Pioneering Doctors in Glyconutrients

Dr. Martin Milner ND, Professor, National College of Naturopathic Medi-

cine and President, Center for Natural Medicine, Portland, Oregon recently admit-
ted 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 Ac-
creditation 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 Rheu-
matology 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 past-
President 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 impor-
tance 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 Confer-
ence, 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 open-
minded?” 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.
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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.”
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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.”