Showing posts with label glucosamine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label glucosamine. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Careful with the Glucosamine!

This is a bit disturbing

High doses or prolonged use of glucosamine causes the death of pancreatic cells and could increase the risk of developing diabetes, 


So, all those people taking this for their sore joints need to exercise some caution

"The key point of our work is that glucosamine can have effects that are far from harmless and should be used with great caution," concluded Professor Picard.

The results obtained by Picard and his team coincide with recent studies that cast serious doubt on the effectiveness of glucosamine in treating joint problems.