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Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM
What are Glucosamine, Chondroitin & MSM?
Glucosamine is a well tolerated, natural treatment for osteoarthritis and its symptoms. Numerous double blind studies have shown that Glucosamine can produce better results in the treatment of osteoarthritis than traditional drug therapy, as Glucosamine promotes the formation and repair of cartilage. The main function of glucosamine is to stimulate the substances necessary for joint repair. Some people lack the ability, or have a hindered ability due to age, to manufacture glucosamine which plays a role in the onset of osteoarthritis.
What is Chondroitin? Chondroitin Sulfate is a long-chain molecule with a negative charge attached to it. Where glucosamine helps form the proteoglycans that sit within the space in the cartilage, chondroitin sulfate acts like a "liquid magnet". Chondroitin is a long chain of repeating nigans that attracts fluid into the proteoglycan molecules. The fluid acts as a spongy shock absorber, and sweeps the nutrients into the cartilage.
As these chains wrap around proteoglycans their negative charge causes them to repel each other and create spaces between each proteoglycan. These are what are known as matrixes within the cartilage and this is where the fluid flows. There may be as many as 10,000 of these chains on a single proteoglycan molecule, which makes for a great water retainer as these chains make sure all the molecules are repelled away from each other and cannot clump together. Since joint cartilage has no blood supply, all of its nourishment and lubrication comes from the fluid that ebbs and flows as pressure is applied and released to the joint. Without this fluid, cartilage would become malnourished, drier, thinner and more fragile.
Glucosamine and Chondroitin were shown in a recent US National Institute of Health study to be highly effective at reducing joint pain. "For a subset of participants with moderate-to-severe pain, glucosamine combined with chondroitin sulfate provided statistically significant pain relief compared to placebo--about 79 percent had a 20 percent or greater reduction in pain versus about 54 percent for placebo."1
What is MSM? MSM, the short name for Methylsulfonylmethane, is a safe and natural assimilate derived from the Southern Louisiana Pine. MSM is organic sulfur--the kind your body can absorb and use. Sulfur is the fourth most plentiful mineral in the body, and it is found in every cell of every animal and plant. Sulfur is a key building block of collagen. Sulfur is found in food, however most of the volatile sulfur is lost in washing, cooking, or steaming. That is, modern food processing, packaging and preparation is robbing our food of the sulfur we need.
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