Eight Simple Dietary Sugars
There are eight sugars that are critical to healthy living. These are also know as glyconutrients.
May 16, 2007 (Press Release) --
Eight Simple Dietary Sugars
There are eight sugars that are critical to healthy living. These are also know as glyconutrients.
Glucose
Glucose is the basic unit of sugar, and is the result of the breakdown of just about every carb you eat. When you take blood sugar tests, you are testing the amount of glucose in your blood. So if you're like 99% of the population, you are getting quite enough glucose in your system, just from the few carbs you consume.
Galactose
Galactose is one of the two components of lactose, or milk sugar. Lactose is actually a combination of galactose and glucose that your body breaks down into its component parts. So if you get enough dairy and milk products each day, you're getting plenty of galactose. If you're lactose intolerant, galactose is also found in cranberries, blackberries, grapes, apples and figs. For vegetables, it's in brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, rhubarb and asparagus.
Fucose
Fucose is easy to remember, it's mostly found in fungus. A few mushrooms that include fucose are reishi mushrooms and orange peel mushrooms. Fucose is also found in kelp and bladderwrack. Interestingly, beer yeast is a source of fucose too! Studies seem to indicate that fucose helps with brain functioning.
Mannose
Mannose is found in raw vegetables - including celery, cucumbers and radishes. It's found in black currants, gooseberries, eggplant and tomatoes. Mannose is also found in shiitake mushrooms! Mannose is important for a healthy digestive system.
N-Acetyl-Galactosamine
N-acetyl-galactosamine is found in bovine cartilage and shark cartilage. Both are available in health food stores.
N-Acetyl-Glucosamine
N-acetyl-glucosamine is found naturally in shiitake mushrooms, which have been used by the Chinese as a health food for thousands of years.
N-acetyl-glucosamine is also found in bovine cartilage and shark cartilage. Both are available in health food stores.
N-Acetyl-Neuraminic Acid
N-Acetyl-Neuraminic is found in whey protein isolate. This is a health food used in many recipes. N-acetyl-neuraminic is also found in eggs. N-acetyl-neuraminic especially helps the brain in its early stages of development.
Xylose
Xylose is already being used as a sugar (sucrose) substitute in many products. Xylose is a natural sugar that is found in strawberries, plums, pears, blackberries, raspberries, broccoli, spinach, eggplant and even birch trees. It's also found in ground psyllium seeds which is used in many healthy recipes. You don't even have to eat a lot of xylose - xylose is an end product created by the body during natural metabolism.
For more information contact about glyconutrients contact:
Cheri Plett at 760-793-1339
www.optimalhealthkeys.com
There are eight sugars that are critical to healthy living. These are also know as glyconutrients.
Glucose
Glucose is the basic unit of sugar, and is the result of the breakdown of just about every carb you eat. When you take blood sugar tests, you are testing the amount of glucose in your blood. So if you're like 99% of the population, you are getting quite enough glucose in your system, just from the few carbs you consume.
Galactose
Galactose is one of the two components of lactose, or milk sugar. Lactose is actually a combination of galactose and glucose that your body breaks down into its component parts. So if you get enough dairy and milk products each day, you're getting plenty of galactose. If you're lactose intolerant, galactose is also found in cranberries, blackberries, grapes, apples and figs. For vegetables, it's in brussels sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, rhubarb and asparagus.
Fucose
Fucose is easy to remember, it's mostly found in fungus. A few mushrooms that include fucose are reishi mushrooms and orange peel mushrooms. Fucose is also found in kelp and bladderwrack. Interestingly, beer yeast is a source of fucose too! Studies seem to indicate that fucose helps with brain functioning.
Mannose
Mannose is found in raw vegetables - including celery, cucumbers and radishes. It's found in black currants, gooseberries, eggplant and tomatoes. Mannose is also found in shiitake mushrooms! Mannose is important for a healthy digestive system.
N-Acetyl-Galactosamine
N-acetyl-galactosamine is found in bovine cartilage and shark cartilage. Both are available in health food stores.
N-Acetyl-Glucosamine
N-acetyl-glucosamine is found naturally in shiitake mushrooms, which have been used by the Chinese as a health food for thousands of years.
N-acetyl-glucosamine is also found in bovine cartilage and shark cartilage. Both are available in health food stores.
N-Acetyl-Neuraminic Acid
N-Acetyl-Neuraminic is found in whey protein isolate. This is a health food used in many recipes. N-acetyl-neuraminic is also found in eggs. N-acetyl-neuraminic especially helps the brain in its early stages of development.
Xylose
Xylose is already being used as a sugar (sucrose) substitute in many products. Xylose is a natural sugar that is found in strawberries, plums, pears, blackberries, raspberries, broccoli, spinach, eggplant and even birch trees. It's also found in ground psyllium seeds which is used in many healthy recipes. You don't even have to eat a lot of xylose - xylose is an end product created by the body during natural metabolism.
For more information contact about glyconutrients contact:
Cheri Plett at 760-793-1339
www.optimalhealthkeys.com
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