For healthy bones & joints
- With UC II, a patented collagen
- For joints and cartilage elasticity
- Supports bone health & strength
- Antiinflammatory
- Promotes collagen production in bones and tissues
- From superior quality natural raw materials
- Free of gluten, yeast, sweeteners, preservatives, dyes or other chemical components
- Produced n the European Union under GMP standards.
Special formula that contains patented UC-II (Undenaturated Collagen) 40mg, the only immunomodulatory collagen.
Derived from non-tainted chicken cartilage, which has retained the natural three-dimensional molecular structure in a manner protected from gastric juice and ingested by the immune system of the gastrointestinal system (Peyer's plaques).
80% of the immune system is the gastrointestinal tract. It also contains Nicotinamide 200mg, MSM 500 mg, Glucosamine sulphate 400 (pure glucosamine sulphate 300mg) that enhance synergistically the effect of UC-II.
Contains:
- UC-II collagen - a biologically active ingredient, patented by InterHealth Nutraceuticals, USA. UC-II is a glycosylated, undenatured collagen type II derived from cartilage chicken (sternum), meaning the collagen type which appears in the joints of human body. UC-II has not undergone a change in its molecular structure during the production process (non-enzymatic, low-temperature process), thus it retains its biological activity.
As we age and continue to put stress on our joints, we risk of damaging the joint cartilage which then exposes small collagen fibres found in the intercellular matrix liquid.
The body’s immune system mistakenly identifies these collagen fibers as "foreign cells" and triggers an inflammatory response against the collagen-containing cartilage in one's own joints, thus initiating inflammation and joint discomfort. UC-II is an ingredient with double role.
It provides active collagen type II to human body which is necessary for joint regeneration and, at the same time, it co-operates with the body's immune system to de-activate basic pro-inflammatory cytokines, such as interleukin-10 (IL-10), which are involved in joint inflammation. Preclinical and clinical studies support UC II's role:
- Works naturally with your immune system to help joint health and mobility
- Works for knees, hips, shoulders, hands, elbows, and ankles
- 2x more effective than glucosamine and chondroitin
- Glucosamine - A naturally occurring amino sugar of human body, mainly found in the cartilage and plays an important role in good health and joint strength. To a less extent, glucosamine also appears in bones, and generally in all connective tissues.
Glucosamine is also a nutrient for proteoglycans, a basic element of joints, which together with collagen make joints function with flexibility and capable of absorbing high pressure, normally appearing in joints of knees and hip.
Glucosamine provides elasticity and volume to joints, thus offering mobility and smooth function to connective tissue. In normal joint cartilage, chondroitin sulphate is formed, by means of chondrocytes and by other cells found in the joint liquid, from a precursor amino sugar molecule, meaning glucosamine.
Glucosamine is considered to be the substrate for the synthesis of chondroitin sulphate, hyaluronic acid and for other joint macromolecules.
As we age, endogenous formation of glucosamine is reduced, thus the supplemental intake of this ingredient becomes a necessity.
- Niacinamide - A vitamin which contributes to normal energy-yielding metabolism and to the production and excretion of intercellular substance (glycosaminoglycans, collagen non-collagen proteins) from chondrocytes, thus supporting good bone and joint health.
More specifically, niacinamide has been proposed to deactivate the biological activity of IL-1 which results in the suppression of all inflammatory responses caused by by IL-1, including those involved in the induction of nitric oxide (NO), thus efficiently contributing to repairing/regenerating joint cartilage, resulting in decreased inflammation.
- Methyl sulfonyl methane (ΜSM) - A sulfur compound found in a variety of food. Human body uses this ingredient as a source of organic sulfur, a mineral which participates in the formation of connective tissue, such as in the formation of: joint cartilage, amino acids and functional proteins, etc.
Furthermore, MSM plays an important role in the catalytic function of various enzymes which work together with glutathione in the antioxidant protection system of our organism.
