Glucosamine & Chondroitin

Glucosamine & Chondroitin

  Glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates are the metabolic precursors of normal cartilage. Recent studies have demonstrated that glucosamine and chondroitin sulfate can act synergistically to lubricate joints, nourish cartilage and connective tissue, and assist in wound healing.  

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Glucosamine sulfate is derived from the exoskeletons of shellfish.

It provides joints with the building blocks needed to address changes from normal wear and tear.

Chondroitin sulfate protects the cartilage and attracts fluids that give the tissue its shock-absorbing quality.

Glucosamine & Chondroitin Osteoarthritis Evolution

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Glucosamine & Chondroitin act to support prevention of connective tissue damage.

Chondroitin Sulfates are two classes of mucopolysaccharides that are found in joint cartilage and aid in the lubricating and rebuilding process.

Glucosamine is a natural amino sugar that is the starting point for the synthesis of mucopolysaccharides--the core of connective tissues such as collagen, bone matrix, and mucous membranes.

Glucosamine helps restore the thick lubricating fluids around joints to cushion their natural motion.

Glucosamine & Chondroitin can also help with skin health by replacing the body's natural glucosamine that is used up when the skin is under attack.

Glucosamine & Chondroitin Osteoarthritis of Knee

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Glucosamine helps provide the building blocks for healthy cartilage and maintain structural integrity of joints and connective tissue.

Glucosamine is a building block for joint fluid, cartilage, tendons, ligaments, membranes and blood vessels. Supports healthy joint function.

Glucosamine sulfate is produced from shrimp shells, which have esentially the same biochemistry as human cartilage.

Glucosamine is not only safe but an active supporter of proteoglycan synthesis (i.e., a producer of cartilage macromolecules consisting of a protein bound to a glucosaminoglycan).

There is increasing evidence that Glucosamine does in fact relieve joint pain and inflammation for many arthritis sufferers, and that it may slow progression of the disease.

Because of its ability to reduce and--in some cases--completely eliminate the pain of osteoarthritis, some physicians and researchers feel Glucosamine might offer similar benefits for people suffering from rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, spinal disc degeneration, tendinitis, bursitis, and physical injuries to the joints.

There is even speculation that it could play a preemptive role, eliminating the development of osteoarthritis.

Glucosamine stimulates the production of glycosaminoglycans and proteoglycans, two essential building blocks of cartilage. This appears to 'jump start' the body’s own natural production of Glucosamine.

Combining Glucosamine with chondroitin Sulphate has been demonstrated to increase its effectiveness.

Glucosamine has been used to treat osteoarthritis in Europe since the 1980s. Several recent scientific studies have supported its effectiveness, and its popularity in the U.S. is spreading quickly.

In November 1999, a Belgian group of researchers presented a study to the American College of Rheumatology showing that glucosamine may slow the progression of osteoarthritis of the knee.

At a recent symposium of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, the official 'green light' was given to glucosamine as a valid therapeutic alternative when NSAIDs such as aspirin and ibuprofen are ineffective or contraindicated.

Other clinicians at the symposium suggested that glucosamine could be recommended as first-line therapy in selected patients with osteoarthritis.

Glucosamine, in either the Sulphate, HCL, or acetylated forms, is so safe that it is a dietary supplement not even subject to FDA approval.

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