Glyconutrient Reference Guide

What are Essential Sugars?

What are Essential Sugars?

Essential sugars are much more than just energy sources for the body. Research has shown that essential sugars encourage proper cell communication and interaction essential to good health. Essential sugars are gaining increased popularity and can be found in a variety of natural sources.

Essential sugars or “good sugars” are Glyconutrients which are commonly referred to as Biological Sugars, Monosaccharide, Saccarharide, Necessary Sugars, Necessary Carbohydrates, Nutritional Carbohydrates and, of course, Glyconutrients. These essential sugars attach themselves to the cell surface, maintaining healthy cell to cell interaction giving the body the ability to maintain and heal itself. 

The body is of miraculous design. When our bodies are given the right nutrition it has the ability to maintain health and to repair itself.

The eight sugars listed above, classified as essential sugars, fall under the auspice of Glyconutrients, which are part of an even larger system of nutrients known as Nutraceuticals, which food-based substances that have a pharmacological effect on the body.