Skewed Reporting

The Real Story that ABC’s 20/20 Investigators Missed
ABC’s 20/20 story on Mannatech – Why did ABC not finish their investigation on Mannatech?
By Mark Johnson, June 2, 2007

In a November 1998 review by Dr. Freeze and others, he concluded that disorders in
glycosylation are much more common than originally thought and that there is emerging belief
that Diabetes in children is just one such genetic disorder. The authors stated that "the finding
that mannose, but not glucose, corrected glycosylation .... was surprising ... Mannose offers an
attractive therapy because it should be easy to administer and non-toxic ... There is scant
information on the availability of mannose in food, but dietary mannose is probably
insufficient to supply all glycosylation." We all know that these "dietary sugars" are found in
Mannatech's Ambrotose. So why did Dr. Freeze respond as he did? We can only speculate.
The other person touted by ABC as a leading scientist in glycobiology named Ronald Schnaar,
Ph.D. of John’s Hopkins was asked the following question by the ABC reporter: “Is there any
valid scientific evidence that this Mannatech product really works?” Dr. Schnaar responds by
referencing the National Library of Medicine as the main repository of medical knowledge.
Then with intentioned drama, he looks at the reporter and makes a circle
with his right hand and says quite emphatically, "Zero." Well, he is absolutely correct, because
"Ambrotose" is a company brand name. The term "glyconutrients" or “glyco-nutrients” is the
word that Mannatech coined as a new generic term for scientists to use in research papers.

Mannatech filmed the interview between ABC reporter and CEO Sam Caster. To see complete interview, go to http://www.youtube.com/ and enter "Mannatech" in search box.