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.
View our recommended formula of Collagen Type
II for arthritis pain
relief 
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