Phytochemicals:

The Report on Phytochemicals:

The Modern Diet and Missing Sugars, but the Chinese Wolfberry is 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.

Read more about cell communication here. 1. Sweet Nutrition News, 1 March 2003, Volume 2003, Number
2. www.avantrex.com/resources/Sweet2003-2.html

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 reprinting without the express written permission of Young Living.