Collagen Type II: replacing the natural substance that holds cartilage together:
Arthritis pain sufferers experience a destruction of type II collagen in the cartilage of their joints. Collagen type II is the major protein in cartilage. It helps give the joints elasticity and holds the cartilage together. As a long term arthritis treatment, Collagen type II allows cartilage to heal itself because of the mucopolysaccharides it contains.

Recent clinical studies involving individuals with rheumatoid arthritis of a severe nature showed a decrease in arthritis pain, tender and swollen joints among patients taking collagen type II for three months. Collagen type II is a safe substitute for NSAIDS in providing arthritis pain relief.

Type II collagen is taken from diverse sources, and not all collagen types are effective to an equalextent. In the most effective grades of Rheumatoid Tolerance Factor the chicken bone cartilage is used. Type II collagen contains the highest concentration of proteoglycans, providing arthritis pain relief byproducing joint fluid and maintaining cartilage as a buffer for movements such as walking and running.

As an arthritis treatment in individuals with rheumatoid arthritis pain, collagen type II can be an autoantigen, and is a major articular cartilage protein.

An inflammatory synovial disease, rheumatoid arthritis is thought to involve the reaction of T-cells to antigens of the joint.

When taken from chicken sternum Collagen type II is a bioavailable Hyaluronan source, essential to promoting healthy joint (synovial) fluid. The lack of joint fluid is a major factor in arthritis pain.

Hyaluronan (HA) can be found in almost all fluidsand tissues of the body, especially in the vitreousskin and eye fluids, and the joint fluids. HA plays a vital part in helping to prevent aging joints from degenerating and promoting healthy joint fluid, resulting in relief of arthritispain. As a part of a long term program of arthritis treatment , high amountsmay be needed to keep regular steady-statelevels due to HA’s high daily turnover. HA influencesblood vessel andphagocytosis formation, and cellmovement, because it is a regulatory molecule. HA is also an antioxidant and free radical scavenger, and may be important in blocking the aging effect on skin of prolonged sunlight exposure. HA is also involved critically in the healthy healing of wounds. HA stimulates fibroblast cell division and DNA synthesis, which is indispensable for healthy cartilage and skin maintenance. By the age of 30 the HA in most people starts disorganizing from the skin collagen protein, compared to the interweaving of skin collagen and HA in most nine-year-olds, and this trend is even more pronounced in 60-year olds.

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