Need a joint supplement - Page 3

febe1 · ‎01-22-2012

On 1/7/2015 VaBelle35 said:
Add me to the Andrew Lessman Maximum Joint Effort fan club!

I was taking AL's regular Glucosamine and Chondroitin and it wasn't doing anything for me so I switched to Maximum Joint Effort in October and noticed a huge improvement a couple of weeks ago.

I've used both and neither did anything for me. This is the first of AL's supplements that I saw no difference. I find the only thing that helps me is a steady diet of fish, along with Omega 3's. I even eat sardines, which is not a fav, and I can almost tell immed. relief. Once I'm not eating a lot of fish, I notice. Does anyone know if artificial sweeteners make worse?

JeanLouiseFinch · ‎10-03-2011

On 1/13/2015 taja123 said:
On 1/7/2015 VaBelle35 said:
Add me to the Andrew Lessman Maximum Joint Effort fan club!

I was taking AL's regular Glucosamine and Chondroitin and it wasn't doing anything for me so I switched to Maximum Joint Effort in October and noticed a huge improvement a couple of weeks ago.

I've used both and neither did anything for me. This is the first of AL's supplements that I saw no difference. I find the only thing that helps me is a steady diet of fish, along with Omega 3's. I even eat sardines, which is not a fav, and I can almost tell immed. relief. Once I'm not eating a lot of fish, I notice. Does anyone know if artificial sweeteners make worse?

See my post (#14). There's a lot you can read online too about artificial sweeteners and how they can affect you.

Shopping momma · ‎10-17-2012

The best and cheapest is homemade bone broth. After doing that a little while you can add a gelatin powder. I've been doing the broth for a little while now and it does work. Here is a post that tells all about it.

http://wellnessmama.com/7419/gelatin-uses/

nzwyck · ‎03-31-2010

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kutira · ‎03-10-2010

I use Instaflex from Walgreens.

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AngelPuppy1 · ‎03-13-2010

I was taking Osteo Biflex and they are good. But they are so big!!! I switched to Schiff Krill oil pills. You take one tiny gel pill a day! No stomach upset either!

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febe1 · ‎01-22-2012

On 1/13/2015 JeanLouiseFinch said:
On 1/13/2015 taja123 said:
On 1/7/2015 VaBelle35 said:
Add me to the Andrew Lessman Maximum Joint Effort fan club!

I was taking AL's regular Glucosamine and Chondroitin and it wasn't doing anything for me so I switched to Maximum Joint Effort in October and noticed a huge improvement a couple of weeks ago.

I've used both and neither did anything for me. This is the first of AL's supplements that I saw no difference. I find the only thing that helps me is a steady diet of fish, along with Omega 3's. I even eat sardines, which is not a fav, and I can almost tell immed. relief. Once I'm not eating a lot of fish, I notice. Does anyone know if artificial sweeteners make worse?

See my post (#14). There's a lot you can read online too about artificial sweeteners and how they can affect you.

Thanks, Jean.

Reba055 · ‎06-23-2014

On 1/8/2015 JeanLouiseFinch said:
Just throwing this out there for your consideration, too. If you're trying to reduce your sugar, be careful with replacement sweeteners - especially Equal/aspartame. A few years ago, I was using Equal on everything - in coffee, iced tea, over cereal, on grapefruit. After awhile, my knees started hurting a lot. Getting seated or standing up was also painful. I was pointed to some information that linked the aspartame to the painful joints. Otherwise, I wouldn't have made the connection. I stopped the Equal and went back to real sugar and the pain went away so obviously there's some truth to what I had read. Nowadays we use stevia in our coffee and iced tea.

This is the very reason I'm having trouble giving up sugar. I'm afraid the artificial sweeteners are worse! I broke out with Stevia and later read that if you have a ragweed allergy you could be allergic to Stevia. Ugh, I know I should just use nothing but can't get there yet!

Havarti · ‎03-08-2014

On 1/10/2015 tigriss said:
I looked up the different supplements recommended. I decided to try a liquid for max absorption, Tropical Oasis Joint Camplete (32oz) with Glucosamine, Chondroitin, MSM Hyaluronic Acid, and Vitamin C and Celadrin 1050mg. The liquid has C = 200mg, Glucosamine = 1500mg, chondroitin = 800mg, MSM = 500mg, and Hyaluronic Acid = 50mg. It is $21 and change on amazon with prime. I'll try them for a few months and see how I feel.

Thanks for all the recommendations!

WARNING:

If you have ever had cancer, or if you are taking aromatase inhibitors, you may want to do some research on hyaluronic acid before you take it. I am a cancer survivor and planned to take HA for my joints, but was advised not to do so as HA may promote the spread of cancer cells. Not a chance I wanted to take since I was blessed with a second chance. I am not advising you to take or not take, just recommending you look into it thoroughly before making your decision.

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Shelbelle · ‎03-09-2010

Be aware that most of these supp are made from shellfish. Shellfish are very high in cholesterol, and these pills can raise cholesterol at a high rate. I take Now Foods MSM/Glucosomine supp which is a vegetarian formula, no shellfish. Get it from Puritans Pride.