Making my own glyconutrients -

After six months of making my own glyconutrients, based on M****tech’s formula as contained in its patent application, I thought that it was time to report some of my findings. First, in an effort to be objective as I can, let me start with a mistake that I made when starting to mix my own formula. Before I get to that part, however, let me explain what products I used to produce my own formula. When I first began the process, I used the following ingredients: Arabinogalactan (larch tree extract), Manapol Immune Enhancing Powder, Gum Ghatti, Gum Tragacanth, Glucosamine HCL (vegetarian) and Corn Starch/Rice Starch (I began with corn starch then switched over to rice starch). The products were all stabilized and from reputable manufacturers. Indeed, two of the manufactures, Carrington Labs (Manapol) and AEP Colloids (Gums Tragacanth and Ghatti), are the same companies mentioned in M****tech’s patent application. One manufacture, Larex (Arabinogalactan), is the only producer of larch tree extract so there is little doubt that M****tech’s arabinogalactan is supplied by this manufacturer. The other two manufacturers, Cargill (Glucosamine HCL) and A&B Ingredients (Rice Starch) are probably used by M****tech as well although I have no formal evidence of this (Cargill appears to be the only manufacturer of vegetarian based glucosamine HCL and A&B ingredients was the only source of rice starch that I could find on the internet). As I said earlier, however, all of these companies are reputable companies that have a history of making excellent products.

Now, onto my mistake. A*****ose is sold in 100 gram containers. According to M****tech’s patent application, the glyco-1 formula consists of 48% arabinogalactan, 12% rice starch, 10% manapol extract, 10% glucosamine HCL, 10% Gum Tragacanth and 10% Gum Ghatti. Thus, a 100 gram container would require 48 grams of arabinogalactan, etc. Carrington Labs makes several products incorporating manapol, which is the inner leaf gel extract of the aloe vera plant. It is a freeze dried, stabalized, powder. Manapol immune enhancing powder is one of these products and comes in capsule form or bulk powder (64g). The bulk powder costs approximately 20-30 dollars per container but only contains approximately 5 grams of pure manapol extract with the remaining powder consisting of maltrose dextrin ( a filler). The cost for the pure manapol extract without the filler is $1600 per kilogram (2.2 pounds). Apparently, M****tech incorporates 10 grams of pure manapol extract in A*****ose and not the Manapol immune enhancing powder. There is no evidence from the label that M****tech cuts the manapol extract in any way. When preparing my own glyconutrients, I was using 10 grams of the enhancing powder. Thus, my formula lacked tremendously in the manapol department. In fact, it would take two full containers of the enhancing powder to acquire the level of manapol contained in a single container of A*****ose.

Having admitted my mistake, let me shed some thoughts on how I, and my family, have faired taking my own formula without the full amount of the manapol. Some background about myself is probably in order before I proceed. I suffer from an autoimmune disease, Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, or, in other words, hypothyroidism. I was diagnosed about four years ago. I took the A*****ose for approximately a year before I started making it myself. During the time that I took the A*****ose, my health improved significantly. I wasn’t getting sick as much, and in fact I haven’t been sick with even a cold (knock wood) in more than a year. My homocysteine level, a marker for heart disease, was at an astronomical 47 even with taking medication. After three months on the A*****ose it became completely normal (I know this because I stopped taking the medication and solely relied on the A*****ose). My blood work, which was all over the map generally, all became normalized within six month after taking A*****ose. I felt better, had more energy, and my thyroid medication was reduced quite significantly as a result of taking A*****ose. How has my health faired over the last six months when I changed over to my homemade version? Absolutely no change! I still feel great, my recent blood work all came back normal, and my homocysteine level is still normal! What does this suggest to me? Well, for one thing, I suspect that the arabinogalactan plays a big part in the formula and maybe the manapol doesn’t play as much of a role. I can’t be sure, but all I know is that it is working and I am happy. By the way, I now have my whole family taking it (because of the lower cost) and they are very healthy as well. My kids (quite young) haven’t been sick at all for the past six months.

A couple of other thoughts about the formula. First, I think I understand why M****tech chooses rice starch as compared to corn starch which is referenced in the patent application as an alternative. The rice starch appears to help in the mixing process. It appears to me that the other powders mix better with the rice starch than with the corn starch. It’s not that it makes that much difference since both are only fillers, but it appears to mix better with the rice starch. Second, I will probably start to double or even triple the amount of manapol immune enhancing formula to get the pure manapol powder rate higher. Perhaps it is not necessary, but for the extra five to ten dollars a container, it's probably worth it. Third, if you really wanted to use the same amount of manapol that M****tech uses, you could purchase the raw material (makes about 100 containers) but it would be a big up-front expense. I estimate that the cost per container for the combination of ingredients with the full amount of the manapol would run about thirty dollars to thirty-five dollars a container rather than twenty to twenty-five dollars a container. Still a lot cheaper than a hundred to a hundred and twenty-five dollars a container.

That’s it for now. I’d be happy to answer any questions via e-mail or through the forum.