The elderly, if you have joint problems, you have probably heard of Glucosamine (GLcN). In recent years, the marketing of glucosamine has been all over the place. Basically, as soon as you open the recommendation of Tmall and Jingdong, you can see the figure of this thing.

“A 78-year-old man, who suffered from meniscus wear for five years, insisted on taking glucosamine, and finally recovered!”

“A 40-year-old executive with moderate knee injury, took After a year of glucosamine, the knee will not hurt!”

There are countless marketing similar to the above, and there are different opinions about glucosamine, some people think it is really useful, others say It’s just a trick for the merchants to cheat money. So is this thing useful, and can it really protect the joints?

What exactly is GLcN?

The full name of glucosamine is glucosamine, which is one of the most abundant monosaccharides in our human body, and is very abundant in our articular cartilage tissue. It is an important nutrient for promoting cartilage growth. one. Then someone must ask, since it is so rich, what else to add.

First of all, two concepts must be clarified. The most abundant monosaccharide is compared with other monosaccharides, and the total content is actually not high. And as we age, our body’s ability to produce glucosamine will gradually decline. Therefore, the older you are, the lower the glucosamine content.

The common glucosamine products on the market are divided into two types: medicines and dietary supplements. The medicines marked with “National Medicine Zhunzi” should be used under the guidance of professional doctors; ” and “National Food Health” are marked as dietary supplements, which can be purchased by yourself.

Is it really useful to repair joints?

OARST (International Association for the Study of Osteoarthritis) has published a document confirming that Lightvitamin is constituting the cartilage tissue of the joints. strong>Basic is an essential substance for the synthesis of proteoglycans in the matrix of human articular cartilage. At the same time, it can promote the production of synovial fluid to a certain extent, thereby softening articular cartilage, reducing joint friction, and preventing joint aging.

In addition, according to the research of the Chinese Institute of Bone and Joint Research, glucosamine can repair the worn and eroded joints and surrounding tissues due to aging and the decline of cartilage synthesis ability, so as to protect the joint surface and inhibit the inflammatory response. It can prevent the occurrence of diseases such as osteoarthritis and synovitis.

The research team of West China Hospital in my country has conducted a study on the clinical effect of glucosamine. In this study, a total of 108 patients with bone and joint were selected as volunteers and divided into two groups, respectively taking Glucosamine Qiangguning and Diclofenac (a routine drug for clinical arthritis).

After two years of follow-up observation, it was found that there was basically no difference in the effective rate of treatment between the two groups of patients. The incidence of reactions was also much lower than that in the diclofenac group. Thusit can be seen that glucosamine does have a certain role in the maintenance and repair of joints.

Treat glucosamine should be rational

On the market, we most commonly advocate the effect of glucosamine The method is to eat his family’s Glucosamine, which can cure osteoarthritis. Exaggerated propaganda. But in fact, osteoarthritis (OA) is clinically considered an irreversible disease, so it is also called “immortal cancer”.

As a result, the role of GLcN has been misunderstood by many people, thinking that if I have bone and joints, I will be better if I eat glucosamine. But in fact, Liteweijian is more used in foreign countries to maintain joints, delay joint aging, and protect cartilage tissue, so as to prevent and reduce the probability of bone and joint occurrence. It acts as a preventive rather than a curative.

OARST (International Association for the Study of Osteoarthritis) has researched that when we reach the age of 30, the body’s ability to secrete GLcN will decline, and there will be a continuous downward trend , Until the age of seventy, the body cannot synthesize glucosamine on its own.

According to the survey of the Chinese Institute of Bone and Joint Research, with the deepening of the aging of the population in my country, joint problems have become a new social problem. Surveys show that every person will experience joint problems at least once in their lifetime. Among people over 60 years old in my country, the incidence of osteoarthritis is as high as 37%.

And with the deepening of our country’s aging, the incidence of joints is still rising. Therefore, it is particularly important to carry out joint maintenance in advance, improve the awareness of joint health, and reduce the incidence of joint problems. Because in any case, prevention is more important than cure!