Mannatech's Ambrotose Complex and the Eight Essential Sugars

The eight essential sugars are the key to effective cellular communication and proper cell function. It has been established by the world's leading scientists and researchers that the 8 essential sugars are vital for proper cell function.

Glyconutrients or essential sugars are not vitamins, minerals, amino acids or enzymes, but are in a class of their own as nutritional supplements derived from plants. Glyconutritional supplements are formulated based on new understanding in the biochemistry of how the human body maintains health at the cellular level. Healthy cells lead to healthy tissue - healthy tissue leads to healthy organs - and healthy organs lead to healthy bodies. Every cell in our body - all 600 trillion of them - needs essential carbohydrates called glyconutrients or the eight essential sugars.

Not surprisingly, many of the sources of these eight essential sugars, especially the essential eight glyconutrients, have been used for centuries as healing medicinal compounds in many cultures around the world.

The primary sources of the 8 simple sugars are fungi, saps, gums, and seeds, while the secondary sources are grains, fruit and vegetables.

Why are our diets deficient in the 8 essential sugars? The so-called fresh fruits and vegetables we buy today have few glyconutrients (or nutritional value at all) because they are often grown in nutrient-deficient soil, picked before they ripen naturally, gassed, irradiated, artificially ripened, stored for days, weeks, or months, cooked, frozen, canned, processed, refined, pasteurised, genetically engineered, etc. Cooking and processing deplete glyconutrients further.

And the evidence is also clear that by the same processes, the eight necessary glyconutrients are essential to maintaining a healthy body in optimal wellness. If we were getting the essential glyconutrients in our diet in sufficient quantities, we would not need supplementation, but unfortunately current agricultural practices, leave our foods with few of the eight essentials.

No matter what our age, the addition of glyconutrients into our health regime will support our body's incredible ability to heal, repair, regenerate, regulate and protect itself. Science has proven that our bodies use glyconutrients to prevent infections and diseases, and slow the aging process.