Joint Products:   What You Need To Know

The Goal of the Joint Enhancer:

            The goal of using products designed for your joints is to achieve a pain-free and full range of motion in your joints.  Your body needs the natural building nutrients of your joints and a way to utilize them.  The ingredients in our Joint Enhancer are there to help promote the rebuilding of damaged joints and the maintenance of healthy joints. This is achieved by rebuilding cartilage and promoting flexible tendons (holds muscles to bone) and strong ligaments (holds bones to other bones). 

            The Joint Enhancer helps the natural mechanisms already being used by the body which helps promote, preserve, and protect your joints.  Our formula is designed to improve the absorption and deliverability of the nutrients and assist in eliminating harmful toxins.  People who are interested in; preventative maintenance, play sports, climb stairs, enjoy walking, weight lift, have arthritis, or any other health condition that is related to their joints, may be interested in using this product.

           Many people see results immediately or within a few days.  Yet, because the Joint Enhancer is natural, the benefits and results may be gradual and take a couple weeks or even a month when taken as suggested.  This is because the product attacks the problem, not the symptoms.  This product does not cover up pain and stiffness with herbs that act as pain relievers.  

Our Joints Deteriorate As We Age:

             There are many reasons our joints wear out.  As we age the amount of metabolic enzymes in our bodies lowers and toxins build up.  These imbalances can cause our joints to wear out pre-maturely. Collagen is what holds your connective tissue together in your joints.  Over cross-linking of collagen reduces its elastic capability thereby reducing its flexibility and the flexibility of your joints.  Antioxidants help  prevent this over cross-linking due to free radical damage and injury.  When collagen has too many cross-links in it, the connective tissue     hardens.  It is essential that your collagen stays elastic.  In addition to these reasons, as we age our body loses the ability to lubricate our joints.  Lubrication of our joints is vital.  Without proper lubricant our joints become drier and stiffer and cause more friction with movement that wears them out even faster.  The lubricant is also the fluid that helps expel toxins from our joints and absorb nutrients.

Why A Full Spectrum Joint Supplement Is Needed:

Comparing Products:

Comparison Chart - Joint Enhancer

Listed below are the ingredients that the Joint Enhancer contains. Also listed are other companies products. As you can see, their products often contain more MSM, Glucosamine, or, Chondroitin but they don't contain other nutrients that we feel are vital for the repair and maintenance of your joints. What good is MSM, Glucosamine, and Chondroitin Sulfate if you can't utilize them? We put those other ingredients in our product so that you get results. The other ingredients that our product contains such as Collagen, Boswellia Extract, Grape Seed Extract, Turmeric Extract, and Digestive Enzymes with Ionic Minerals are expensive to place in the formulation and we can still compete with other companies on price, and beat them on value. The prices listed are the sale prices, not the suggested retail prices. You will see that we listed Vitamin C in the Grape Seed Extract column. The reason is because both Vitamin C and Grape Seed Extract are both antioxidants. Grape Seed Extract is a stronger antioxidant and cost much more per mg.  Notice that some companies use tablets instead of capsules.  Those products listed in red at the bottom of the comparison chart use tablets. Tablets are cheaper to make but they hold more because the ingredients are compressed, which may inhibit absorption. If you would like another product added to this comparison, please send us an empty bottle and the retail price and we will add it.     Date: 8-28-07

MSM is used by the body to make important enzymes, antibodies, and antioxidants which help build connective tissue, such as cartilage, tendons, ligaments, collagen, hair, nails, and skin. MSM is critical for the production of amino acids, the building blocks that make protein. It is easily absorbed by the body, and is known to inhibit muscle spasms. People report that MSM supplements can significantly reduce the pain, stiffness, and tenderness typical of arthritis because MSM helps to stop the wearing away of cartilage, the substance that cushions bones.

Glucosamine is one of the major building blocks for the body’s natural synthesis of the critical lubricants and shock absorbers necessary to restore and maintain healthy, pain-free joint performance. Glucosamine is an important part of the mucopolysaccharides, which provide structure to the bone, cartilage, skin, and other body tissues. Several studies have shown that glucosamine supplements not only relieve the pain of arthritis but can even halt the progress of the disease. Gradually, over time glucosamine tackles the underlying cause of arthritis by restoring lost cartilage because Glucosamine is a natural constituent of cartilage. In studies, Glucosamine HCl stimulated production of Chondroitin Sulfate in slices of cartilage by as much as 250 to 320% over the control value.

Chondroitin Sulfates are the catalysts that attract shock-absorbing fluid into joints. Without this fluid, cartilage could become drier, thinner, and more fragile. Chondroitin, which is found in high concentration in the gristle around the joints of animals, draws fluid to the cells in the joint; that fluid provides lubrication and helps bone glide smoothly with each movement. In addition, chondroitin works with glucosamine to replenish collagen and other components that provide the building blocks for cartilage.

Collagen ll is the primary protein building block required by cartilage, tendons, ligaments, and bones. Collagen is also a building block of other connective tissue such as veins, and arteries. Joints need good circulation of blood in order to repair and maintain joint function. Proper joint functions such as flexibility, cushion, and repair are impossible without Collagen. Some studies suggest that Type II collagen may also be beneficial to people with rheumatoid arthritis.

Boswellia is an anti-inflammatory and anti-arthritic phytonutrient used for centuries to help restore and maintain structurally healthy cartilage. It does this by preventing substances that cause swelling in your joints. Boswellic acids are believed to improve blood supply to the joints by reducing inflammation and by restoring the integrity of blood vessels obliterated by spasms and age. The Boswellia extract used in the Joint Enhancer is all natural and a standardized extract that is non-steroidal to ensure premium quality.

Grape Seed Extract is a powerful antioxidant that contains a specific group of natural and non-toxic bioflavonoids, commonly known as OPC’s and scientifically known as oligomeric proanthocyanidins. These extraordinary nutrients have been proven to be 50 times more potent than vitamin E and 20 times more potent than vitamin C as free radical scavengers. Grape Seed Extract has been used therapeutically in Europe for decades to improve circulation, joint flexibility, and reduce inflammation. Grape Seed Extract improves the flexibility and strength of your vascular walls thereby improving circulation throughout the body. It also helps protect against oxidative damage to your joints which can deteriorate cartilage, tendons, and ligaments. The OPC’s in Grape Seed Extract also inhibit histamine production, which helps reduce inflammation. OPC’s are the only known inhibitor of the enzyme that produces histamine without inhibiting other enzymes.

Turmeric has been used to treat arthritis for centuries in Ayurvedic medicine. Turmeric is an antioxidant phytonutrient with anti-inflammatory properties. By reducing the swelling and relieving the stress off the effected area, blood will flow more normally and allow the area to heal properly and with less pain. Therefore, Turmeric is a double edge sword when supplementing with a product designed to improve joint function because it helps the area heal faster and relieve pain naturally at the same time. Turmeric may also inhibit periarticular joint destruction before it starts.

Digestive Enzymes such as Bromelain help brake down large cartilage-building sulfates such as MSM, Glucosamine and Chrondroitin. This means that your body can digest and absorb them properly. The other enzymes help prohibit erythrocyte aggregation. Erythocyte aggregation is when red blood cells clump and stack together, which inhibits proper circulation. Circulation of blood to joints is already limited due to the small amount of blood flow to them. Clumped and stacked blood cells can not fit through our blood capillaries, limiting circulation in an area supplied mainly by capillaries. Enzymes are needed for virtually ever process in the body, including bone and tissue develop and repair. As we age we see an increase in degenerative diseases such as arthritis and other joint imbalances. This may be due to our lowering levels of enzymes in our blood as we age. The average 20 year old person has twice as many enzymes in their body as a 70 year old person. These enzymes are the scavengers that clean up substances that gum up in our joints. Without these enzymes, excess cholesterol and uric acid crystals can lead to arthritis and gout. Digestive enzymes also help with the utilization and absorption of nutrients into the body. Digestive enzymes need minerals in order for proper functioning. This is why we include Ionic Trace Minerals.