Published January 30, 2009
What to combine with glucosamine to rebuild your joints
(hint: it’s not just chondroitin)
If you have degenerative arthritis, you probably have tried glucosamine and chondroitin to ease the pain. But now there’s evidence that you can combine two other supplements with them to make them more effective.
Researchers recently divided rabbits into two groups. Then they induced damage to their knee cartilage. One group received glycosaminoglycans (GAG), which include glucosamine or chondroitin sulfate, together with the supplements vitamin E and selenium. They gave the other group milk sugar as a placebo. After six weeks of treatment, the researchers did a histological and cellular chemical analysis of their cartilage.
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