If you were to dream up a complete Joint Health supplement you’d start off with a Stated Goal.
How about this:
Our Joint-Health formula will keep athletes performing at the highest level, with pain-free, healthy & flexible joints.
Being a 46-yr old BJJ Blue Belt, I’d want something that would allow me to train more frequently too.
And something I could easily recommend to my training partners.
My Dad is about to turn 80 and he still plays tennis three times a week and golf twice a week.
I’d want him and his crew (they call themselves GOM - Grumpy Old Men) to benefit from this too.
Diving down, you’d list the key benefits it would provide.
You’d want a formula that could:
- Support & maintain the repair production & growth cartilage, tendons, and ligaments.
- Have anti-inflammatory effects and reduce joint pain.
- Support bone structure.
Big ask, I know.
Let’s go through this, benefit by benefit, with some suggestions for bio-active ingredients.
1) Support & Maintain the Repair, Production & Growth of Cartilage, Tendons, and Ligaments:
- Collagen
- Glucosamine
- Chondroitin
- Methylsulphonylmethane (MSM)
2) Have Anti-Inflammatory Effects / Reduce Joint Pain:
- Methylsulphonylmethane (MSM)
- Turmeric
- Vitamin C
3) Support Bone Structure:
- Magnesium Citrate
- Zinc Gluconate
- Manganese Citrate
- Vitamin D3
- Bamboo Extract (rich in silica)
Not a bad list.
And if we combine these ingredients we see some additional benefits too.
Glucosamine, Chondroitin and Turmeric are also known to block enzymes that break down cartilage.
And joint lubrication is improved with Glucosamine and Chondroitin.
But Turmeric is poorly absorbed by the body…
Unless we add some Black Pepper (Piperine), so let’s do that.
What type of collagen, you might wonder?
Good question.
In this case you’d want to go for a bovine collagen.
You’d also want it to taste good (but wouldn’t want any chemicals that undid all the good work) so you’d go with a natural flavouring.
Maybe lemon?
And to sweeten it slightly?
Something natural too… Like a Monk Fruit extract.
So the final ingredient list would look something like this:
Hydrolysed Collagen Peptides, Glucosamine Sulphate NaCl, Methylsulphonylmethane (MSM), Magnesium Citrate, Chondroitin Sulphate (Shark), Turmeric (95% Curcuminoids), Vitamin C), Zinc Gluconate, Bamboo Extract, Manganese Citrate, Vitamin D3, Black Pepper.
With a natural lemon flavour and a Monk Fruit extract.
Too good to be true?
Now, check this out: Complete Joint Care.
READ MORE: The Well-known Benefits of Chondroitin
