When heart does not function normally as it should be, then we have a heart disease. Heart diseases occur most commonly because of a choked artery or a blocked valve or for that matter even blood pressure. A heart disease is sometimes called CHF or congestive heart failure, MI or myocardial insufficiency or cardiac insufficiency. The symptoms of heart disease are edema, liver enlargement, swollen neck veins short breaths, pulmonary rales etc.
What are glyconutrients?
Glyconutrients are carbohydrates that contain sugar. Glyco in Greek means sugar and just about any nutrient attached to sugar is a glyconutrient. For example glycoprotein is a glyconutrient that has sugar and protein. Glyconutrients are found adhereing to cell surfaces in our bodies as microscopic molecules of fats and proteins. These glyconutrients are essential for cell to cell communication.
Glycoforms (a form of sugar) helps keep body’s hormonal balance, encourage blood clots, motivate white blood cells in their disease fights and most of all creates a communication network between cells.
How does glyconutrients help heart disease?
As of now glyconutrients are rated as essential nutrients and till now the focus was on proteins. Glyconutrients are recently being hailed as sweet of health or law of life. And as we are all aware of the importance of balanced diet, glyconutrients are becoming a part of our nutrition.
Many have expressed hope that glycopnutrients have the potential of unraveling the secrets to heart disease and its prevention. This is being projected as the next generation invention and an all encompassing answer to diseases of heart.
Do glyconutrients hold any future?
Like amino acids, glyconutrients have some of the vital information coded in them. This mysterious information when disclosed, may unleash a lot of truth about metabolisms, growth mechanisms and most importantly about diseases. Already there are talks of glyconutrients reversing heart disease or at least having some kind of connection to it.
Scientists are excited about the possibility of all these but are treading a cautious step. There is still a long way to go and the learning has just begun to understand the ‘sweet language of life’.