Glyconutrients, 8 essential sugars, and bacteria

[Guest guest]

Kefir contains glucose and galactose.

(I am copying this info to the group also. I know that

there has been a recent discussion of xylitol on one or both groups.)

Eight essential sugars:

glucose

galactose

mannose

fucose (not fructose!)

xylose (not xylitol)

N-Acetylneuraminic Acid

N-Acetylgalactosamine

N-Acetylglucosamine

*Note: Xylitol is an open molecule and can flex and bend into

shapes which can look like many other sugars which are shaped

like closed rings.

I found some interesting material on Xylitol which is linked below

and is summarized.

http://www.nasal-xylitol.com/glycobiology.html

http://www.nasal-xylitol.com/negotiating.html

/quote " Xylitol has two short-term actions, indigestion and decreased

adherence, on several bacteria that live in the mouth and cause tooth

decay, and in the nose that cause upper respiratory infections. In addition

xylitol has long-term effects on S.Mutans that change it to being more

friendly (less virulent) and reduces the number of people in the community

who have the bacteria. And it does this without killing the bacteria, most

likely by filling the receptor sites on the bacteria whose function it is to

communicate with the environment, i.e. by negotiating. What it seems to

say to the bacteria is " shape up or ship out. " Whether these long-term

effects will hold on the bacteria living in the nose will have to be deter-

mined when enough people use it regularly in the nose. My own experience

over the past four years suggests it does. " /end quote

The reference to indigestion above refers to the bacteria, not people.

Darrell

Darrell

[Guest guest]

Quoting Darrell <lazlo75501@...>:

> Kefir contains glucose and galactose.

> (I am copying this info to the group also. I know that

> there has been a recent discussion of xylitol on one or both groups.)

>

> Eight essential sugars:

>

> glucose

> galactose

> mannose

> fucose (not fructose!)

> xylose (not xylitol)

> N-Acetylneuraminic Acid

> N-Acetylgalactosamine

> N-Acetylglucosamine

What is essential about these, and what is your source? " Essential sugars "

gets 567 googits, virtually all of them on web forums or sites of companies

selling them. Many of these sites claim that we can get only two of these

from our diets. How essential can the other six be, then?

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Berg

bberg@...

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

My post was in response to the recent discussion of glyconutients,

" essential sugars " , Mannatech, or Xylitol that recently took place

on one or more groups which I subscribe to. There are thousands

of glyco compounds, but those 8 are known dietary monosaccharides

essential for glycoprotein synthesis and cellular recognition processes.

I can give you a site on glyconutrients which contains nonpromotional,

educational materials that contains research information. The site is

maintained by Mannatech in order to focus on further glyconutritional

research. All the clickable review papers are linked directly to MedLine.

For research scientists, the site assembles in one place much of the

published research concerning the role of nutritional saccharides in

health.

http://www.glycoscience.com/glycoscience/home.wm?SECTION=home & MAIN=home

http://www.glycoscience.com/glycoscience/journal.wm?SECTION=journal & MAIN=journal

http://www.glycoscience.com/glycoscience/section_viewer.wm?SECTION=INTRO & MAIN=gl\

yconutritionals & SUB=introduction

Darrell

Message: 53040 From: Berg Received: Wed Aug 11, 2004 8:58 PM

Subject: Re: Glyconutrients, 8 essential sugars, and bacteria

What is essential about these, and what is your source? " Essential sugars "

gets 567 googits, virtually all of them on web forums or sites of companies

selling them. Many of these sites claim that we can get only two of these

from our diets. How essential can the other six be, then?

--

Berg

bberg@c...