| Every baby boomer I know has aches and pains. Lots | | | | natural part of the cartilage in your body and help it |
| of them. | | | | stay soft and flexible. As we age, the amount of |
| It's as if a magical switch clicks on when you hit midlife | | | | Glucosamine and Chondroitin in our bodies changes. By |
| and your body suddenly decides to rebel. Things you | | | | taking them separately or together as a daily part of |
| did without any pain at all suddenly leave your joints | | | | your diet. you take a big step in replacing whatever is |
| crying for help. Five years ago you could be on your | | | | lacking and in maintaining healthy joints. There are few, |
| knees in the garden for hours without any problem. | | | | if any side effects. |
| Now, try that, and the next day your joints ache all | | | | When I first began to experience serious joint pain I |
| over. That bike ride or run in the morning used to leave | | | | went to my doctor for advice. It was he who |
| you feeling refreshed. Now when you get back after a | | | | suggested Glucosamine/Chondroitin (G/C) as a dietary |
| workout, you just collapse in a heap and reach for the | | | | supplement. But he advised me that it doesn't work |
| aspirin. What is happening to your body? | | | | miracles or kick in right away. For years my body was |
| As we age, our bodies change. The joints and | | | | slowly losing its supply of this natural substance. I would |
| muscles have been working for you for years. Fifty | | | | have to take a daily dose of the supplement over a |
| years, sixty years - a very long time. Think of your | | | | period of about six weeks to build up enough G/C in |
| body in terms of a machine. It works efficiently for | | | | my body to begin to be noticed. So I began. Just about |
| years, but it needs to be well maintained. A car without | | | | six weeks later, I found that my joint pain was |
| an oil change or lube job becomes a squeaky old | | | | noticeably reduced. Of course, thinking I was "cured," I |
| clunker that barely gets you down the road. In the | | | | stopped taking it for a while and sure enough the pain |
| same way, our joints need lubrication. As we age the | | | | returned. Now I take it most days and find myself able |
| cartilage, the cushion between our bones begins to thin | | | | to do just about anything pain free. |
| and dry out. It can get so thin that eventually there is | | | | It's important to remember that everyone is not the |
| nothing at all between the bones. - You don't want to | | | | same. Joint pain and loss of healthy cartilage is not the |
| know how painful that can be. | | | | reality for a lot of people. But if you are one of those |
| How do you prevent this "drying out" of the cartilage | | | | people who reach a "certain age" and those joints |
| and maintain a healthy moist cushion between your | | | | begin to cry out for attention, you might find that |
| bones? | | | | Glucosamine/Chondroitin is a good choice to consider |
| A dietary supplement that is getting a lot of attention is | | | | as a supplement to your diet. |
| Glucosamine/Chondroitin. These two substances are a | | | | |