What Exactly is Glucosamine?

Proteoglycans are essentially a really thick interwoven group of threads that weave throughout the collagen and cartilage, and are absolutely essential for joint health because they hold many times their weight of water, which both serves to lubricate and nourish the collagen. Not having water in your joints is like trying to run your car without oil - it will destroy your engine - or in this case your joints. Proteoglycans bring and hold that water there and nourish the cartilage.

If the cartilage is damaged, the thread of proteoglycans becomes weak and breaks, or simply "leaks" out, and thus the collagen loses its nourishment system and support system as the proteoglycans (that are dependant largely on glucosamine) lose their ability to bind to the cartilage, and thus float away. The result of all of this is much like the suspension and the shocks in your car in that the cartilage becomes worn out and cannot withstand further shocks and impacts. It may crack or eventually may even wear out completely. Without its proteoglycan support system to keep it together and replenish it, it quickly wears out. When it wears out, you have bone spurs, broken bits of cartilage floating in synovial fluid, bone on bone grinding, inflammation and and debilitation.

Glucosamine is the major building block of proteoglycans. Not only is it a building block for the synthesis of proteoglycans, its mere presence acts as a stimulus to the cells that produce proteoglycans – in fact glucosamine is a key factor in determining how many proteoglycans are produced by the cells. Simply put, the more glucosamine you have (take only what is recommended), the more proteoglycans you have, and the more proteoglycans you have, the more cartilage you can produce. Without glucosamine, your joints essentially "dry out" and just like how rubber gets old, ages and loses its spring, your joints do too. Fortunately, you no longer have to let your joints degrade - glucosamine helps to promote the restoration of your joints, promoting increased movement, flexibility and as a result can make your joints healthier and stimulate cartilage growth.

Glucosamine stimulates the production of proteoglycans and collagen, and it also normalizes cartilage metabolism which in turn, helps promote cartilage health. Glucosamine's powerful effect on cartilage metabolism can in fact help the body to repair damaged or eroded cartilage. In other words, glucosamine strengthens your body’s natural repair mechanisms. Besides stimulating cartilage production, glucosamine also reduces joint discomfort and soreness.

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