February 2007

Mannatech recognized for GI research

Global wellness provider Mannatech, Incorporated (NASDAQ:MTEX), has received a first-place award for research indicating bacteria from the human digestive tract can break down complex carbohydrates in the company’s glyconutritional supplements.

Home to nearly two-thirds of the body’s immune system, the digestive tract is a biological ecosystem that is still an enigma to medical science. While it is recognized that some plant-based carbohydrates are among the best-known immune system regulators, science knows little about whether the gastrointestinal (GI) tract can assimilate some of these complex substances or, once metabolized, how these substances might exert their immune-modulating effects.

Mannatech’s research showed that GI bacteria are capable of breaking down these complex carbohydrates. Further research may lead to a better understanding of how complex carbohydrates, once metabolized by the body, can support the immune system.

Mannatech presented its GI bacteria research in a poster that received a first-place award during the 4th annual conference on natural supplements sponsored by the Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine in La Jolla, Calif. Mannatech’s research is scheduled to be published in the Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Mannatech collaborated with Hyperion Biotechnology, Inc., of San Antonio in the research.

Source: Mannatech, www.mannatech.com

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