Our children ~ the most precious asset . . . . .

What we're told to do and what we achieve are two different things

We should have at least 5 servings of fruits and vegetables in our diet everyday. Good Luck. Over 90-95% of the population doesn't. There are many factors involved with this challenge: lack of education and awareness, conflicting expert advice, lack of time in modern family schedules and children reluctant to eat healthy choices.

For now though, literally thousands of protective molecules called phytochemicals, from 12 different fruits and vegetables can be given to your child everyday with glyconutrient/antioxidant/phytonutrient supplements that taste incredibly yummy and will tremendously support your child's ability to stay healthy.

~Healthy Kids~ Is Mission Possible! 

Raising Healthy Kids may be a challenge but it Is Mission Possible! Modern medicine is wonderful but certainly not the total answer. Three billion prescriptions will be given out in the US this year. Yet the incidence of diseases and infections is not decreasing. The best approach is to judiciously use our modern medicine when appropriate but to also appreciate the body's incredible ability to repair, regenerate, regulate and protect itself when given the necessary raw material tools it is already pre-programmed to use.

New knowledge in Biochemistry has given us insights into how the body maintains health and wellness. Fortunately for us, that new knowledge has evolved into the development of a few very broad spectrum supplements that provide the body with newly discovered raw material tools which very efficiently and effectively address the structure and function needs of the body in this modern world.

There is a whole new nutritional category called GLYCONUTRIENTS that literally didn't even exist only a few years ago. Glyco refers to carbohydrate. In 1996 Harper's Biochemistry textbook identified a group of 8 special carbohydrate molecules that were used by the body to control a vast array of biological functions that keep us healthy. This was a significant departure from the previously held idea that carbohydrates were merely a fuel supply for the body. It turns out that virtually all 100+ trillion cells in the body require this specific group of carbohydrate molecules for normal cell structure, function and cell-to-cell communication. Lack of, or altered function of this critical group of carbohydrate molecules has been associated with a wide variety of cell structure and function imbalances. It also wasn't until 1996 that further research discovered that 6 of those 8 necessary Super Carbs were missing from our diets.

New Knowledge-Now What?

We have two options to use new knowledge about how the body works.

• Try to create new drugs to fix or cure the body.
• Cooperate with the body by giving it what it needs-to do what it is pre-programmed to do.
  

Currently, over 15 different pharmaceutical companies are spending billions of dollars trying to develop synthetic carbohydrate drugs.  They are investing those billions because the individual naturally occurring carbohydrates have proven to be of great benefit in multiple conditions in hundreds of research studies. While there will be great applications for wellness in the future with these targetted carbohydrate drugs, common sense tells, why not give them to our body now in a food-based, non-toxic form. Until research scientists in 1994 developed a plant based supplemental formula of those special Super Carbs that were missing from our diet, there was literally NO source available to put them back into our bodies.

Lets look at just some of the ways that can happen. It is important to remember that when we use nutrition, the goal is not to cure, treat or mitigate disease! We are simply supplying necessary nutrients that the body is already pre-programmed to use to build, heal, repair, regenerate, regulate and protect itself with.

Before we are even Born....

Biochemical research has shown that even before we are conceived, the special cell surface carbohydrate structures are a crucial part of the process. Fertilization, development of the fetus, and ongoing development and protection after birth of the baby, by biological sugars in the mother's breast milk, are key factors in the health of the baby.

Enhanced Immune System Function

Our immune system protects us by recognizing, targeting and destroying the "enemy". That enemy could be a defective cell, a foreign cell or a toxin. The ability to recognize the enemy and then to communicate and coordinate the defense attack to destroy it Can Not be accomplished without the special cell surface carbohydrates. Ensuring your body has a dietary source of the necessary but missing carbohydrates supports the body's ability to function optimally in it's multiple aspects of immune support.

Medical Breakthrough or Breakdown?

Looking at the incredible array of high tech toys available to kids today make many of us think that going through our "second childhood" could be a lot more fun. While that would probably be true, it is also true that it could be a much greater and more dangerous challenge to our health!  In spite of many breakthroughs in medical technology and spending over one trillion dollars a year on health care, our kids are confronted with some very alarming statistics. While we would most likely rather live in the western world than say, Bangladesh, there are some realities we need to look at if we want our children to have a chance to grow up healthy and stay healthy.

Even though th US spends more on health care than any other country in the world (and the rest of the western world is similar), there are still some staggering and disturbing realities:

• 21 countries have infant mortality rates lower than the United States.
• By the 1960's there were over 26,000 antibiotics. We thought infections would be eliminated. Instead, today many bacteria are multidrug resistant. One example-pneumococcal infections kill 40,000 yearly, cause 7-10 million middle ear infections in children, 500,000 cases of pneumonia, thousands of cases of meningitis and blood stream infections. This is a bug that all clinicians encounter every day in their practice. Twenty five percent of those cases are antibiotic resistant and in some communities over forty percent are resistant.
• There is a literal epidemic of what was once thought to be "adult onset" diseases now showing up in children seven to ten year old. Multiple factors including various viruses and high sugar consumption are being blamed.
• Childhood obesity now threatens one in three kids with long-term health problems.
• Soaring childhood learning problems are blamed on everything from a vast array of environmental chemicals to an apparent Ritalin "deficiency" (1998 production Ritalin had increased seven fold from 1990. 90% of it was used in the US)
• Up to 7 million kids as young as age 2 are taking Ritalin or other psychotropic drugs. About 3.4 m million Americans under 18 are said to be "seriously" depressed. Up to 800,000 anti-depressant prescriptions were written in 1997 for children, some only 5 years old. The FDA has approved anti-depressants for only adult use.  Not to worry though.  Eli Lilly is conducting clinical studies in the under 18 age group and may have just the product for this booming new market: liquid Prozac flavored as a tasty peppermint!
• Autism has increased from 1 in 10,000 in 1978 to an epidemic today of 1 in 300-500.
• Autoimmune diseases in kids, like Crohn's, Lupus, Rheumatoid arthritis are increasing.
• Cancer rates in children are increasing and today-one out of three adults will develop cancer.
• Childhood stress can lead to depressed immune function, heart problems and impaired cognitive ability resulting in illness now as well as later adult health problems.
• What did coleslaw in Indiana, cheese in Wisconsin, toys in Washington, cider from a roadside stand in Oklahoma, a water park in Georgia, and natural spring water in Wyoming have in common? A lot of sick kids (and adults) and multiple cases of kidney failure and deaths from a killer bacteria called E.Coli 0157:H7. 20,000 people suffer from this infection each year. At least 250-mostly children and elderly will die from it-and no medical treatment other than supportive care is available.

AND...the list goes on and on! While it's obvious that nutrition and lifestyle choices will never treat a 'disease' process... providing our body with it's foundational needs gives our children the best fighting chance in this modern world.

Make the choice today to protect your children and their health future. There is no other subgroup of our society at more risk, and we, as adults have to make the right pro-active choices for them.  (adapted from article in Eden's Way)

It is now very clear that in order to experience optimal wellness in the modern world, we need to take steps in diet, activity and other lifestyle choices... Common sense would tell us supplementing with science-based, plant sourced nutritional supplements is prudent.

Medical Disclaimer

1. This website owner makes no claim that the products are anything other than dietary supplements designed to improve nutrition and, thereby, optimize health. Everyone regardless of his/her original state of health can benefit from improved nutrition.
2. Dietary supplements are nutritional products and are not designed for use in the treatment of disease or to substitute for a doctor's care or for proven therapy.
3. Dietary supplements are designed to improve nutrition rather than to treat disease. However, scientific research has established a connection between nutrition and many disease conditions.
4. Any product claims made by individuals within the content of this website are based upon his or her personal belief and/or experiences after the use of Glyconutritional products. This website owner disclaims all liability for such claims that may be made.
5. These reports have not been verified and are not represented as providing a balanced view of the available science. These are the statements of the individuals giving them and not of this website owner.
6. Glyconutritional products are nutritional in nature and do not substitute for a doctor's care or for proven therapy.