What glyconutrient-products should we be taking?
Our body is said to be in a state of 'dis-ease' when its immune system is having to work hard in response to some pathogen or toxin or some other stress, and consequently is not at its normal state of 'ease' and balance.
Basically there are three things that lower your immune system’s response so that it does not defend and eliminate as it should.
Starvation, Toxicity and Stress, whether physical or emotional, all weaken the body and can limit immune response effectiveness.
To be able to defend and repair, and keep our tissues in a healthy state, our cells need to be in top condition and to be communicating successfully. If our body is deficient in some nutrients, it is not able to do the job of defending or repairing our tissues as well as it should. By adding those nutrients that are commonly deficient in our diets, we give our immune system the ability to respond more effectively to whatever stress or invasion it encounters.
Our body is an amazing machine and to enable it to operate efficiently, it needs:
- air - good clean air which, of course, is not always available in our modern world
- water - also, sadly, often contaminated with all sorts of toxins these days
- sleep - regular and undisturbed serves us best
- exercise - it's important to get some exercise every day
- good nutrition - none of us gets all the nutrients that our body needs just from our diet.
To keep the cells which maintain our immune system and therefore our bodies, in an optimal health situation, we need to be providing them with the necessary nutrients to avoid a breakdown in the biological communication pathways between the cells.
"Healthy Cells mean Healthy Bodies"
So, regardless of whether our body has got into a dis-ease situation, or whether we are showing no symptoms of a breakdown and are feeling 'healthy', we need to keep our cells fed with the nutrients necessary to ensure we stay in an 'optimal health situation'. These nutrients are vital to our body's wellbeing.
"Every Body Needs Added Supplements"
There are a myriad of different supplements available in the marketplace. We need to be very careful, though, about what we choose to put into our body. I won't go into great detail here -
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(a new window will open so you can come back) - but keep in mind that the best nutritional supplements are those that are composed of and derived from whole foods. Unfortunately, not only do most supplements NOT contain whole foods, they often use synthetic vitamins developed in a chemical laboratory.
This information is about products that I, personally, have had great results with, from a company that I know and trust. Mannatech was established in 1994 with a vision to provide Better Solutions to Global Health and a Mission of Hope, Health, and Opportunity.
All their products are developed on a solid foundation of science and based on the premise that real nutrition can most effectively support the body's ability to achieve and maintain optimal health. The backbone of the Mannatech range of 'Optimal Health Products' was developed following the initial breakthrough discovery in the field of glyconutrients.
Mannatech's product family has grown to encompass nutritional supplements in a number of different health areas, including wellness management, performance nutrition, lifestyle management and skin care, all reinforcing the overall purpose to bring wellness solutions to the world.
OPTIMAL HEALTH PRODUCTS
Advanced Ambrotose Complex® - the "missing link" in human nutrition.Why? Because it does what no vitamin, mineral, amino acid or herbal can do. It helps nourish, control and support every cell in your body. Made from the richest plant sources, Ambrotose® complex allows your cells to communicate the way they should.
In 1996, researchers at Mannatech filed a US patent on this breakthrough technology that actually harnesses the glyconutrients in plants. Patents have been issued for Australia, New Zealand, United States and several Asian and European countries. Glyconutrients help support your body's immune system, allowing your cells to send and translate messages to each other enabling them to communicate clearly and operate efficiently.
About Ambrotose® Complex:
Ambrotose® has been specifically designed to support cellular communication, helping to maintain general well-being. It is a key component of optimal health and is a natural way to support your quality of life:
- Glyconutritional supplements, which provide various saccharides including mannose, are a source of carbohydrates.
- Communication between invading pathogens and human host cells occurs through carbohydrate interactions, and this leads to host immune responses.
- Carbohydrates are involved in many aspects of immune system function, including non-specific defenses, macrophage activation, and cell tissue migration.
- Carbohydrates are important to cell-to-cell communication signals that direct immune cells where to leave the blood stream. These carbohydrates are pivotal to migration patterns of cells and host defense.
- Carbohydrates play a role in modulating the immune system, by either activating or inactivating natural killer cell activity. Natural killer cells are essential for a normal, healthy, immune system.
- Helps maintain healthy digestive function.
- Aids, assists or helps in the maintenance or improvement of general well-being.
Ingredients: Beta carotene, Proprietary plant polysaccharide blend (Ambrotose® complex) Aloe barbadensis inner leaf juice dry, Larix arabinogalactan, tragacanth, glucosamine hydrochloride, Undaria pinnatifida blade and stem powder, rice starch.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Essential Source™ Omega-3 is amongst the purest fish oil supplements available. Mannatech's proprietary, two-step molecular distillation process means that contaminants are eliminated to achieve a pharmaceutical-grade standard of purity that is amongst the highest in the industry.
Brimming with EPA and DHA Essential Source™ Omega-3 provides more EPA and DHA than many other supplements and does so affordably. It's easy on the pocket and high in quality. Because Essential Source™ Omega-3 has a pleasant, non-fishy taste, it is very easy to swallow and has virtually no fishy aftertaste. The pleasing orange flavour helps to prevent "fishy reflux" or "fish burps".
Efficiently sourced fish oil is earth-friendly and made from the highest quality, sustainable sources with complete traceability throughout the manufacturing process. Good for fish, great for the planet.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Ambrotose AO® - taking optimal health to its highest level.Ambrotose AO® is a unique, synergistic antioxidant blend that supports your immune system through natural glyconutrients and protects you against free radicals and their damaging effects. It can also slow down the process that causes premature aging. Ambrotose AO® is composed only of antioxidant-rich natural sources and is designed to protect you from the daily assault by free radicals that can effect your body's systems and organs.
About Ambrotose AO®:
- Aids, assists or helps in the maintenance or improvement of general well-being.
- Contains herbs that are known to contain antioxidants which are free radical scavengers. Free radicals are highly reactive substances which may occur in the body and can be generated by lifestyle factors such as excess dietary fats, cigarette smoke, alcohol consumption, and pollutants or stress.
- Protects cells against oxidative stress.
- Supports normal immune function.
- Can scavenge both fat and water soluble free radicals.
- Glyconutritional supplements, which contain various saccharides including mannose, are a source of carbohydrates.
- The immune system is an intricate complex of interrelated cellular, molecular, and genetic components which provides a defence (immune response) against foreign organisms or substances.
- Ambrotose AO® is a source of carbohydrates including mannose from Aloe, glucose from acacia and galactose from tragacanth. Carbohydrates provide important fuel for the brain and body.
Ingredients: Ambrotose Phyto Formula® (acacia, Xanthomona campestris gum powder, tragacanth, ghatti gum, Aloe barbadensis inner leaf gel powder, powders of [Daucus carota root, allium cepa bulb, Allium sativum bulb, Lycopersicon esculentum fruit, Brassica rapa root, and Brassica oleracea varieties (gemmifera[Brussles sprout] herb top, italica [broccoli] herb top, capitata [cabbage] leaf, botrytis [cauliflower] herb top,acephala [kale] leaf,Carica papaya fruit,Ananas sativus fruit], Mtech AO Blend® (quercetin, Vitis vinifera extract equiv. dry leaf, Terminalia ferdinandiana fruit flesh powder, d-alpha tocopherol), caffeine 1mg (maximum). Also contains encapsulating aids.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
PLUS - balance your life and feel the difference.Mannatech's PLUS has one of the highest concentrations of natural plant-based phytosterols on the market today. These come from Dioscorea villosa, or true Mexican wild yam, a plant that produces high-quality plant-based oestrogens.
About PLUS:
A blend of plant carbohydrates and herbs offering the "raw materials" to enable the body to manufacture the hormones needed for strength and balanced emotions.
PLUS provides hormone and immune system modulation and overall glandular support and is designed to promote general well-being through Mannatech's formulation of dioscorea and Ambrotose® complex.
- May assist in the relief of menstrual pain and menstrual cramps
- May assist in the relief of menstrual symptoms
- May assist in the maintenance of general wellbeing
- May assist in the relief of muscular cramps and spasms.
PLUS will assist you to recharge your batteries under the most stressful times.
Ingredients: Ambrotose® complex (proprietary complex of Aloe barbadensis inner leaf juice dry, Larix decidua sap powder, tragacanth, ghatti gum), and Dioscorea villosa extract (equiv. dry root and rhizome), standardised to diosgenin and dioscin calculated as diosgenin, tabletting aids.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
PhytoMatrix - complete vitamin and mineral nourishment.The nutritional value of many fruits and vegetables has been compromised by modern farming practices.Experts agree that supplementation can provide the body with these missing nutrients. Unfortunately, many supplements contain synthetic, chemically derived, mined or chelated minerals and vitamins that studies show are not readily absorbed or used by the body.
PhytoMatrix™ contains vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals that have been absorbed by a plant's roots and stored in its tissue. When harvested, these plants provide all-natural ingredients.
PhytoMatrix™ is a plant-sourced multivitamin and supplement utilising proprietary technology to provide superior delivery of essential vitamins, minerals and important phyto-chemicals. The human body is genetically designed to obtain nutrients from organic food sources, so the plant based delivery in PhytoMatrix™ provides greater absorption and utilisation of nutrients than other existing supplement technologies.
The most distinguishing feature of PhytoMatrix™ is the inclusion of hydroponically grown Brassica juncea (Indian Mustard Plant). This plant is known for its ability to concentrate high levels of essential minerals. The hydroponic process allows for controlled uptake of concentrated minerals which can be metabolised into a food form and delivered with other phyto-chemicals.
About PhytoMatrix™ :
- Antioxidant, helps to protect against free radicals formed by environmental pollution.
- Promotes normal, healthy body physiology.
- Nutritional support for the body's connective tissue and collagen.
- Promotes normal, healthy bones and teeth.
- Necessary for the normal functioning of the nervous system.
- Promotes normal, healthy energy production.
- Promotes healthy hair, skin and nails.
- Nutritional support for normal growth.
- Aids, assists or helps in the maintenance of general well-being.
- Promotes normal healthy eyesight.
- Assists with the normal metabolism of macronutrients.
- Assists in the breakdown of carbohydrates.
Ingredients:Vitis vinifera (grape) extract equivalent dry fruits without juice, Vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberry) fruit powder; Brassica juncea (mustard) sprout powder, Aloe barbadensis dry leaf inner juice, Brassica oleracea (broccoli) herb top powder, rutin, Malpighia glabra (Barbados cherry) fruit extract equivalent dry fruit, ascorbic acid 5mg, Daucus carota (carrot) root powder, d-alpha tocopherol (Vit E), Saccharomyces cerevisia (yeast) dry cell, containing: nicotinic acid (Vit B3), pantothenic acid (Vit B5), pyridoxine (Vit B6), riboflavin (Vit B2), and thiamine (Vit B1), folic acid, biotin (Vit B7), beta-carotene, ergocalciferol, cyanocobalamin (Vit B12), tabletting acids.
This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.
Each of these amazing products has been designed to target specific areas of health and together they complement each other to provide the basis for maintaining optimal health. They work together at the cellular level to ensure that your cells are healthy and able to communicate which means, in turn, that your glands and organs will also be healthy.
These products, Ambrotose® Complex, Essential Source™ Omega-3Ambrotose AO® , Plus, and PhytoMatrix™ , are recommended by Mannatech to serve as your nucleus for a better, healthier life.
Mannatech products are not found in the supermarket or on pharmacy shelves but are available through a worldwide team of Associates, all of whom are thoroughly committed to using the products because of the benefits they have experienced.
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glyconutrient-products
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If you would like to experience the benefits of these products for yourself, or just learn more about them, there are several options available to you. Visit the Mannatech website and/or contact me for further information ... costs and availability vary slightly from country to country.
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Mannatech nutritional products are designed to maintain health and general wellbeing. Mannatech makes only those claims for its products that are on product labels or in Mannatech approved promotional materials. Mannatech nutritional products are not promoted for the prevention, treatment or cure of any disease and are not intended to substitute for a doctor's care or for proven therapy.