Marianne Gutierrez: Health Practitioner: Food Sources of Glyconutrients, nature's little healers

Food Sources of Glyconutrients, nature's little healers · 10 August 2005

Dietary Sources of Mannose
Dietary Sources of Xylose
Dietary Sources of Glucose
Dietary Sources of Galactose
Dietary Sources of Fucose
Dietary Sources of N-acetylneuraminic acid
Dietary Sources of N-acetylglucosamine
Dietary Sources of N-acetyl-galactosamine
Dietary Sources of Arabinogalactan

Thank you to the person for pointing these nutrients out to me. I was interested because where I worked one of the practitioners was always going on about glyconutrients but they were so expensive! I would see some of his patients for Remedial Massage and some would rate them highly and others not at all (they volunteered the information, I didn’t ask).

I wanted to know exactly what they were and in which food sources they were found so please see below a conclusive list of the food sources.
I must assume, although I have not asked, that the capsule or powder form of glyconutrients may contain foods that one may be allergic to. I for instance cannot eat mushrooms or soya and these two foods contains one or two of the eight essential glyconutrients.

The website link below encourages you to make your own glyconutrients so it makes interesting reading and isn’t too arduous to read. Well, skip to the bit that lists the foods.

From personal experience of high supplement taking, I found that they drained me as my body was too tired to assimulate the huge input of nutrients and the particular supplement regime I was on made me feel very ill. Also if they contained the tiniest amount of a food I was intolerant to, I would be ill.

My opinion therefore is that they sound great but to take them in small doses and get a brand that doesn’t contain any of the individual’s personal food intolerances. Or eat a breakfast of berries, sunflower seeds and honey. Yummy!!

For years people have been talking about eating ‘live’ foods and I think that this is really what glyconutrients are, only someone thought to harness this aspect and make a business of it!

Interestingly the foods I love at the moment are rich in the glyconutrients. Raspberries (can’t eat grapes although they are good) and tomatoes. I also want to eat fresh sun ripened food and I love honey! And today I was wondering why I was feeling better! Coincedence? Is this why everyone is going mad making their own fruit smoothies?

From the website: Healing Cancer Naturally

NATURAL FOOD SOURCES OF GLYCONUTRIENTS

Introduction by Healing Cancer Naturally: Dr. David Bird MbChB, Dip Clinical Nutrition, FACNEM, an Australian MD, has taken the time and effort to prepare an extensive information sheet on how to make a complete home-made glyconutrient powder or jam as an ersatz, substitute for or alternative to the rather expensive MLM glyconutrient products marketed as “Ambrotose” etc. The information provided also includes the following list of foods containing glyconutrients (list further expanded by Healing Cancer Naturally). Many thanks for this great service to Dr. Bird whose contact & website information can be found here.
Additional note: According to other sources, glyconutrients are only found in vine-ripened produce such as fruits and vegetables grown and harvested in one’s own garden or freshly purchased from farmers’ markets. In addition, overall nutrient content decreases with processing and storage. In other words, for maximum glyconutrient intake it is advisable to consume fully ripened fresh fruit and vegetables which are minimally processed.

The following is given due the paucity of information that seems to be currently available. It comes mainly from the Hyperhealth CD ROM, In-Tele-Health © 2003 and is for personal and educational purposes only. I highly recommend the purchase of the Hyperhealth CD ROM that is available as follows:
Australia: Hyperhealth, 20 Napier Street, Fitzroy, VIC 3065
Email: healthy at netspace.net.au, Phone: (03) 9417-2567, Fax: (03) 9417-2567
USA: Hyperhealth, P.O. Box 37, Hansville, WA 98340
Email: info at hyperhealth.com, Phone: (360) 638-2898, Fax: (360) 638-2898

1. Dietary Sources of Mannose

Fruit: Blackcurrants, Currants – Red, Gooseberries, Cranberries (D-mannose)

Herbs: Aloe Vera

Legumes: Soybeans

Vegetables: Beans – Green, Capsicum, Cabbage, Eggplant, Tomatoes, Turnip

2. Dietary Sources of Xylose

Fruit: Guava, Pears, Blackberries, Loganberries, Raspberries

Herbs: Aloe Vera, Echinacea, Boswellia

Seeds: Psyllium Seeds

Vegetables: Broccoli, Spinach, Eggplant, Peas, Beans – Green, Okra, Cabbage, Corn

3. Dietary Sources of Glucose (mg of Glucose per 100 grams)

Bee Foods: Honey 33,900

Fruits: Grapes 7,300, Banana 7,000, Mangoes/Cherries 6,600, Strawberries 2,000

Herbs: Cocoa, Aloe Vera, Licorice, Sarsaparilla, Hawthorn, Garlic, Echinacea

4. Dietary Sources of Galactose (mg of Substance per 100 grams)

Fruit: Apples 800, Apricot 600, Banana 200, Blackberries 1,000, Cherries 400, Cranberries 1,200, Currants 800, Dates 800, Grapes 300, Kiwi Fruit 700, Mango 1,700, Orange 1,600, Nectarine 1,100, Peach 1,300, Pear 600, Pineapple 700, Plums 2,600, Prunes 1,600, Raspberries 900, Rhubarb 1,500, Strawberries 500, Passionfruit 300

Herbs: Echinacea, Boswellia

Nuts: Chestnuts 2,700

Vegetables: Broccoli 2,700, Brussels Sprouts 4,100, Avocado, Cabbage 4,400, Carrot 3,400, Cauliflower 3,200, Celery 2,700, Cucumber 1,600, Potato 1,800, Eggplant 3,500, Tomatoes 1,600, Leeks 6,600, Asparagus 2,800, Lettuce 2,000, Beans – Green 4,100, Mushrooms 1,100, Beetroot 1,100, Onions 4,500, Parsnip 2,200, Peas – Green 800, Pumpkin 2,400, Spinach 1,400

5. Dietary Sources of Fucose

Fucoidan containing plants including several species of seaweed such as Kelp and Wakame.

Beer yeast.

6. Dietary Sources of N-acetylneuraminic acid or sialic acid

Whey protein isolate.

Hens egg.

7. Dietary Sources of N-acetylglucosamine

Bovine cartilage, Shark cartilage, Shiitake Mushroom (as a constituent of chitin).

8. Dietary Sources of N-acetyl-galactosamine

Bovine cartilage

Shark cartilage

A red algae called Dumontiaceae (as a constituent of dextran sulphate)

9. Dietary Sources of Arabinogalactan

Fruits: Coconut

Vegetables: Tomatoes, carrots, corn

Herbs: Echinacea

According to the booklet “The Miracle Sugars”, “many of the plants around the world that have a high glyconutrient content are known as ‘healing plants’. Glyconutrients are found in aloe vera, astragalus, saps, gums, garluc, certain mushrooms, yeasts, husks, breast milk, coconut meat, echinacea, maize, pectins from fruits, some algae, certain herbs.
Aloe vera … contains mannose, galactose and arabinose. The leaves of this plant are extremely rich in polysaccharides (long-chain sugars) that give aloe its healing and anti-infection properties when used both externally and internally. Its mannose content is what makes aloe a superior immune booster.”

See this website: Healing Cancer Naturally

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