| Aching limbs, back, and hips could be signs of an | | | | supplements which contain one of the two preferably |
| arthritic condition. Arthritis is a disease that is known | | | | both supplements can alleviate arthritic conditions. In |
| to be, in most cases, progressive, that affects the | | | | 1999, a study presented at the American College of |
| different joints in the body. Osteoarthritis, the most | | | | Rheumatology showed that patients taking |
| common type usually affects the weight-bearing | | | | glucosamine versus patients taking a placebo medicine |
| joints such as those found in the hips, back, and the | | | | experienced a significant decrease in joint pains. The |
| limbs. Generally known as the wear and tear arthritis, | | | | latest USA laboratory studies in 2006, reported by |
| osteoarthritis involves an imbalance in the normal | | | | "The New England Journal of Medicine" showed that |
| process of breakdown and repair of cartilage in the | | | | glucosamine chondroitin, (the same found in Syn-flex |
| joints. This imbalance usually occurs as a result of a | | | | Liquid Glucosamine) reduced arthritis pain in those |
| deficiency in glucosamine and chondroitin in the body, | | | | suffering moderate to severe joint pain more |
| the building blocks of healthy cartilage in the joints. | | | | effectively than Celebrex. Out of the many studies |
| What are glucosamine and chondroitin? | | | | that also bore similar results, arose the |
| Both naturally occur in the body as molecules that | | | | commonly-held notion that intake of dietary |
| build up a smooth padding in the joints called cartilage. | | | | glucosamine and chondroitin supplements will help in |
| In the formation and repair of cartilage in the joints, a | | | | the treatment of arthritis by enabling a more efficient |
| certain type of sub molecules are necessary. These | | | | production of these two molecules in the body. |
| are known as glycosaminoglycans and they are | | | | Do dietary glucosamine and chondrotin supplements |
| produced when glucosamine is produced in the body. | | | | work? |
| Glycosaminoglycans and glucosamine belong to a | | | | No conclusive study has been done to show the |
| family of polysaccharides or amino sugars that are | | | | direct correlation between glucosamine and |
| used to build connective tissues in the body such as | | | | chondroitin supplement intake and increase production |
| the joints. They are highly viscous as well. | | | | of glucosamine and chondrotin in the body to |
| Chondroitin is an active molecule in the body which | | | | legitimatize the efficacy of supplement intake in the |
| functions as a sort of water and fluid magnet. When | | | | treatment of arthritis. Most specialists would still hold |
| combined with glucosamine, chondroitin enables the | | | | on to longtime-held traditions of healthy nutrition and |
| cartilage to be resilient and flexible. | | | | regular exercise as the best non-surgical solutions to |
| How does glucosamine and chondrotin help with | | | | arthritis. However, general observations have shown |
| arthritis? | | | | that the intake of premium-grade glucosamine and |
| A number of scientific inquiries regarding glucosamine | | | | chondrotin supplements such as Synflex Liquid |
| and chondrotin suggest that intake of dietary | | | | Glucosamine produces encouraging outcomes. |