Posted on 10/27/2010 12:51:34 PM PDT by decimon
Ping
Publish or perish.
I use about 1/2 the suggested amount and it really makes a difference.
Always curious about the funding of this type of research. Seems like a pretty random study - OR maybe a drug manufacturer designed a study to scare seniors out of using a more natural treatment. That said, moderation with supplements is probably a good rule to follow.
And who funded these also? Coincidence, or organized campaign to discredit a widely used supplement?
I take a couple a day since MERSA ate up my wrist. Makes all the difference in the world. What I can’t figure out is this: Those are BIG pills, shoving 10 to 20 of those babies down a mouse would seem to be a bit extreme and I would think would cause more problems than reported!
oh crap
bttt
“In our experiments, we used doses five to ten times higher than that recommended by most manufacturers, or 1,500 mg/day.”
A poorly composed sentence.
Please note that 1,500 mg/day *is* the recommended dose, not 5 to 10 times the recommended dose, which would be 7,500 or 15,000 mg/day.
A “double-strength” glucosamine tablet has 500 mg. The recommended dose of 3 tablets a day is for *prevention* of joint problems. For *active* joint problems, a typical dose is 4 tablets a day, in two doses, for a total of 2,000 mg/day.
So for a human to get a dosage equivalent of causing harm “in vitro”, which means directly applied to cells, *not* yet shown to happen in even animal testing, would be to swallow between 15 and 30 of these pills a day.
That’s a lot of pills.
You would question Picard? Where's that face palm picture?
sfl
Not too sure about humans, but works great in aged dogs.
bump for later.
“The key point of our work is that glucosamine can have effects that are far from harmless and should be used with great caution,” concluded Professor Picard. “
ANY supplement can have effects that are far from harmless and should be used with great caution. My husband has very bad knees and is stalling his inevitable knee replacement surgery with glucosamine use, recommended by our doctor. Works wonders for him.
Would like to see more studies.
After a few doses, the mouse no longer walks around so the arthritis is not so much felt ... roling randomly around doesn’t inflame the joints as much don’tchaknow.
“As does Olive Oil (extra virgin) & hemp oil.”
My dogs get a tablespoon of olive oil every week. They love it! Where can you get hemp oil?
ping
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