D-Mannose - An Essential Sugar Promoting Urinary Tract Health
D-Mannose is a natural sugar; often termed a glyconutrient, that has been found to have properties for improving urinary tract health by reducing E.Coli type bacterial bladder infections.
It is not an Anti-Biotic and Does Not Kill Bacteria that cause urinary tract infections. It is one of the simplest sugars or saccharides nature supplies and chemically identical to Glucose.
D-Mannose offers a simple drug-free alternative to controlling E.Coli bacteria living in the bladder and urinary tract
How does D-Mannose control bacterial bladder infections if it does not kill bladder and urinary tract bacteria?
- Antibiotics kill bacteria
- Bactericides kill bacteria
- Anti-Bacterial Products kill bacteria or prevent bacteria from growing
- D-Mannose removes bacteria unharmed
How D-Mannose Controls Bacteria
To understand how D-Mannose; such a simple harmless natural product; can be effective at bacteria removal we need to take a short detour to understand a little of its chemistry and structure compared to its nearest well-known equivalent: Glucose
What is Mannose?
Mannose, like glucose is a very simple sugar made from only 6 Carbon atoms (C), 12 Hydrogen atoms (H) and 6 Oxygen atoms (O).
Mannose has the same chemical formula as Glucose: C6H12O6. While Glucose is broken down and used as a major energy source within your body. The simple sugar D-Mannose remains virtually untouched and most is excreted from your body within hours of being consumed.
Why does Mannose pass into our Urine while Glucose is retained and used for Energy?
Mannose molecules differ from Glucose molecules in the way the atoms are arranged in 3-dimensions (isomers).
Mannose and Glucose both exist in forms that are mirror images of one another.
The mirror images are called stereoisomers and are identified as either D-Glucose or L-Glucose and D-Mannose or L-Mannose.
D-Glucose (Dextrose) is the most abundant form and used for energy while L-Glucose is not metabolised or used by our body.
D-Mannose is the form that interacts best with bacteria yet is not easily absorbed by our body.
D-Mannose - Choosing the right shape to eliminate harmful bacteria
Just as a left handed glove only fits your left hand correctly so molecules may only interact properly if they have the right 3-dimensional structure.
Trying to use the wrong stereo-isomer is like trying to fit a square peg in a round hole.
Nature supplies D-Mannose with just the right chemical structure and shape to perform a variety of important biological functions that help isolate and eliminate harmful bacteria from your urinary tract.
D-Mannose - E.coli Infection Elimination
D-mannose has a unique structure that allows it to be excreted into our urine within a few hours of being consumed. It is unchanged and simply passes into the urine in fairly high concentrations. D-mannose is then available in a high enough concentration to interact with E.coli bacteria
How D-Mannose Eliminates Escherichia coli Bacteria causing Urinary Tract Infections (UTIs)
Each Escherichia coli (E.coli) bacterium has unique surface projections of lectins (combination of amino-acid and glyco-sugar groups) that allow it to stick to the Urinary Tract Wall like velcro! Amazingly, D-mannose has the ability to coat these projections. The E.coli, unable to stick to the Bladder and Tract Wall roll out of the body in the urine.
Natural D-Mannose
Just as Glucose and Fructose are considered natural sugars; so D-Mannose can be found in a variety of fruits and plants:-
- peaches
- apples
- oranges
- cranberries
- blueberries
Most natural D-mannose sources do not contain sufficient concentrations of D-Mannose to effectively control bacterial infections or you would consume too much fruit sugar and risk rapid bacterial and fungal growth caused by the increased availability of fruit sugars as food. Pure Natural D-Mannose is obtained from beech wood (Fagus grandifolia) and birch wood (Betula pendula) in order to supply a pure form free of the excessive fruit sugars.
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