Fibromyalgia Can Be Conquered

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Fibromyalgia Can Be Conquered

Fibromyalgia is characterized by chronic muscle and tissue tenderness typically affecting certain trigger points. One theory is that this may be due to impaired muscle cell repair and regeneration.

One of the necessary glyconutrients, mannose, functions to promote wound healing and tissue repair. Also, glycoconjugate sugar residues form an essential part of the cellular receptors to which many hormones bind in order to produce their biological effects.

Another possible cause of Fibromyalgia is an imbalance of neurotransmitters. Glyconutrients greatly impact the way brain chemicals are produced and used. In fact, tests have found that when necessary sugars are taken away from certain brain chemicals, their uptake by surrounding cells is decreased.

Fibromyalgia may also be linked to a hidden virus - a fact that may signal weakened immune function. If so, the fact that glyconutrients have demonstrated impressive anti-viral action would explain their benefit.

In a study published in the January 1998 issue of Integrative Physiological and Behavioral Science, a group of test subjects with fibromyalgia who consumed a nutritional supplement containing glyconutrients and other natural compounds reported significant improvement in their symptoms.

Considerable scientific evidence also suggests that FM is related to immune system dysfunction, based on measurements of various immune markers in patients with the disorder. Although this does not imply causality, it supports the hypothesis that the immune system is a pathogenetic mechanism for Fibromyalgia.

Since one of the most important biological activities of glyconutrients is immune system modulation, any role that the immune system might play in Fibromyalgia would logically be influenced by these particular nutritional elements. In this regard, mannose stimulates the migration of macrophages, immune system cells that orchestrate the release of various bioactive substances that modulate the immune response and tissue inflammation. Acemannan, an acetylated mannose polysaccharide, also enhances killing of Candida albicans by macrophages.

A host of other immune-modulating effects are part of the activities of glycoconjugate sugars. For example, mannose-containing glycopeptides can also directly inhibit antigen-driven T-cell responses. Galactose-containing glycoproteins induce prostaglandin synthesis and directly stimulate IL-1, which are involved in regulating mammalian inflammatory responses.

In a number of cases, FM is accompanied by sometimes severe arthritis. This condition is clearly one of miscommunication between the immune system and cells of the joints, which glyconutrients play a vital role in.

Regardless of the precise mechanism(s) of pathogenesis for Fibromyalgia, it should be clear from this review that the immune (eg. cytokines, lymphocytes, virus infection), endocrine (eg. hormones), nervous (eg. neurotransmitters, sleep pathways, psychological stress) and muscular (eg. tender points, cardiovascular deconditioning) systems of the body are all intimately involved in Fibromyalgia. It should also be apparent that the necessary glyconutrients all play important roles in maintaining the health and normal functioning of these systems.

Are Glyconutrients Just Another "Fad" Supplement?

Four Nobel Prizes in Medicine have been awarded for the discovery that Glyconutrients are responsible for cell-to-cell communication. There is no other supplement technology that has won the TOP award Science has to offer. Nobel Prizes.

The textbook used by all top Medical Schools in the U.S. was rewritten in 1996 to include an entire chapter on the EXTREME importance of glyconutrients... and names all the ingredients in Ambrotose. The author of this chapter, Dr. Robert Murray, was so impressed with Mannatech's technology, he is now on our Speaker's Bureau, travelling around the country educating other Doctors. Harper's Biochemistry.

One of the top 10 MD's in the U.S (named by Time Magazine and CNN)., Dr. Ben Carson, chief of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins, is the 1st Doctor to successfully separate siamese twins.

Dr. Carson developed an aggressive case of prostate cancer a year ago. He did the research on Glyconutrients, was shocked at the amount of Science behind these products and started taking them.

Almost immediately Dr. Carson saw an abatement in his condition (before any conventional medical treatment).

Today, Dr. Carson travels around the U.S. saying that "glyconutrients helped save his life and should become a complementary component of our healthcare system". The Healing of a Healer.

Please... if someone you care about is suffering from Fibromyalgia or another chronic health condition, let them know there is REAL hope, that hundreds of others with their condition have benefitted dramatically through glyconutrient supplementation.