Where do these eight carbohydrates come from? The Average modern diet provides us with two. The body can manufacture the other six through an extensive process of conversions and energy exchanges.
	In times past, when life was more rural, foods were relatively unprocessed, and people consumed a greater variety of these necessary carbohydrates. As we become a more urban society, our food choices have become more processed and refined, and we consume a more limited variety of these necessary carbohydrates. Changing one carbohydrate to another may take up to 15 conversions. These exchanges and conversions expend precious energy and time. The more time is spent manufacturing the "words," the slower the cells communicate. (This would be like working on an assembly line. Every time you needed a bolt, you would have to stop the line and make the bolt each time rather than having a bin of them on hand, ready to use.) Each conversion opens up the possibility of interference or error. Interference = incomplete manufacture. Error = inaccurate manufacture. Many elements such as toxins, stress, drugs, viruses, and other invaders can interfere in the conversion process and may leave the body without all the necessary carbohydrates to form proper cell-to=cell words. If just one of these carbohydrates are missing, it would be like taking one of our shapes away from our alphabet. That would make the words incomprehensible, and a breakdown in cell-to-cell communication results. Can you see how cell-to-cell communication enhances optimal health?