The body is just mind-bogglingly amazing. I mean, when you think of all the complicated bio-physiological things it does by itself without your help

So whats up with all of that when you get sick? Why is it healthy one day and sick the next? Is your body trying to tell you its low on pharmaceutical drugs? Or it is saying, Look what happens, when youre feeding me nothing but junk food.

In my opinion, if a person incorporates a certain amount of a new type of supplement called glyconutrients into their diet, they can still eat junk food - well, every now and then - and still be healthier than most people.

Let me backtrack a little. You may not know it, but theres a very fast growing, new area of science called glycobiology. The glyco part of the name means sweet. In a nutshell, glycobiology has to do with how cells communicate with each other. Scientists have uncovered 8 highly specific sugar molecules or saccharides that are vital for correct, disease-free functioning of your cells.

Now, this is very cutting edge stuff, and most doctors in the U.S. dont have any idea its even on the horizon. So right now, you probably know more about glyconutrition than your doctor does.

Anyway, the thing to remember about glyconutrition is that it allows for crystal clear cell-to-cell communication and this is the most vital, important function of glyconutrients.

Lets look for a sec at the implications of the word communication. For humans, communication is the act of transmitting verbal and non-verbal information and understanding between two people. Simple enough. And what happens when theres a communication breakdown? Well, feelings are hurt, things dont get done right, important things get over-looked, emotions flare, fights erupt, and sometimes people get killed.

Thats how bad it can get when lines of communication get messed up between people and the important thing here is its basically the same thing with cells.

See, cells have ways they communicate with each other and when that system breaks down, important messages dont get communicated, wrong message DO get communicated, and a lot of innocent cells get caught in the crossfire.

No one knew very much about any of this until 1999 when the scientist, Gnter Blobel, won the Nobel Prize for discovering how all cells use protein molecules to communicate with other cells. Then, another important discovery was made: these sugar molecules weve been talking about play a very active role in this communication process between cells.

The bottom line is that science is now starting to recognize how important these little sugars or monosaccharides are for crystal clear cell-to-cell communication. So if you know that your body isnt producing enough of these sugars because of your diet, and stress and pollution, it might make sense to start considering how to boost the amount of these sugars in your diet with glyconutrition supplements.