lefty asked:


Has anyone had any experience with these products? Originally, I thought it was just an elaborate sales scheme. Now I am not so sure. I would like feedback both positive and negative.
Thanks

Zach Thompson asked:


‘Sugar’ might as well be a four-letter word the way science and pseudo-science has demonized it over the years. The nemesis of dieters everywhere, sugar has become the scapegoat for obesity as well as a number of other diseases and conditions. People have been told by nutritionists that carbohydrates are bad, sugar is bad, and now there seems to be a Diet version of practically everything on the market. But is sugar really as evil as everyone thinks it is?

A scientific field called glycoscience and/or glycobiology disagrees with much of the popular opinion about sugar, and not just regarding weight loss. There is an ever-increasing amount of research that suggests certain types of sugars can have an enormous benefit to our health, including boosting human immune response, to inhibiting cancerous tumor growth.

‘Glyco’ is derived from the Greek word ’sweet’ and refers to monosaccharides or sugars. For decades, Scientists have known about the link between sugars, carbohydrates and their effect in boosting energy. It’s no secret that carbs and sugars are our main source of fuel, and help us perform our everyday tasks, as well as provide the oomph we need to hit the ol’ stairclimber. But especially since the popularity of the Atkins diet which demonizes carbs and sugars, many people have been missing out on the benefits of the sweet stuff.

Glycoscience is amassing more and more evidence that the role of carbs is crucial to maintaining the healthy function of the body. Most people are familiar with the term ‘glucose’ but there are over 200 monosaccharides found in plants and, of those, less than ten are used by the body to maintain a healthy equilibrium. Some other sugars are: mannose, galactose, xylose, fucose, N-acetylglucosamine, N-acetylgalactosamine, and sialic acid (N-acetylneuraminic acid or NANA).

Recent scientific evidence is showing that these sugars and carbs help us on a cellular level. They allow our cells to better interact with each other, thus making every basic bodily function more efficient and effective. This cellular response from carbs flies in the face of the fad low-carb diets that are finally beginning to wan. What was formerly a no-carb or low-carb mentality really should be a “right-carb” mentality. With the right carbs and sugars, the human body becomes a well-oiled machine that can live longer, and more importantly live better than ever before.

Human beings, from a purely biological standpoint, have not really changed in thousands of years. We are still basically the same beings that survived on mainly plants for millennia. And yet the food we eat today is a far cry from the food we ate thousands of years ago or even as much as 50 years ago. Genetic engineering, growth hormones, and preservatives are now an integral part of almost everything we eat. Especially with fast food, and enormous portion of the population eats foods that are virtually bereft of nutrients. Empty calories are on the diets of millions of people every single day.

Now although most people would agree with that statement, most of them would heartily disagree that sugar and carbs are the answer to many of the health questions plaguing our modern society. Well surprise everybody…sugar might be the way to go. Again though, they have to be the right sugars; the monosaccharides found in plants, not the table sugar you find in your local grocery store.

So the question remains, where do we get these beneficial sugars? Simple. The company is called Mannatech. Publicly traded on the NASDAQ, Mannatech’s main product is something called Ambrotose, and most recently, Advanced Ambrotose. This product has been heralded by many in the scientific community as the next big thing in the multi-billion dollar supplement industry.

When you see how many diseases are preventable simply by an alteration in diet and taking proper supplements, it’s heartbreaking to see the thousands that are unaware of the damage they are doing to themselves by rigorously maintaining their strict low-carb regimes. People hear this…CARBS ARE GOOD…as long as they are the right carbs and sugars. This point has to be made again and again until people start listening and taking charge if their own well-being.

Note: Glyconutrients are not intended to heal, treat, or cure any disease.

stew1215 asked:


My question before about mannatech and isagenix was closed to new answers. I have checked out both web sites and I have NO naturopathic doctor around the closest I have is my chiropractor and he follows the blood type diet which my blood type is B+ and it says no aloe which is the main ingredient in mannatech. I have acid reflux along with other digestive problems which I’m pretty sure is from stress. All the “doctors” want to do is put me on Nexium, prevacid etc. I somewhat agree with the blood type diet but I know people of certain blood types that eat “forbidden food” and they are fine so there are so many “diets” and ways to eat that it gets confusing. I have talked with some ladies at a natural store and they’ve heard of mannatech and how good it is but every body is different how do we know what works best for us as individuals?

life_rocks asked:


Someone I know just told me about it and I am researching it. Any experience or help? thanks - the last question about mannatech was 6 months ago, I am looking for something more recent.

Andrew Wanschura asked:


If you’re a distributor involved with Mannatech, I can almost guarantee you that you’ve heard this blatantly false lie at one of your trainings “Everyone is your prospect!” Or maybe it sounded something like this. “Everyone wants this, they just don’t know it yet!”

This horrendous lie has some distributors talking to everyone within a two-foot radius of them about their awesome business opportunity. Whether it’s a college student waiting tables at Red Lobster or if it’s a middle-aged cashier working the register at your supermarket, they all want in on your business! Listen to that nonsense! And to think this blasphemy is passed off as an effective prospecting and recruiting technique by mlm companies to their distributors.

People wonder why the network marketing industry has such a bad reputation. I can’t imagine why. Maybe it’s because these cave man methods of recruiting have placed Mannatech distributors on the same level as that one college student outside your gas station peddling “wholesale designer fragrances.” It’s hard to take him seriously when he’s offering you a 1-liter bottle of “Kenneth Cole’s Black” for only 15 bucks. The same can be said for network marketers who try to recruit anything that moves and breathes into their down-lines.

Let me give it to you straight up. In network marketing, everyone isn’t your prospect. This idea might be hard to chew on, but it’s true. Everyone doesn’t have what it takes to run their own business and be an entrepreneur, and some people just don’t want to! Some people really enjoy waking up and going to Blockbuster Video for another eight hour shift, and some people have all the money that they’ll ever need. Whatever the reason might be, you shouldn’t spend your time and energy trying to convince anyone to become involved with your business. Because no one is worth your time until they’ve shown an interest in what you’re offering.

I’d be willing to bet that you’ve all targeted that “perfect mlm prospect.” That special someone who upon joining your Mannatech business will explode your downline. This person just got layed off, has ridiculous social skills, knows all the right people and would be an absolutely perfect fit. Sure, you could potentially approach this person, but he’s not worth spending any quality time on until he’s seeking a solution to his problem.

If you decide to approach your prospect this way, it shows them that you’re the type of businessperson who isn’t professional or successful enough to invest in some respectable marketing methods. You’re advertising yourself and your business in a very amateur way. Again, this gets into the whole issue of all the negativity surrounding the industry, and why distributors aren’t taken seriously by their prospects.

It comes down to this one simple principle. You can’t pursue prospects, and relentlessly pitch them about your Mannatech business opportunity. It just won’t work, because this method screams desperation! Your prospects will view you as an unprofessional nuisance. In mlm this isn’t a good image to have. Who finds who first is very important. When your prospect finds you and seeks your professional opinion, you’re viewed as the expert. Positioning yourself this way is definitely one of the keys to successful recruiting.

It just doesn’t make any sense to headhunt and force-feed prospects who aren’t the least bit interested in your business. (Crazy as that may sound) There are lots of people in the world that want to start their own business, and the people you should be spending your time with are the ones who go out of their way looking for a way to do this.