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Glyconutrients, their importance for health
The body needs many specific types of sugar and substances such as sugar to function properly. One group of these is named glyconutrients. The term has not been used in scientific textbooks. The term is the invention of a supplement company, Mannatek, but the substances included in this group have specific roles in the human body that are described in the scientific literature.
The body has the ability to make all the glyconutrients, but there are claims that this production is very slow, so that the body has very few of them when it is not supplied through the diet. These claims have not yet been scientifically proven to be definitive. However, many people report health benefits after applying glyconutrient supplement.
The sugar type glucose is the most central geoconutrient. Glucose is used as an energy source, and is used to produce other important substances, for example other glyconutrients. Glucose must be supplied in such a way that it is evenly absorbed throughout the day. Such an absorption is protected by eating food that will slowly release glucose during the digestion process. It is said that food has a low glycemic index. Examples of such food types are beans, peas, whole corn grains or breads, and for less elaborate potatoes and sweet fruits in natural form. Many of these foods contain starch that will be glucose-free gradually when digested.
People should get enough glucose, but some popular laws may be lacking in carbohydrate diets.
Many other glyconutrients are used as body-working devices. The body can produce these with glucose, but production can be so slow that one may lack the supply of these substances. These glyconutrients are: mannose, xylose, fucose, N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylglactosamine, N-acetylnuraminic acid.
Glyconutrients work together as a group in several important physiological functions:
- - They are tools used to regulate tissue development, organ development, and organ maturation and to repair and re-cycle after injury and disease.
- - They are used as tools by the nervous system and sensory organs, for example in the retina of the eye.
- - They are used as tools by the immune system, in particular to regulate functions within the immune system and by the recognition of foreign elements that will be destroyed.
- - They are important building blocks in intracellular structures, especially in cartilage, tendon and connective tissues. N-glucosamine is the most important structural glyconutrient.
- - They help microorganisms to clog the body's structures and thus help the body to remove bacteria, fungi or viruses. The most important of the glyconutrients for this function are mannose and xylose.
Since all glyconutrients participate in many processes, the lack of any of them will give rise to a variety of problems.
Lack of glyconutrients will make them generally susceptible to any disease, making it difficult to fight against diseases and recovering once the disease is over. A person with a glyconutrient deficiency will be more easily physically hurt, and will have difficulty correcting the damage.
Glyconutrient deficiency is thought to be caused or exacerbated by diseases: infections, rheumatic diseases, allergies and asthma, heart problems, strokes, failure to thrive, and cancer.
A diet that has adequate glyconutrients or supplement of glyconutrients may help prevent or overcome the listed diseases. Adequate supply of glyconutrients can also increase general resistance against disease and general well-being
One way that glyconutrients are required is to include vegetables and fruits in the daily diet and vary between different types. Good sources are: aloe vera gel, ground fenugreek, black current, red current, beetroot, green beans, cabbage, brinjal, tomato, turnip, shitek mushrooms, and kelp. Shark cartilage and bovine cartilage are also good sources of geoconutrients, but these sources are best used as ingredients in specialized supplements.
You can also find special supplements in the market that present the body with gyconutrients which you can get very little from the daily diet.
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