Pioneering Doctors In Glyconutrients

Pioneering Doctors in Glyconutrients Dr. Martin Milner ND, Professor, National College of Naturopathic Medicine and President, Center for Natural Medicine, Portland, Oregon recently admitted that he turned away from the first wave of information about glyconutrients over a 7 year period. Now, having done his due diligence and being impressed with the science, he is introducing glyconutrients to his patients and observing significant benefits. Also, he is sharing the information through the Health Science Institute and their newsletter which reaches out to health professionals and their patients. HSI is dedicated to uncovering and researching the most urgent advances in modern underground medicine. Jennifer Arnold authored the lead article in the Members Alert for February 2004 called “Cutting-edge sugar research may revolutionize your health.”

Dr. John Axford, MD was a Fulbright Scholar, completed immunology research at Tuft’s University, Boston. Upon finishing his stay in the US, he completed his research thesis in arthritic diseases and was awarded his MD in 1990 and his Specialist Accreditation in Rheumatology & Immunology in 1991. He’s been a member of the faculty at St. George’s Hospital Medical School, University of London, as Senior Lecturer in Rheumatology and as Consultant and Reader in Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology. He’s on the editorial boards of three medical journals and on numerous medical and health related committees. He is pastPresident of the Royal Society of Medicine, Section of Clinical Immunology & Allergy. He has authored or co-authored over fifty published peer-reviewed scientific papers and over one hundred published abstracts and letters. He serves a a Member of the Board of Directors of Mannatech, Inc., Coppel, Texas.

Dr. Robert Murray, MD, PhD, Chief Editor of Harper’s Biochemistry,

is very enthusiastic about how Mannatech applied the science of glycobiology. The 1996 edition of Harper’s Biochemistry first presented, in textbook form, the newly discovered importance of sugars for cell communication and proper cell function. John Axford and Robert Murray now actively participate on the editorial review board for the www.glycoscience. org site. This nutritional science web site is a peer reviewed scientific journal and archives thousands of articles and studies related to glyconutrients and cutting edge nutraceuticals. Based on the educational value presented through the glycoscience site, Mannatech was the only nutrition company in the world to be invited to the 8th Annual World Congress on the Internet in Medicine (MedNet) in Geneva, Switzerland. “Internet in Health for All” was the theme of the MedNet 2003 International Conference, which took place at the University of Geneva Hospital from December 4-7, 2003. The MedNetco conference brings together worldwide leaders in academia, medicine, government and industry who are dedicated to improving the health of the world through the Internet. GlycoScience.org was recognized by the HON Foundation (Health on the Net) as a Web site that adheres to the HON principles designed to make ethical, credible web-based health information available to the public. In addition the site has won two awards from the World Wide Web Health Awards, a program which recognizes the best health-related Web sites for consumers and professionals.

Dr. Benjamin Carson, Sr., one of the world’s leading neurosurgeons, especially renowned for his work in separating conjoined twins, says that glyconutrients helped save his life and should become a complementary component of our healthcare system. He recently shared his experience with glyconutrients as the keynote speaker at Mannatech's conference celebrating 10 years of breakthroughs in nutritional science. The following highlights the article “The Healing of a Healer” reported in Dallas Weekly in February 2004. Copies of the reprint of this article are available upon request. “In the summer of 2003 Dr. Carson was diagnosed with prostate cancer and despite three decades of saving the lives of others, he came face to face with the staggering possibility of his own death.” He was open to a complementary approach for dealing with the disease and began to listen to those around him who had experienced success with lifestyle changes, diet, and the use of dietary supplements. As part of that exploration he found Mannatech. He was surprised by Mannatech’s investment in sound scientific research. In the article Dr. Carson states, “I was impressed that they did not make any wild medical claims.” He found that the glyconutrients were designed to support normal physiology. “The science made sense to me, Dr. Carson said. God gave us (in plants) what we need to remain healthy. In today’s world our food chain is depleted of nutrients and our environment has helped to destroy what God gave us.” The article describes how he complemented the medical approach with glyconutrients. He felt that glyconutrients not only played a significant role in supporting his body in coping with the cancer, but it also made a significant difference in his rate of recovery from his elective surgery. He returned to work after only three weeks when six week was what had been predicted. The Dallas Weekly article also described the health challenge of another physician, Dr. Alex Omelchuk. “There were nights when Dr. Alex Omelchuk, a noted Canadian physician and scientist, wished that he were dead. The victim of a massive aneurysm in 1987, the pains in his head were so intense that there were times when he thought that his head was about to explode. Nightly, for nearly twelve years, he had to take hydrocodene to sleep comfortably.” Dr. Omelchuk had been very disabled for those twelve years. One day a concerned employee at the hospital said, “Dr. Omelchuk are you openminded?” That individual gave him information about glyconutrients. After doing research and deciding to use the glyconutrients, his recovery was relatively quick and his body started functioning normally in a matter of months. This made no sense to him, since the best of medicine had not provided him with this outcome. “Dr. Omelchuk believes that there is a direct relationship between the regeneration of his brain cells and the glyconutritionals that he used. Medical researchers told me after my stroke that I had lost thirty percent of my brain capacity, he said. I had myself tested after I had been taking the supplements and was told that all of my mental faculties were normal.” He has recorded an audio recording and DVD about his experience with glyconutrients and their significance for optimal health.

The Dallas Weekly concludes with information about Reg McDaniel, M.D. a former chief of staff at the Dallas-Forth Worth Medical Center. He is an

international lecturer on the molecular biology of how dietary supplements support optimal human health. Dr. McDaniel is thrilled with the advancement in research on glyconutrients. He has been a pioneer in glyconutritional research since the late 1980’s starting with Carrington Laboratory’s discovery of the glyconutrient compound in the aloe vera plant. In the Dallas Weekly article he is quoted as saying, “I have seen quality of life improvements in people with diabetes, HIV-AIDS, heart disease, asthma, autism, allergies, Downs syndrome and a number of other conditions. Many of these people saw little or no improvement through the use of their prescription drugs...I have been in medicine for more than 40 years and I have never been as optimistic as I am today that we will meet the needs of tens of millions of people who lead desperate lives due to chronic illnesses.” Currently, Dr. McDaniel serves as Medical Director of MannaRelief Ministries which provides glyconutrients to seriously ill children in the United States as well an outreach providing these nutrients to many orphanages around the world. Dr. McDaniel is also medical director of the Firsher Institute for Medical Research. __________________________________________________________________________ From the September/October 2002 issue of Nevada Woman, “Las Vegas physician Dr. Blaine Purcell places the discovery of glyonutritionals on the same elevated plane as penicillin and insulin. Dr. Michael Schlacter, who also practices in Las Vegas, calls it the most advanced scientific breakthrough in decades.” Both use it (glyconutrients) in tandem with allopathic (traditional) medicine. In the Las Vegas Magazine, July/August 2001 issue covering a critical care case of Dr. Schlacter, Dr. Schlacter comments that many in the medical community are closed to the benefits of glyconutrients because of their training in the “one disease-one drug cure” approach to health. Also, many physicians have little formal training in nutrition and are therefore unaware when innovations in nutrition are publicized or covered in scientific journals. Glyconutrients are natural food elements that support the body to regulate through providing the basis for cellular communication. Dr. Schlacter has taken a strong stand regarding glyconutrients after researching the field. “In 1997, I finally decided to offer these nutrients to my patients and noticed a remarkable benefit. Patients needed less interventions with traditional pharmaceuticals, and they were feeling significantly better, he says.” ___________________________________________________________________________

Emil Mondoa, M.D. is a practicing, board-certified pediatrician, co-author of Sugars That Heal and founder of the Glyconutrients Research Foundation. The book description of this guide to health published in 2001 by Dr. Mondoa and Mindy Kitei, highlights the significance of the eight essential sugars or saccharides that are “the basis of multicellular intelligence—the ability of cells to communicate, cohere, and work together to keep us healthy and balanced. Even tiny amounts of these sugars—or lack of them—have profound effects.”

Continuing education in Glycobiology and Nutraceuticals for health professionals provided by Proevity Continuing medical education is now available in the new field of glyconutrition With the emergence of research in glyconutrients, an organization called Proevity has emerged to fulfill the need for CME accreditation so that a wide spectrum of health professionals can acquire credible knowledge about glyconutrients. An example of their contribution was a conference held in Madison, Wisconsin on April 16 and 17, 2004 entitled Clinical Glycobiology and Healthcare Conference/The Science and Promising Future. The following is an overview of that conference, from Proevity’s website http:// www.proevity.com: “The intent of this program is to bring new information about Clinical Glycobiology, Obesity, Nutraceuticals and the Metabolic Syndrome to healthcare practitioners as well as to a much larger audience. This program is being developed in joint sponsorship with Baylor Health Systems, Illinois Nurses Association, Purdue University & Proevity Continuing Education Group. The presentations on the first day will document the science behind clinical glycobiology and will also show the promising future of this science, describing its current and potential clinical applications. Reg McDaniel, M.D., and Dan Fouts D.C. will present these lectures. The second day will be about Obesity and the Metabolic Syndrome. There will be three presenters this day: Gil Kaats, Ph.D., Stephen Boyd, M.D. and Ron Rosedale, M.D. These medical experts specializing in obesity, nutrition and nutraceuticals, antioxidants and the glycemic food concept. They will discuss the relationship of obesity and health, insulin metabolism and the significance of insulin levels in obesity and the metabolic syndrome.”