Galactose is one of the 8 saccharides known as Glyconutrients. They are vital nutrients to the body and are:
Mannose
Glucose
Galactose
Xylose
Fucose (not fructose)
N-acetylglucosamine
N-acetylneuramic acid
N-acetylgalactosamine
Galactose is found in sugar beets and dairy products. It is a sugar and is also known as brain sugar. Because it has food energy it is known as a nutritive sweetener. It is not very water-soluble and is less sweet than glucose. When joined with glucose it forms the disaccharide known as lactose found in milk. Alone glactose is known as a monosaccharide.
Galactose is a vital nutrient in our body and deficiencies can cause serious metabolic disorders:
Mental retardation
Cataracts
A rare deficiency UDPgalactose-4-epimerase deficiency can cause nerve deafness
Galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase deficiency
Compulsive blinking disorder.
Glactose is found in a number of natural products combined with other sugars, the most notable being lactose (combination of glactose and glucose). It is the glactose in lactose that causes an inability to...
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