| Learn about Glucosamine Supplements and see if it's | | | | sometimes dangerous levels. |
| the right choice for you or not. The jury is in on the | | | | It is much better to attain the nutrients your body |
| effects, or lack thereof, of the use of glucosamine | | | | needs through food as opposed to vitamins and other |
| supplements to relieve pain and disability. A recent | | | | supplements. Foods that are full of nutrition are also |
| study in the Journal of the American Medical | | | | bursting with different forms of vitamins, like carrots, |
| Association, says that the use of a glucosamine | | | | that have many different forms of Vitamin A, so it |
| supplement for chronic pain works as well as sugar pill. | | | | works better than just taking a Vitamin A supplement |
| Glucosamine is made from healthy cartilage, and is | | | | does. However, if your diet doesn't cover all of the |
| supposed to get rid of pain by restoring cartilage that | | | | nutritional basis, it is still a good idea to take a |
| wears away with age, resulting in osteoarthritis. Knee | | | | multivitamin each day. |
| pain cause by arthritis wasn't really helped with the | | | | It is wise to stay away from pills that say they can |
| supplements either for most people. | | | | cure anything that plagues you. Echinacea is a great |
| The study was described as large and long term. The | | | | immune booster, but will only shorten cold symptoms |
| people in the study were given either 1,500 milligrams | | | | for about one to two days, and will not work if taken |
| of glucosamine or a placebo each day for six months. | | | | regularly to try to prevent illness. |
| They were then reviewed after six months, and then | | | | If you are simply taking a cheap supplement that |
| one year using disability and pain questionnaires. There | | | | doesn't have any real side effects, you will not be |
| were not many differences between the two groups, | | | | losing much. However, costly supplements that have |
| and doctors were advised not to recommend | | | | not been proven to work can waste a ton of money. |
| glucosamine to patients that have chronic lower back | | | | Pills that have greater risks than benefits should be |
| pain and degenerative lumbar osteoarthritis. | | | | avoided, such as certain herbal weight loss remedies. |
| Some patients did receive some benefit from the use | | | | Some products that pose a greater risk than any |
| of glucosamine, like those that had osteoarthritis of the | | | | benefit they might provide, are things like chaparral, |
| hip and knee. | | | | kava, yohimbe, and many others. If the supplement has |
| Most people don't know much about the dietary | | | | not been show to provide any real benefits to using it, |
| supplements they use each day, and a few have | | | | it is best to stay away from it. |
| been associated with real health problems. For | | | | For most people, the use of a glucosamine supplement |
| instance, Comfrey tea has been associated with liver | | | | to ease lower back pain is ineffective, and no longer |
| disease, and bitter orange, and other herbal weight loss | | | | recommended by physicians for chronic lower back |
| solutions have been known to raise heart rates to | | | | pain. |