NOW - D-Mannose

Product Notes and Ingredients:

A healthy digestive tract is imperative for optimal health, especially the urinary system, as this is the manner by which toxins and waste products are removed from the body. D-Mannose is a simple sugar that is naturally found in fruits such as cranberries, pineapples, and blueberries; however, D-Mannose powder is a more concentrated form of this sugar which has more therapeutic effects in the body.

Unlike other simple sugars, D-Mannose is not converted into glycogen (the main storage form of glucose, or sugar, in the body) and stored in the liver; the majority of it is excreted in the urine. Research indicates that D-Mannose may help support normal urinary health by maintaining a healthy environment for the mucosal surfaces. This action supports efficient binding and flushing of bacteria, which is commonly the culprit for urinary tract infections (UTIs) and bladder infections.

And are you protected against lectin-laden fimbria, to help reduce the risk of recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs)? Never heard of them? Fimbria are tiny hair-like appendages of foreign particles passing through the urinary tract. Using glue-like glycoproteins called lectins, the fimbria of these particles bind the particles to the walls of the urinary tract, which can lead to detrimental effects such as infection.

D-Mannose is nature's response to problematic foreign particles like lectin-laden fimbria. When present in the urinary tract, D-Mannose binds to the lectins on the fimbria, thus saturating their binding-capacities and keeping them from bonding with urinary tract walls. These D-Mannose-bound particles are then flushed out of the system through urine, leaving the urinary tract healthy and clean.

You can choose here between pure D-Mannose powder, or get that in convenient vegetable capsules combined with whole cranberry extract to provide all the important phytonutrients that help prevent recurrent UTIs.

Eager to try it? NOW's D-Mannose powder (Health Canada Natural Product Number 80071085) is an excellent choice. It provides 2 g (2,000 mg) of D-Mannose per level teaspoon.

Guaranteed to exceed 99% purity, this vegetarian/vegan product is mildly sweet, with a slightly bitter aftertaste, and is easy to take as a supplement either dissolved in water, unsweetened cranberry juice, or other juices.

It is not manufactured with yeast, wheat, gluten, soy, milk, egg, fish, shellfish or tree nut ingredients, but produced in a GMP facility that processes other ingredients containing these allergens.

There is also now a 100% Pure and Organic version of the D-Mannose powder available, as well.

For the Mannose Cranberry Capsules (Health Canada Natural Product Number 80049216), each veg. capsule contains:

450 mg D-Mannose Powder
250 mg Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon) (Fruit)

Non-medicinal ingredients: Veg. capsule (hypromellose, water), Silica, Magnesium Stearate (vegetable source).