JOINT SUPPORT ~ My Balance ~

 

One thing is certain in life: as we age, our bodies undergo a lot of changes. Like the skin starting to wrinkle, hairs turning grey, bones shrinking in size, and the joints getting weaker and weaker.

Weak joints are certainly uncomfortable, as they are often accompanied by swellings, numbness, clicking sounds, and sometimes, excruciating pain. As you age, the joints in your body become stiffer and less flexible. This happens because the lubricating fluid in the joint, synovial fluid, reduces in quantity, and the cartilage gets thinner. Cartilages act as shock absorbers to protect bones from coming together when you use your joints.

Thankfully, there are many ways you can promote the health of your joints. Some of these ways include engaging in regular physical activities like walking and jogging, eating a nutrient-rich diet, maintaining a healthy body weight, getting enough sleep, and consuming research-backed supplements.

Taking supplements to improve the health of your joints is especially beneficial to people who are getting old, as their body might no longer be getting enough nutrients to support the proper functioning of their joints and bones. One supplement that can help with weak joints, by improving its mobility and stability, is My Balance’s Joint Support, which is made from the most popular joint-supporting compounds in the planet. They include glucosamine sulfate, boswellia extract, chondroitin sulfate, turmeric, quercetin, methionine, Methylsulfonylmethane, and bromelain.

 

• Glucosamine and Chondroitin

Glucosamine and chondroitin are both structural components that make up the cartilages between our bones. They are naturally produced in the body and can also be available as supplements. These two compounds are popularly combined in nutritional supplements to fight non-specific joint pain and osteoarthritis.¹

There’s evidence that intake of glucosamine and chondroitin as supplements may help reduce systemic inflammation in healthy, overweight individuals.² There’s also research-based findings that these compounds may be able to prevent the activation of inflammatory pathways in the synovial cells that make up the lubricating fluid between our joints.³ Lastly, glucosamine has been found to protect joint tissues by limiting the breakdown of cartilage in certain athletes.⁴

 

• Boswellia extract

This herb is known to possess great anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. In a bid to test its efficacy against the most common form of arthritis, research published in the Journal of Phytomedicine, found its intake to decrease knee pain, increase knee flexion, and improve walking distance in patients with osteoarthritis of the knee.⁵

 

• Turmeric

This increasingly popular spice is thought to possess great anti-inflammatory and antioxidant effects. It is believed that the most active ingredient in turmeric, curcumin, is responsible for these beneficial properties. In fact, research has found that curcumin could have similar efficacy to a conventional anti-inflammatory drug, diclofenac, but with even better tolerance rate among patients with knee osteoarthritis.⁶ Also, curcumin has been shown to be non-toxic, as opposed to conventional nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs that can cause kidney failure, coma, and convulsions.⁷

 

 

• Quercetin

As a bioflavonoid, quercetin has been found to possess great anti-inflammatory and anti-nociceptive effects. Its intake as a supplement may help improve symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease that’s characterized by painful inflammation in the joints. In RA, Adenosine deaminase (ADA) is an enzyme that increases joint pain and stiffness. Fortunately, research has found quercetin to reduce the specific activity of ADA in joint tissues.⁸

 

• Methionine

Methionine is the amino acid that partly supplies our joints with sulfur, which is crucial for supporting and maintaining cartilage health.⁹ A study, although in laboratory animals, found the intake of a high-methionine diet to reduce the severity of arthritis.¹⁰

 

• Methylsulfonylmethane

Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) is a popular dietary supplement that’s found naturally in plants and animals. There is evidence that MSM can reduce muscle damage, decrease joint pain, lower inflammation, and relieve symptoms of arthritis.¹¹

 

• Bromelain

Bromelain, a phytochemical extracted from pineapple, has been shown to possess analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties that can help in a safer treatment for osteoarthritis.¹²

If you are constantly battling with weak joints or other joint related problems, intake of My Balance’s Joint Support can be found helpful, as it is formulated with some of the best research-proven joint-supporting compounds like the glucosamine, chondroitin, and quercetin.

 

 

 

REFERENCES

1. https://pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/compound/D-glucosamine
2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25719429/
3. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28586015/
4. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30940583/
5. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0944711304701890
6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6460672/
7. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4753966/
8. https://molmed.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s10020-022-00432-5
9. https://jointshealth.org/amino-acids/
10. https://www.hindawi.com/journals/mi/2016/9280529/
11. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/msm-supplements
12. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC538506/

Warmly remind: All above products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.