Keeping Joint Nutrition is as Simple as One, Two, Three:
By: Edward G. Loniewski, DO, FACOS, FAOAO.
What is Proper Nutrition for Healthy Joints?
“You are what you eat” many mothers would say when nutrition was much easier to understand. In the past, your mother or grandmother was the only expert and final word on nutrition. Today we have so many options and opinions from many so-called experts who claim to have the latest, most outrageous secret to success. Many of these claims would make your mother laugh. Our goal is to make your life easy, and return to a simpler time where common sense and simple rules guide you back to health.
We have developed a very simple nutritional program which we feel has good scientific evidence to help reduce joint pain and stimulate new cell function and it is easy as One, Two, Three!
One- Stick with one simple diet at home and away- We recommend the Mediterranean diet which is easy to follow at home or almost any restaurant. This is a diet using whole grains, vegetables, olive oil and cold water fish. As far as evidence, the Mediterranean diet has more evidence than any other diet to help with some of our most common health conditions such as arthritis and heart disease. If you want more information on this diet, visit : Mediterranean Diet 101
Two- Take Nitric Oxide Supplement - Nitric Oxide is very important to almost all the important biochemical pathways involved in keeping our bodies healthy. As we age, we become deficient in an enzyme which helps convert Nitric Oxide. Replacement of this key component allows most of our biochemical pathways including stem cell pathways to work in an efficient manner. We provide free nitric oxide testing to ensure you are truly deficient as well as monitoring your progress.
Three- Take our triple joint builder supplement - This takes all the guess work on what types of supplements you should take. This is a combination supplement of glucosamine sulfate, with three powerful additives including Boswellia, MSM to reduce pain and provide the basic building blocks for joints recovering from injury and disease. There are proven benefits of taking these three together as the combination seems to improve results in controlled, blinded studies.
See how nutrition can be integrated into a holistic, comprehensive plan for your knee by visiting our knee therapy page.
If you would like to schedule a face to face consultation with Dr. Loniewski, please call 810-299-8552 for an appointment or fill out our quick request form..
Further Reading on this subject:
Mediterranean Diet and Ostearthritis - (Dyer J, Davison G, Marcora SM, Mauger AR. Effect of a Mediterranean type diet on inflammatory and cartilage degradation biomarkers in patients with osteoarthritis. The Journal of Nutrition, Health & Aging. 2017;21(5):562-566. doi:10.1007/s12603-016-0806-y.)
Increase in Fish Oils and Osteoarthritis - (Thomas S, Browne H, Mobasheri A, Rayman MP. What is the evidence for a role for diet and nutrition in osteoarthritis? Rheumatology (Oxford, England). 2018;57(Suppl 4):iv61-iv74. doi:10.1093/rheumatology/key011.)
Use of Antioxidants and Diets for Treatment of Arthritis- (Grover AK, Samson SE. Benefits of antioxidant supplements for knee osteoarthritis: rationale and reality. Nutrition Journal. 2016;15:1. doi:10.1186/s12937-015-0115-z.)
Nutraceuticals and OA- Support for Fish Oils, Glucosamine, & Olive Oil - (Castrogiovanni P, Trovato FM, Loreto C, Nsir H, Szychlinska MA, Musumeci G. Nutraceutical Supplements in the Management and Prevention of Osteoarthritis. Tegeder I, ed. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2016;17(12):2042. doi:10.3390/ijms17122042.)
Use of Nitric Oxide for Osteoarthritis Pain – (Mackenzie IS, Rutherford D, MacDonald TM. Nitric oxide and cardiovascular effects: new insights in the role of nitric oxide for the management of osteoarthritis. Arthritis Research & Therapy. 2008;10(Suppl 2):S3. doi:10.1186/ar2464.)
Use of Laser Therapy and Nitric Oxide- (Hancock CM1, Riegger-Krugh C. Modulation of pain in osteoarthritis: the role of nitric oxide. Clin J Pain. 2008 May;24(4):353-65. doi: 10.1097/AJP.0b013e31815e5418.)
Use of Nitric Oxide and Stem Cells ( Bonafè F1, Guarnieri C, Muscari C. Nitric oxide regulates multiple functions and fate of adult progenitor and stem cells. J Physiol Biochem. 2015 Mar;71(1):141-53. doi: 10.1007/s13105-014-0373-9. Epub 2014 Dec 20.)
Glucosamine Evidence (Henrotin Y, Mobasheri A, Marty M. Is there any scientific evidence for the use of glucosamine in the management of human osteoarthritis? Arthritis Research & Therapy. 2012;14(1):201. doi:10.1186/ar3657.)
Use of Boswellia and MSM - ( Notarnicola A, Maccagnano G, Moretti L, et al. Methylsulfonylmethane and boswellic acids versus glucosamine sulfate in the treatment of knee arthritis: Randomized trial. International Journal of Immunopathology and Pharmacology. 2016;29(1):140-146. doi:10.1177/0394632015622215.)
(De Silva V1, El-Metwally A, Ernst E, Lewith G, Macfarlane GJ; Arthritis Research UK Working Group on Complementary and Alternative Medicines. Evidence for the efficacy of complementary and alternative medicines in the management of osteoarthritis: a systematic review. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2011 May;50(5):911-20. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq379. Epub 2010 Dec 17.)
Boswellia and Osteoarthritis - ( Abdel-Tawab M1, Werz O, Schubert-Zsilavecz M. Boswellia serrata: an overall assessment of in vitro, preclinical, pharmacokinetic and clinical data.Clin Pharmacokinet. 2011 Jun;50(6):349-69. doi: 10.2165/11586800-000000000-00000.)
Hyaluronic Acid Supplements and Osteoarthritis- (Tashiro T, Seino S, Sato T, Matsuoka R, Masuda Y, Fukui N. Oral Administration of Polymer Hyaluronic Acid Alleviates Symptoms of Knee Osteoarthritis: A Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Study over a 12-Month Period. The Scientific World Journal. 2012;2012:167928. doi:10.1100/2012/167928.)
( Kalman DS, Heimer M, Valdeon A, Schwartz H, Sheldon E. Effect of a natural extract of chicken combs with a high content of hyaluronic acid (Hyal-Joint®) on pain relief and quality of life in subjects with knee osteoarthritis: a pilot randomized double-blind placebo-controlled trial. Nutrition Journal. 2008;7:3. doi:10.1186/1475-2891-7-3.)
Vitamins C, D, E and Nutraceuticals Resveratol and Curcumin – (Leong DJ, Choudhury M, Hirsh DM, Hardin JA, Cobelli NJ, Sun HB. Nutraceuticals: Potential for Chondroprotection and Molecular Targeting of Osteoarthritis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2013;14(11):23063-23085. doi:10.3390/ijms141123063.)