Why are Glyconutrients Important?
Though they sound very plain, consisting only of eight different types of sugars, glyconutrients are being celebrated on almost every level of biology and medicine. By doing a single search for glycobiology in Google or another search engine, one can quickly find thousands of websites dedicated to the topic. Laboratories throughout the world are stumbling over themselves to find more uses for this suddenly popular form of healthy nutrition. The first question that most people ask, however, is what are they and why are they important to me? Glyconutrients are made up of eight bioactive sugars that are vital to the communication between cells in the body, and allow proper body function to occur. They have been found to have staggering results in the treatment of virtually countless diseases, disorders, and symptoms, including asthma, high cholesterol, arthritis, the flu, infections, and in ADHD treatment. In fact, current research is using glyconutrients to focus on many different cancer
