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The term
"Glyconutrient"
is used to refer to multiple
carbohydrate
nutrients that mean
carbohydrates that have the ability to be
nutrients.
In fact,
there are bacteria that can only develop on specific types
of sugar. We can consider these sugars as product for these
bacteria.
If you are
reading this page, you are probably looking for information
on these mixtures of polysaccharides that are greatly
marketed as a solution to many diseases like "anti-aging"
and fibromyalgia.
I want to
let you know that there are different monosaccharides that
enter into the creation of the polysaccharides.They are:
arabinose, fructose, fucose, galactose, glucose, mannose and
xylose. 
Does that
mean these molecules have anti-aging properties and can cure
fibromyalgia and strengthens the immune
system?
The facts:
Multiple websites and companies are actually selling
products under the label of glyconutrients.But do
they work?
The
fundamental question: where are the studies that support
these claims?
Are there
actual published studies relating the effect of these
substances on humans?
We are not
here to confuse people. We are here to provide answers to
health questions. And it's impossible to do it correctly if
you have no scientific evidence. That is the
case.
Can these
molecules cure ADHD, cancer, immune dysfunction, arthritis,
lupus and strengthens immune system?
The answer
is no. We are ready to change our belief if marketers or
manufacturers can contact us to provide ONE single human
study.
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Glyconutrients and
Chronic Degenerative Diseases.
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Glyconutrient and
anti-aging: No Published studies to support the
claims.
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Glyconutrients and autism:
No Published studies
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Glyconutrients and
Diabetes: Not even one study to support the use of produce
and diabetes.
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Glyconutrient and Cancer:
We haven't seen any study that support the use of
glyconutrients and cancer.
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Glyconutrient and autism:
Show me one study.
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Glyconutrients and
fibromyalgia: No studies available
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Glyconutrient and
arthritis: Idem
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Glyconutrients and lupus:
I am still waiting for the studies.
If you are
not convinced, make your own research. Go to Medline or
Pubmed and make a search. There is no study
available.
But what
is sure about glyconutrients?
One study
published in 1998 July show that these substances can
improve abnormal immune parameters in vitro in a few
patients. But we do not have enough information about dosage
used to get these results.
And
because we are talking about human health, I want to inform
you that laboratory cannot replace human. So human study is
always required to confirm a laboratory
fact.
Our
recommendation:
We can't
at this time recommend to our visitors and patients the use
of product to enhance their immune system and treat multiple
diseases like autism, diabetes, fibromyalgia, lupus, cancer
arthritis and aging.
But if you
are interested to take a supplement that will really help
with your health, we recommend
Total
Balance from Xtend-life.
It's what
we take and recommend to our parents and relative. We hope
it will help you as it does for us.
Glyconutrients
Research
To help
you understand more, we publish below one of the two
researches we found on the effects of these substances in
vitro.You will juge by yourself:
The in
vitro immunomodulatory effects of glyconutrients on
peripheral blood mononuclear cells of patients with chronic
fatigue syndrome.
Integr
Physiol Behav Sci. 1998 Jul-Sep;
33(3):280-7.
See DM,
Cimoch P, Chou S, Chang J, Tilles J.
University
of
California, Irvine, Department of Medicine, Orange 92668,
USA.
In humans,
eight monosaccharides are required for the synthesis of
glycoproteins. Dietary supplements that supply these crucial
sugars are known as glyconutrients. A glyconutrient compound
was added to Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells (PBMC)
isolated from normal controls and patients with the Chronic
Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), a disease associated with immune
dysregulation.
The in vitro
immunomodulatory effects were investigated. Cell surface
expression of the glycoproteins CD5, CD8, and CD11a were
significantly lower in patients with CFS compared to normal
controls.
Addition
of glyconutrients homogenate to PBMC from patients with CFS
stimulated with phytohemagglutinin significantly increased
the expression of each glycoprotein. Furthermore, natural
killer (NK) cell function was reduced in CFS patients.
The
glyconutrient preparation significantly enhanced NK cell
activity versus human herpes virus 6 (HHV-6)-infected H9
cells in an 8 h 51Cr release assay compared to placebo for
PBMC from patients with CFS (p< .01).
Finally,
apoptosis was significantly higher in patients with
CFS.
The percentage of apoptotic
cells was significantly decreased in PBMC from patients with
CFS that had been incubated for 48 h with products. Thus,
glyconutrients improved abnormal immune parameters in vitro
in patients with CFS.
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