Breakthrough clinical studies substantiates Maitake SX Fraction a a valuable nutritional adjuvant for preventing and treating diabetes and a group of dangerous health conditions known as Syndrome X.
What is Syndrome X? It is a term for a cluster of disease-causing conditions that include high blood pressure, high triglycerides (blood fats), decreased high density lipoproteins (HDL, the "good cholesterol"),abdominal obesity, and insulin resistance that tend to appear together.Some doctors make this diagnosis if a person has two or more of the above symptoms. About one out of every four Americans has some degree of Syndrome X, which is a precursor to type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and other life-threatening diseases.

SX-Fraction; The Glycoprotein
Also known as "Grislin" in Japan, SX Fraction is derived from the Maitake Mushroom. It is a glycoprotein (a unique oligosaccharide-bound protein). Recent studies at Georgetown University and New York Medical College confirm that SX-fraction possess a more potent ability to enhance insulin sensitivity than its predecessors. This is considered an important breakthrough for controlling high blood sugar as well as other disorders related to disturbed glucose-insulin metabolism.

Applications: *
For Syndrome X (also known as Metabolic Syndrome, also known as Insulin Resistance Syndrome, also known as the "Deadly Quartet"--diabetes, abdominal obesity, hypertension and high cholesterol);Hypoglycemia also known as low blood sugar; Type 2 Diabetes; helpful in weight loss.

Syndrome X Guidelines:
1. Watch your calorie intake
2. Avoid trans fats and partially hydrogenated oils.
3. Limit Saturated Fat
4. Increase Omega-3 fatty acids
5. Reduce intake of sugar and other processed/refined carbohydrates.
6. Consume fiber and/or protein with high glycemic foods to minimize the quick rise in blood sugar.

Ingredients:
Maitake Mushroom (Grifola frondosa) Fruit body powder 250 mg, Maitake (Grifola frondosa) extract (SX-Fraction TM) Standardized 18% 100 mg. Other ingredients: Dicalcium Phosphate, Sucrose Fatty Acid Ester, Cellulose, Silica.

Item Number: mai2000           Brand:  Maitake Products, Inc.

Size: 90 Vegetable Tablets        

Manufacturer's suggested dosage: Maintenance dose 1 Tablet, three times a day, within 30 minutes after meals. Clinical protocol for diabetes is 2 to 3 tablets, three times a day. This might be necessary to continue two months or more for full therapeutic potential, afterward returning to maintenance dose.

Price: $49.95