Osteo Essentials is a unique, scientifically advanced product that provides a multinutritional approach to natural flexibility and increased freedom of movement. It supplies your body with a proprietary blend of glucosamine, the beneficial herb Boswellia serrata, calcium, manganese and other nutrients in a formulation for repairing and rebuilding cartilage and bone. Glucosamine, a naturally occurring amino-sugar found in the body, plays an important role in the maintenance and repair of cartilage, including cartilage adversely affected by aging and physical stress. This nutrient also helps form the structural components such as the tissues and fluids that are necessary for healthy new cartilage, and it helps maintain the natural lubrication fluid found in healthy joints and cartilage that acts as a "shock absorber," cushioning bone structure.

RESEARCH BRIEF

Did you know that the human body has 143 different joints? Acting as hinges, levers and shock absorbers, they allow us to jump, dance, climb, sit and walk. Joints are designed to hold bones close together while still allowing them freedom of movement.

One portion of the joint is called the "articular cartilage," which forms a cap at the end of the bones. This cartilage absorbs shock while allowing bones to easily slip and slide across each other during motion. That's because most of the cartilage consists of water -- in fact, it's 65 to 80 percent water! The balance is made up of collagen and proteoglycans, which give cartilage its cushioning ability.

Glucosamine is a major building block of the proteoglycans. Specifically, glucosamine is required to make the material that binds water in the cartilage matrix. By helping to repair and rebuild the cartilage matrix, glucosamine can actually support healthy joint function.

FAQs

Q. Why doesn't Osteo Essentials contain chondroitin sulfate?
A. Chondroitin sulfate is made naturally in the body from simple sugars and sulfate through a process called biosynthesis. Because your body already creates this nutrient, we chose to supply other beneficial ingredients -- such as Boswellia, nettle leaf, bromelain, manganese and calcium -- that your body does not generate.

Q. Why does Osteo Essentials contain glucosamine HCI instead of glucosamine sulfate?
A. All of the glucosamine salts are effective. Yet, because of the manufacturing process, glucosamine sulfate contains only 63 percent glucosamine while the form in our product contains 83 percent of this beneficial nutrient.

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