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"All eight sugars are found in the myelin sheath that coats nerves and are important in correct nerve transmission inside and outside the brain. The sugars are woven together with amino acids to produce special protective proteins called glycoproteins. Low levels of glycoproteins have been connected to diseases like MS and schizophrenia."
http://www.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/content/toxins/essential-sugars-plant-lectins.aspx
What are Essential Sugars?
"Essential sugars" is a bit of a misnomer, but one that is widely used. "Biologically active" sugars or "glyconutrients" is a more appropriate term, because like "essential fatty acids" from fish oils, we can actually make these valuable nutrients in our bodies. It's just that our bodies would rather not go to the effort of making these nutrients because the process is laborious, inefficient, and sometimes lacking.
Some people, such as the very young and old, the sick, and those with chronic health problems such as thyroid, adrenal, blood sugar, or hormonal problems, people with certain ancestries, or those whose bodies are under stress due to toxicity reactions or a lack of nutrients have difficulty making essential fatty acids, and the same seems to apply to essential sugars.
Essential sugars are sugars that have specific biological functions within the body. Different types of sugars coat the surfaces of cells and help them to communicate with each other. These sugars are monosaccharides (made from one molecule) like glucose or fructose, not disaccharides like sucrose (which is a molecule of glucose and fructose joined together) or lactose (which is a molecule of glucose and galactose joined together.
So far eight sugars which have specific biological functions in the body have been found. They are:
Fucose
Galactose
Glucose
Mannose
N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)
N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)
N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac), a form of sialic acid
Xylose
http://www.plantpoisonsandrottenstuf...t-lectins.aspx
http://www.plantpoisonsandrottenstuff.info/content/toxins/essential-sugars-plant-lectins.aspx
What are Essential Sugars?
"Essential sugars" is a bit of a misnomer, but one that is widely used. "Biologically active" sugars or "glyconutrients" is a more appropriate term, because like "essential fatty acids" from fish oils, we can actually make these valuable nutrients in our bodies. It's just that our bodies would rather not go to the effort of making these nutrients because the process is laborious, inefficient, and sometimes lacking.
Some people, such as the very young and old, the sick, and those with chronic health problems such as thyroid, adrenal, blood sugar, or hormonal problems, people with certain ancestries, or those whose bodies are under stress due to toxicity reactions or a lack of nutrients have difficulty making essential fatty acids, and the same seems to apply to essential sugars.
Essential sugars are sugars that have specific biological functions within the body. Different types of sugars coat the surfaces of cells and help them to communicate with each other. These sugars are monosaccharides (made from one molecule) like glucose or fructose, not disaccharides like sucrose (which is a molecule of glucose and fructose joined together) or lactose (which is a molecule of glucose and galactose joined together.
So far eight sugars which have specific biological functions in the body have been found. They are:
Fucose
Galactose
Glucose
Mannose
N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc)
N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc)
N-acetylneuraminic acid (Neu5Ac), a form of sialic acid
Xylose
http://www.plantpoisonsandrottenstuf...t-lectins.aspx