The problem: Osteoarthritis is a "wear and tear" disease that attacks our joints by the breakdown of cartilage and the growth of bone spurs.  It's considered by medical science to be a "universal disease" ... which means everyone is going to get it -- it's only a matter of time.  In fact, osteoarthritis is already one of our most common health problems, affecting more than 70 million people in North America and 600 million people worldwide.  Treatment costs $250 billion a year ... and the numbers are growing! What about traditional therapies?  None of them are cures.

Our body's joints are truly amazing, but they do wear out.  Throughout our lifetime, we need to build, repair and regenerate cartilage.  To do that, our body must first product the basic building block of cartilage:  glucosamine.  It's produced naturally by specific cells in our body.  In our younger years, the ability of those cells to produce glucosamine is usually sufficient to keep up with demand.  But, the forces of everyday life change ... and exercise, poor diet, excess weight, sports injuries and other trauma ... plus aging, all bring greater demands for cartilage repair and regeneration.

At the same time, the efficiency of glucosamine production in the body declines as we get older.  The result is that demand eventually exceeds supply.  The body can't keep up, joints wear down, and osteoarthritis sets in.  As cartilage breaks down, it loses it's ability to absorb shock.  Spurs grow out from the edge of the bone to fill the gaps, and the bones begin to rub against each other.  The results can be catastrophic ... robbing people of their mobility and forcing them to live with debilitating pain and discomfort.

The Good News!

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