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How To Choose a Glyconutrient Supplement
This article provides three easy tips for selecting a quality glyconutrient supplement to make sure you always get the best value for your money. These principals apply to any quality nutritional supplements you may be buying as well. 1. Buy a natural glyconutrient source. There are numerous studies showing that nutrients derived from food are more effectievly absorbed by the body that chemically synthesized nutrients. Naturally derived nutrients also have other components of nutrition wh 2. Buy a natural glyconutrient supplement. The point of supplementation is to supplement the nutrients missing from your food. To best do this, you should be using a glyconutrients supplement that is derived from food and not chemically synthesized and isolated. There are numerous studies showing that nutrients derived from food are more effectively absorbed by the body that chemically synthesized nutrients. Naturally derived glyconutrients also have other components of nutrition which work along with your glyconutrient, just as if you were eating the food itself. You will not find this in chemically isolated supplements. 3. Buy a standardized glyconutrient supplement. Why should you spend your money on a supplement from a company that does not provide quality assurances and testing to prove that the nutrients you are paying for are the same in every pill, tablet or scoop, in every bottle and from every lot? Purchase glyconutrient supplements which are stabilized and produced with quality control practices to ensure that you are always getting what you are paying for. 4. Buy Direct. Glyconutrient supplements that have been sitting on the shelf may not be as fresh as ones sent directly to you from the manufacturer. Some nutrients are affected by heat and age. When you buy supplements from a store, do you know that bottle wasn't sitting beside a heat source in the back? How long has it been sitting there? Purcahse your glyconutrient supplement from a company that ships to you directly. Glyconutrients are an important nutrient, which is why so many people today are seeking them out. MIT called the science behind glyconutrients one of the ten emerging discoveries that will change the world over the next ten years and even created its own research group to study this new science. For you, the science is simple. You open your mouth and swallow. Just make sure you are getting a quality supplement from a company that leads the field in glyconutrient supplement research. Mannatech has Patents on their Ambrotose Complex of glyconutrients in over 20 countries, all of their nutritional products are derived from natural food sources and all products are shipped to you fresh from their quality-monitored labs in Texas. Dave Saunders is a nutritional educator, wellness coach and author. He is certified with the ANA and is a member of the American International Association of Nutritional Education (AIANE) Dave Saunders hosts a weekly, nation-wide telephone lecture on glyconutrients and other nutrition, health and wellness products. The glyconutrient supplement mentioned is Ambrotose. His educational website is found at http://www.glycoboy.com
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