The Modern Diet and Missing Sugars, but Chinese Wolfberry on Top
for Phytochemicals in Fruits
We know that certain vitamins are absolutely necessary for good health. Similarly,
there are eight essential sugars (monosaccharides) crucial to intelligent interactions
between the cells of the body. Six of these essential saccharides (sugars) are not
commonly found in Western diets. Glucose and galactose are found in abundance in Western
diets. Xylose, mannose, fucose (not fructose!), n-acetylglucosamine, n-acetylgalactosamine,
and n-acetylneuramic acid are not.
These eight saccharides serve as building blocks in the manufacturing of large molecules
called glycoforms that cover the surface of all cells and are also found in interior
cell membranes. When combined with fats, the molecules are called glycolipids. Combined
with proteins, the molecules are called glycoproteins. (“Glyco” is the
Greek word for “sweet.”)
Glycoforms are known to perform three important functions in the body:
• They enable cellular communication
• They identify possible invaders
• They permit diseased cells to be scavenged by cleansing blood cells1
It is crucial that the cells in our bodies have saccharides in order to communicate
with each other. Emil I. Mondoa, M.D., in his book Sugars That Heal, calls saccharides
“multicellular intelligence.”
At one time, researchers thought that communication between cells was carried out
by the proteins in glycoproteins—that the sugars that accompanied the protein
were just a nuisance. What they understand now is that while the proteins play an
important role in cell communication, the number of messages they create is limited.
Next: Phytochemicals in Fruits:
Key to Cellular Communication
This text excerpted from "The Power's in the Poly", Young Living Magazine, Apr-Jun
2005. Reprinted with permission of Young Living Essential Oils, LC, Lehi, UT 84043 U.S.A. No other reprinting
without the express written permission of Young Living Essential Oils, LC is allowed. Young Living is
not responsible for the content posted on this Web site.
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Wolfberry's Miracle Sugars
NingXia Wolfberry:
Glyconutrient Powerhouse
The Modern Diet
and Missing Sugars
Phytochemicals in Fruits:
Key to Cellular Communication
Wolfberry Glyconutrients: Strengthens Immunity
Don't Be Confused
Companies like to connect their products to specific terms to make it appear as if they have a corner
on the market. While some of these terms have slightly different meanings, generally they can be used
interchangeably:
- glyconutrients
- glycoproteins
- polysaccharides
- monosaccharides
- healthy sugars
- essential sugars
- miracle sugars
| Sugar
Profile of Ningxia Wolfberry |
| 62.70% |
Glucose |
| 14.80% |
Mannose |
| 13.30% |
Xylose |
| 4.30% |
Galactose |
| 1.03% |
Rhamnose |
| * |
Arabinose |
| |
Fucose |
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Neuramic |
| * Yet to be determined |
| Huang L, et al.,.
Isolation, purification and physico-chemical properties of immunoactive
constituents from the fruit of Lycium barbarum L. Yao Xue Xue Bao. 1998
Jul;33(7):512-6. |
Of the eight essential sugars, the NingXia wolfberry has six. NingXia Red delivers these
sugars as part of WHOLE foods rather than as a concoction of isolated ingredients often marketed. Considering
that it also contains blueberries, raspberries, pomegranates, apricots, and dark grapes—all of
which are well known for their health benefits— NingXia Red is, in fact, a wonderful source of
all eight essential sugars. Glucose and Galactose have the ability to convert into the missing Fucos
and Neuramic, but minerals are necessary to make the coversion. NingXia Red has an abundance of minerals
in forms most easily assimulated.
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