Since i’ve recently had some inflamaion in my left knee from Football. I decided to try fish oil to lub the joints and ease inflamation. My girlfriend tells me I should take GLucosamine Sulfate Fish oil is for the heart and memory. However I see it talked about so much on T- Nation and never really see talk about Glucosamine Sulfate for joint inflamtion. I’m curious to the difference of both and why one over the other?
Bump
glucsamine sulfate has been shown to only work on a small percentage of the population. It also does not work quite as well a fish oil to reduce inflammation. Fish oil also has about 100 other benefits and is less processed if you buy the right brand.
your g/f is telling you what “pop culture health advice” tells her. The scientific and experiential evidence point towards fish oil being one of the best foods you can consume as far as overall health and injury rehabilitation go.
-chris
I had a knee replacement 8weeks ago. I don’t react well to pain killers so a friend of mine whose a dietician recommended fishoil liquid 3 tsp x3 per day with food. Also curcumin (found in curries) 2 capsules 3x per day. The swelling around my knee went down hugely after about 10days.
[quote]shaun tyler wrote:
I had a knee replacement 8weeks ago. I don’t react well to pain killers so a friend of mine whose a dietician recommended fishoil liquid 3 tsp x3 per day with food. Also curcumin (found in curries) 2 capsules 3x per day. The swelling around my knee went down hugely after about 10days. [/quote]
In this same vein fish oil helped cure mine and my training partner’s tendonitis in less than 3 days at 3 TBSP per day and 15g each of glutamine and creatine one per day.
-chris
My body is pretty much an orthopedic train wreck and I have subjected it to every supplement imaginable which might help. Fish oil by far has given my the most clear, obvious benefit in lessening joint inflamation and pain. Glucosamine, never did a damn thing for me, after ten years of trying it in various forms, doses and combinations (with Chondroitin, MSM, etc).
I second the creatine/glutamine thing, that I believe has helped somewhat. Doc
[quote]shaun tyler wrote:
I had a knee replacement 8weeks ago. I don’t react well to pain killers so a friend of mine whose a dietician recommended fishoil liquid 3 tsp x3 per day with food. Also curcumin (found in curries) 2 capsules 3x per day. The swelling around my knee went down hugely after about 10days. [/quote]
That’s pretty awesome. Ask your friend or google about Zyflamend. It’s a nutritional supplement that also contains curcumin and some other stuff. It actually has been researched by Columbia University and has been shown to be beneficial for the prostate as well as other inflammation.
hmnn well, if creatine increases the water uptake of muscles, joints etc, I imagine that would provide some benefit (?). I never thought if using it in that manner before, always took 1/2 a dose a day because I felt it helped my recover a bit.
S
[quote]Avocado wrote:
glucsamine sulfate has been shown to only work on a small percentage of the population. It also does not work quite as well a fish oil to reduce inflammation. Fish oil also has about 100 other benefits and is less processed if you buy the right brand.
your g/f is telling you what “pop culture health advice” tells her. The scientific and experiential evidence point towards fish oil being one of the best foods you can consume as far as overall health and injury rehabilitation go.
-chris[/quote]
The preponderance of evidence indicates glucosamine is a waste of money.
I have not had a noticeable joint benefit from fish oil but I take it anyway for the many well documented health benefits.
Glucosamine does nothing to reduce inflammation. The reasons it’s marketed as a joint-support supplement is because apparently the body uses it for cartilage building.
If you simply have an inflammation, stick with the fish oil. If you have a cartilage wear problem, keep taking the fish oil, but add some glucosamine sulfafe, chondroitin, and MSM. I have met some people at the gym who have had pretty good results with cartilage wear problems by taking 3-4x higher than “bottle recommendation” doses of these cartilage support supplements.