in order to make an effective antioxidant mix that will help turn back your clock or slow it down! Many solutions on the market don't meet the standards for stability. Many suppliers have produced solutions based on individual nutrients without doing lab and field standard tests on effectiveness, so follow our lead and you'll be on the right track! Toxins exist everywhere! What are they and how do they adversely affect your health? Here is just a glimpse of what you face NO MATTER where you live! Pharmaceutical drugs are now showing up in our tap and ground water!!! The first drug was found by accident. Scientists doing their routine tap water tests for pesticides in Berlin, Germany, found Clofibric Acid, a cholesterol-lowering drug. The instruments that found it were calibrated to identify pesticides!!... The scientists did not recognize the pattern, so they took it to a toxicology lab, which readily identified it. Many other drugs have since been found in our wells and ground water: · Lipid lowering drugs · Analgesics · Chemotherapeutic drugs · Antibiotics · Hormones · Just to name a few A summary article on 100 cities found identical results (Chemosphere, January1998). Antibiotics: Stuart Levy, Director of the Center for Adaptation Genetics and Drug Resistance at Tufts University in Boston, MA, states: "Our concentration of antibiotics is 1000 times higher than in Germany, high enough to affect the growth of E-Coli. This may be causing the bacteria to become medication resistant." E-Coli has been discovered in the drinking water of some major and minor US cities. Estrogen: Shane Snyder of Michigan State University found enough estrogen (mostly from birth control pills) in Lake Mead to cause male fish to produce female egg protein, and to attempt to lay eggs that they were not equipped to lay. Disbelieving the results, Mr. Snyder repeated his tests 30 times. Each year the United States produces over 400 billion pounds of synthetic organic chemicals that are all toxic. This is equivalent to 80 pounds of chemicals per year for every person on the planet. There are currently 55,000 chemical compounds in production. Of these, less than 1000 are even tested for toxic effects. Research shows that there are between 300 and 500 toxins in our tissues today that were never found in the tissues of anyone before 1940. In fact, even the air at the North Pole is polluted with dioxin, one of the worst air pollutants and cancer causing agents. You are breathing dioxin right now and hundreds of other chemicals that you cannot taste, see or smell. Obviously, toxins are GOING to be a part of our lives whether we like it or not. All we can do is make sure our body is properly cleansing itself of these harmful toxins so they don't stay in our system! In order for this to happen, your body's cell's need to be communicating properly so they can determine what belongs in your body and what doesn't! Makes sense right? Unfortunately, most of us today are not getting the proper nutrients to our cells so our body can get rid of these harmful toxins! What's the answer? Well, science has proven our bodies need 8 necessary sugars (or "glyconutrients") so our cells can properly communicate and do their job. One of the cells major jobs is to rid the body of toxins. These sugars are literally the alphabet that our cells use to communicate with one another. They are the alphabet of life! We only get 2 from our modern day diet. WE NEED TO SUPPLEMENT OUR SYSTEM SO WE GET ALL 8! Using a powerful antioxidant and an immune regulator that helps get rid or toxins can really set you up for protecting yourself! Yes, we hear this a lot. Unfortunately, we are seeing many teenagers coming up with illnesses earlier and at a higher rate than ever before! It’s true, no matter what age you are; your body NEEDS what your body needs. If you are never going to get what you need from our modern diet, then inevitably your health will pay the price, no matter what age you are. Here are some important statistics to recognize when talking about age and health: • ALL degenerative diseases are on the rise. • Disease is regularly occurring at younger ages. • Infants and children are contracting catastrophic illnesses at increasing rates. • 50 years ago, there were no pediatric oncologists (children's cancer specialists) because there was no need. The unfortunate truth is disease is increasing at an alarming rate among young people. NO ONE is exempt from being susceptible to disease! The quicker you embrace this, the better off you are going to be. Be proactive about your health and give your body what it needs in order to operate the way Mother Nature intended! Out of all of the health myths, this is perhaps the most important one for you to recognize and discard. The belief that supplements don’t make a difference in your overall health is the most deadly belief you can possess in life. Here’s why: We know NO MATTER what we eat, our diets are not providing the necessary nutrients we so desperately need in order to maintain great health and allow our bodies to function the way they were meant to. So, because of that, not only do we need to supplement our diets, but we also need to supplement them with products that work and are designed to be absorbed in the body just like food would. Here are some facts when it comes this myth… Many supplements don’t work. This is one of the reasons why people have lost faith in using them. Some of the problems in the supplement marketplace: there is little of the ingredients promised, the supplements are not always tested or stabilized, many are based on misunderstandings of what is good for the body. Also, many supplements take a drug like approach—FIX THE SYMPTOM. We know that’s NOT the best approach. The best way is to supplement the systems of the body so it can strengthen, repair, and regenerate in a healthy way. We recommend using supplements that have both scientific testing and validation, and that have a systems approach to simply put back in the body what we’ve removed through our modern lifestyle. The bottom line - Only The Body Can Heal Itself! Simply stated - doing all you can to stay healthy is your best protection against disease and getting full enjoyment from life. Wellness is your best option. This is accomplished everyday through your choices regarding nutrition, exercise and lifestyle. Even most doctors will agree that the body (when functioning properly) has the extraordinary ability to heal itself. The fact is that our immune systems are continuously destroying viruses, bacteria, fungi and even cancer cells, to keep us disease-free. When we fail to supply that system with vital nutrients, it fails to protect us, not only from disease, but from premature aging as well. Too much health emphasis today is on the magic bullets advertised on television to fix sickness. Although you may have been fooled into thinking so - Drugs Don't Cure Disease. Even with drugs - the body does the healing. Drugs are designed to offer symptom relief by blocking or intercepting natural biological activity until the body fixes itself. The medical profession will openly admit they have no cure for any autoimmune and other diseases, and only treat to offer relief to its victims. Drug symptom relief however, can be costly. By definition, all drugs are toxic and can have serious side effects. In fact, more than 100,000 deaths occur every year in the U.S. related to the use of legally prescribed medications. This is now the third leading cause of death and although it goes relatively unnoticed, consider that this is comparable to a 270 passenger jet crashing everyday for a year and killing everyone on board. Taking drugs should never be a casual decision. Taking multiple drugs can be deadly. If you are taking drugs, please inform your doctor of all the drugs you are using before adding more. Make no mistake; western medicine may be the best in the world at handling emergencies and prolonging life. Drugs and antibiotics can be life saving tools in our medical arsenal when used properly, but they should not be used for health maintenance and disease prevention. Fortunately many people are also turning to non-drug alternatives such as exercise, improved diets and nutritional supplements. JAMA reports that 50% of Americans have gone to alternative care physicians and that 50-70% of Americans are taking nutritional supplements. Even when disease does strike, quite possibly the best solution would be medical intervention with extra nutritional support, especially glyconutritional support, to re-build the body. Ancient medical practitioners knew what we have to re-learn today - that some plant compounds have a brain. In other words, glyconutrient supplements and other adaptogenic plant compounds can enter the body and act according to need and individual situation. They either stimulate or suppress reactions to heal when you are sick, or work in other pathways to prevent illness. Simply stated, they help the body ADAPT to its particular health challenge and environment. To put it another way - they initiate healing rather than just masking symptoms. NO prescription high-tech drug can do that. Both health and disease begin at the cellular level. Our bodies are simply an agglomeration of cells that must work together in harmony. Each has its own structure, function, and duty to perform. There are many factors we do not totally understand that lead to disease. But one thing we do know: if our cells, the basic building blocks of life, do not receive the right mix of nutrients, they do not stay healthy. This leads to a cascade effect, which ultimately ends in some disease condition. Healthy Cells = Healthy Tissues = Healthy Organs = Health Bodies Make sense? Our Recommendation · Since both disease and health begin at the cellular level, and we know that our cells need eight essential sugars, we begin by supplementing our diet with those eight sugars. My recommended “glyconutrient” product that contains the eight essential sugars can be found at http://www.mannapages.com/lucyrowens/Country.aspx · Vitamins and Minerals are essential to your everyday health, and it’s most important to find one that is food based and assimilates in the body so you get what you need! Our recommended food based vitamin that has been proven to absorb in the system can be found at http://www.mannapages.com/lucyrowens/Country.aspx · All Antioxidants are NOT created equal. In fact, many of them on the market today have little to no effect in the body! Antioxidants are very important for protecting your tissues from harm that the free radicals in your body. The highest levels we’ve found from an antioxidant Phytohormones also called Phytoestrogens are critical for many functions. Our environment has played havoc with our ability to manage our hormones, so supplementing is best. Hormonal health is key for cardiovascular health, bone and tissue vitality, immune system functioning, response to stress, etc. When you supplement in this area, it is important that the solution be stabilized, standardized, and with the proper co-factors to ensure the nutrients make it through the liver and the digestion process to be properly utilized in the body. Our recommended hormonal support product can be found at http://www.mannapages.com/lucyrowens/Country.aspx. I hope you’ve enjoyed this free report, and it has you thinking about being proactive about your health.