| |
 |
|
 FEATURE
ARTICLES
July 2002 issue |
|
|
Sweet Medicines |
|
Sugars play
critical roles in
many cellular
functions and in
disease. Study of
those activities
lags behind research
into genes and
proteins but is
beginning to heat
up. The discoveries
promise to yield a
new generation of
drug therapies |
|
. |
|
By Thomas Maeder |
|
|
| |
|
Now that the human
genome has been
deciphered, much of
the fanfare
surrounding it has
transferred to the
proteome, the full
complement of
proteins made from
the genetic
“blueprints” stored
in our cells.
Proteins, after all,
carry out most of
the work in the
body, and an
understanding of how
they behave, the
press releases say,
should translate
into a font of ideas
for curing all
manner of ills. Yet
living cells are
more than genes and
proteins. Two other
major classes of
molecules--carbohydrates
(simple and complex
sugars) and lipids
(fats)--play
profound roles in
the body as well.
These substances,
too, need to be
considered if
scientists are to
truly understand how
the human machine
operates and how to
correct its
maladies.
Sugars in particular
perform an
astonishing range of
jobs. Once regarded
mainly as
energy-yielding
molecules (glucose
and glycogen) and as
structural elements,
they are now known
to combine with
proteins and fats on
cell surfaces and,
so situated, to
influence
cell-to-cell
communication, the
functioning of the
immune system, the
ability of various
infectious agents to
make us sick, and
the progression of
cancer. They also
help to distinguish
one cell from
another and to
direct the
trafficking of
mobile cells
throughout the body,
among other tasks.
So ubiquitous are
these molecules that
cells appear to
other cells and to
the immune system as
sugarcoated....continued
at Scientific
American Digital |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other
Validations |
. |
|
 |
Science Magazine
March 23, 2001. This premier journal for
researchers and scientists dedicated an
entire issue to educating the science and
medical community about Glyconutrients.
|
| |
|
|
 |
Physician's Desk Reference for
Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary Supplements is
used by 99% of all doctors and healthcare
professionals before recommending solutions to
their patients. Glyconutrients are listed for
compromised immune systems.
The 2001 Physician’s
Desk Reference
(PDR) for Nonprescription Drugs and Dietary
Supplements includes an entry on a Research and
Product Co in Texas
(pages 819) and listings for their glyconutional,
antioxident, and phyto sterol products (pages 819-820)
along with a color picture product
identification guide (page 508). |
| |
|
|
 |
M.D. News June 2002. This 3-page article
covers the science of sugars and reviews
specific topics such as successes with
fibromyalgia, toxic shock and diabetes. |
| |
|
|
 |
Newsweek featured a story that talked
about the power of the same substances in our
product line to "kill and necrose cancer in the
human cell" |
| |
|
|
