Background

Anna Sawkins and John Bremner have been working at the cutting edge of biomolecular research on health and nutrition for over eight years. They have helped tens of thousands of people get the optimum beneficial effect from the health products they take. Their research began with glyconutrients and their ability to prevent bacterial adhesion; they then incorporated natural antimicrobials into their research, and are focused on natural ways to prevent infection, without drugs.

During the course of their research it gradually became clear that an imbalance of gut bacteria was responsible for not only allowing many pathogens to get through in sufficient quantity to cause infection, but also inhibit the immune system’s function to the point where the pathogens could win the battle, with pathogens like MRSA or clostridium difficile, death can result.

The modern lifestyle and diet are enemies of the immune system. Our intestinal flora are destroyed by chlorine and fluoride in drinking water, antibiotics, alcohol, and sterile food which, incidentally, we are eating for the first time in the history of our species. The point is that although bacteria are our enemies, they are also our best friends.

Apart from releasing enzymes and proteins that allow us to absorb glyconutrients like mannose, xylose, and ribose, that are so important to our health, friendly bacteria help to process our waste matter, and keep down viruses, parasites, pathogenic bacteria, and fungal spores. They are the secret power behind our immune system.

We thus have a symbiotic relationship with the friendly bacteria that populate a healthy gut, and when these bacteria get out of balance, pathogens take over, our immune system is compromised, and we become prone to infection and diseases like irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, ME, and CFS, to name only a few. We are also far more likely to become obese, develop some form of cancer, develop an autoimmune disease, get brittle bone disease, or have a high cholesterol count and furred up arteries.