The Science of Glyconutrients | The Missing 8 | The Answer | The Science of AG-Immune
It’s History | Key Ingredients | The Benefits

There is no question to the old adage of “we are what we eat!”  Unfortunately these days we are not for many reasons able to supply our bodies with the nutrition that is required to help in the facilitation of optimal bodily performance. Be it because of stress, missed meals, little time and foods of low nutritional value our bodies though at times of being full are actually starving for high quality vitamin packed sources of energy.  The FDA now has included within the daily food pyramid nutritional supplements as a vital part of our intake. What are the reasons for this? We asked ourselves the same question and came up with an alarming answer. In our very hurried and harried day to day lives we do not take the time out to really question, not what we put in our bodies but what exactly is in our or more to the point was is not in our food. 50 years ago a single peach contained the vitamin equivalency of what would be approximately 50 peaches today. Why would our foods be so depleted of their nutrients? There are really just a few simple answers… the first being that we now green harvest most of our fruits and vegetables. Our produce is picked before it has had the chance to ripen naturally and as a result they do not contain what they are supposed to this process only occurs on the vine. Another reason is attributed to poor soil quality and poor environmental quality. How can our food be expected to be full of the nutrition we need when our soil, air and our water is so contaminated? So we set ourselves to the task of finding the solution to this very real and troubling problem. Only after 18 months of research and investigation are we confident that not one but two companies offer the highest quality, highest absorbability cutting edge supplemental nutrients.

The first company, Mannateck has based it’s entire line of nutritional supplements on the most exciting science to have come around in the last decade, that being, Glyconutrients.

The second company, Body Wise has focused their line of nutrients on optimal immune function incorporating a line of products that help to promote and balance the body’s internal immune systems.

Both product lines, though different from one another in their science will work beautifully on their own but would have stellar results if working in synergy to one and other.
 
The Science of Glyconutrients:
 
There has been a breakthrough discovery by a group of researchers, scientists and doctors in the last 10 years that is changing people’s lives. This discovery has its findings in 8 essential sugars that are found on the cells surface. These essential carbohydrates are responsible for effective cell-to-cell communication that helps in their restoration, replenishment and maintenance.

The eight sugars are listed as glucose, galactose, mannose, xylose, fucose, N-acetyglucosamine, N-acetygalactosamine and N-acetylneuraminic acid. In our normal diet we obtain only 2 glyconutrients: glucose and galactose. The remaining 6 must come from outside sources. These 8 sugars are absolutely essential for good health, for defense, repair, healing and regeneration.
When we ingest glyconutrients, our cells use them to build up our sugar chains such as glycoproteins. Gycoproteins have many functions and are responsible in maintaining wellness. One of the functions of glycoproteins involves immune function and antibodies. Antibodies are simply glycoproteins that contain sugar chains and are also known as immunoglobulins. Glycoproteins are present on most cell walls, where they act as molecules involving how cells stick together. These are known as adhesion molecules, and there are also receptors involved in cell-to-cell communication. Signals are sent to receptors that then enter the nucleus of the cell telling them what to do. An example might be the cells of the pancreas communicating with the liver, muscle and other cells via insulin. Another form of communication occurs when glycoproteins on cell surfaces interact with sugar chains of glycoproteins on neighboring cells. Glyconutrients are saccharides, which are necessary for this type of interaction. These biological sugars facilitate the need to send and translate commands from cell to another throughout your bodies 600 trillion cells. The increase in degenerative diseases may in part be linked to the lack of nutrient building blocks within the body. Nutrients work together, they interact, they regenerate and they recycle each other. If one is missing the ability for the other nutrients to properly function is compromised. If the cells are communicating properly with one and other the incidence/severity of illness should for all purposes should be limited.

The Missing 8:
 
As mentioned earlier on the foods in today’s modern society are depleted of their own naturally occurring nutrients. Why is this? Glyconutrients are simply not readily available in the modern-day food chain. We are no longer hunter-gatherers and as a result, we do not have direct access to these sugars, which are available from plants, shrubs, roots, seeds, grains, barks and fungus. The few sugars that are found in the food chain are usually processed out of our foods. In addition our fruits and vegetables, before they are shipped, are picked green, and this stunts the genes before the chance to turn on creating bioactive molecules, which explains why they don’t taste very good. Glyconutrients are synthesized in various mature plants, fruits and vegetables. Interesting that since the beginning of written history human beings have been using aloe vera without understanding the vital role that glyconutrients play in optimal health.

The Answer:
 
How does one obtain these 8 essential sugars if not from our food sources? Mannatech has patented a process in which these 8 sugars are processed successfully into a powder form, Ambratose (available through No Doubt Environmental). The technology is very simple. When the plants are vine-ripened, they’re freeze- or vacuum-dried into a powder. So now you can hold in your hand a capsule, a tablet, or a teaspoonful what it took weeks to do from nature.    
 
The Science of AG-Immune:
 
Body Wise is another company that offers an excellent product for immune system function, AG Immune. This company, founded in 1989, has been dedicated to developing products that create results.  This is a powerful immune supplement, formulated with two proprietary immune system-enhancing complexes, AG and Ai/E10. AG-Immune also contains maitake mushroom and astragulus, which are known to strengthen and support the immune system.
 
It’s History:
 
The history of AG-Immune is based on the science of colostrums based immunity transference. Colostrum is the first milk produced by all mammalian mothers upon the birth of a newborn. Scientists believe that, besides the immunoglobulins (antibodies) present in, there are other (some as yet unidentified) constituents such as amino acids and minerals present that play an important role in transferring passive immunity from mother to offspring. This transference is passive and not species specific. In other words, the colostrums from a cow can effectively transfer passive immunity to people. The following is an example of how this simple science works. There is a story that goes back to the start of this century from which a group of lumberjacks drank the local goats milk and never seemed to get sick. The goats in the area loved to eat poisin ivy and as a result produced immunoglobulins by ingesting this antigen. The immune system of these goats were stimulated and turned on the immune response, which in turn produced complexes of communication molecules that came through the colostrums. When the lumberjacks drank the local goats milk they also ingested all of the important immune information…those that drank the milk did not suffer from the poising ivy and those that did not drink the milk suffered terribly.    

Key Ingredients:
 
Coined as the ultimate nutrient, AG-Immune is a powerful supplement created to support the immune system. It contains a proprietary form of an antigen infused extract (Ai/E10). It also contains three fuels; maitake mushroom, arabinogalactan, and astragalus. These highly effective ingredients help to support killer cell levels as well as other important immune system components. Arabinogalactin comes from the larch tree. It provides complex polysaccharides, which appear to support healthy gut immunity and healthy macrophage immunity.It inhibits bacteria from attaching to cells, reduces the risk of colon disease, and is more powerful than Echinacea.
Astragalus has traditionally been used in Chinese culture for helping to support immunological reactions. It is a perennial plant used for the treatment of cancer in China, it increases interferon production, and increases resistance to hepatitis C.

Maitake mushroom are known in Japan for the ability to produce certain polysaccharides known as beta-glucans, which are increasingly being recognized for their ability to have a non-specific immune-modulation effect. These so-called biological response modifiers can be potent anti-viral and anti-tumor agents, which stimulate the production of Natural Killer Cells. Stimulates cytokine (communicators within the immune system), interferon and interleukins and is the most effective of the medicinal mushrooms.

AiE10 is a soluble extract dialyzed from the colostrum/whey of antigen infused organic dairy cows. Once the milk is retrieved it then has the fat and other components removed. The remaining components are then dried so that the end result can be encapsulated  It enhances leykocyte anti-infective and cuto-toxic activities. It increases the circulating macrophages which modulate and normalize immune function and increases the protective functions of the immune system.
 
The Benefits:
 
Unfortunately, many things in today’s society chip away at our vitality, including stress, pollution, poor nutrition and toxic invaders such as bacteria, viruses, allergens and toxic chemicals.

The result of this is that 98% of the population in North America has a compromised immune system. One out of every three people will get cancer in their lifetime. There will be at least 12 million new cases of cancer this year alone.

AG-Immune is a unique immune system trigger that helps to fire up the immune system without risk of having it misfire. Ai/E10 contains coded information in molecules that are extracted, identified, purified and concentrated through a patented process. It supports your immune system in healing by feeding and modulating it which supports ‘good’ cell activity without the risk of over stimulating or otherwise confusing the immune function.     

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