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I’d like to share with you some real

interesting things about glucosamine

that go Way Beyond just help for

osteoarthritis now glucosamine is this

Amino sugar It’s a combination of

glucose and glutamine which is an amino

acid and this compound is a precursor

for cartilage it has been known to

increase lubrication and synovial fluid

in your joints so it can help to cushion

the joint and lubricate The Joint so

because glucosamine is a precursor for

things in your joints it can help

prevent the breakdown of the joint and

I’m talking about cartilage it can also

help maintain your cartilage and it’s

especially important for athletes that

put a lot of stress on their joints

because the more stress in the joints

the more the requirement of this

compound but glucosamine goes Way Beyond

just support for osteoarthritis well and

just as a reference or disclaimer this

is not meant to cure any diseases in

fact according to the FDA in the United

States you can’t make any claims about

any medical condition whatsoever however

in Europe where there’s a lot of studies

on this compound there’s definitely more

of a claim that you can use over there

in fact in North America there’s little

if any research on this compound

probably because of the competition it

competes for a lot of the

anti-inflammatory medications this is

probably why it’s not recommended too

much in the medical community but

glucosamine supports wound healing it’s

a pretty good anti-inflammatory it’s

great at reducing pain there’s been some

studies to show that it can improve

varicose veins decrease the risk of

cardiovascular disease and diabetes and

there’s also be interesting research on

longevity of glucosamine improving your

lifespan and that could be related to

just decreasing inflammation in general

I don’t know but that’s interesting and

glucosamine because it’s in this family

of these

protein sugar molecules and what they do

in the body especially in lining the

tissues like for example the mucous

layer in your colon is combined with

compounds that combine sugar molecules

with amino acids and so this is probably

why glucosamine is really good for

anything inflammatory in your gut like

colitis or irritable bowel syndrome so

it can be used for that as well now

there’s another interesting thing that

glucosamine does it supports this immune

cell called the mast cell and this Mast

Cell makes another compound called

Heparin and maybe you’ve heard of

Heparin before as something that is

given to a patient after they had a

heart attack to prevent clotting it’s

used as a blood thinner well it’s in the

same family as glucosamine and

glucosamine actually increases the

production of Heparin which is actually

something natural that is released from

your own bodies Mass self but Heparin is

a potent neurogenic anti-inflammatory

neurogenic meaning relating to the

nerves and your brain as well as

reducing edema and swelling and pressure

and this is why glucosamine also is a

very potent

anti-vascular migraine antidote so it’s

really good for vascular migraines as

well as cluster headaches as well as

anything that becomes dysfunctional in

your blood-brain barrier there’s been

some research also on glucosamine being

good for seizures there’s some other

data that shows that it might

potentially increase seizures if you

take large amounts that study was in

rats so I would recommend just taking

the normal amounts now as far as the

amounts that would be recommended for

glucosamine

roughly between 500 to 1000 milligrams

three times a day some of the

conflicting studies that shows that it’s

inconclusive that glucosamine can help a

person with some of these benefits are

usually either studies that were done

very short term within weeks not a

longer period of time because it does

take sometimes six weeks to see the real

big benefits and other times they’ll use

the type of glucosamine that is not as

bioavailable like in glucosamine

hydrochloride which I don’t recommend

that

type glucosamine sulfate is a good

compound but there’s many others as well

however I just wanted to bring

glucosamine under your radar in case you

have some of these conditions and you’re

looking for a good remedy now since I

did talk a little bit about

osteoarthritis there’s some more

information that you should know about

that topic and I put that up right here

check it out