Supplementing their diet with glucosamine, people with arthritis may slow their bone turnover and help build cartilage, according to a new animal study published in Arthritis and Rheumatism.
The study by Suanne Wane and colleagues from the University of Toronto in Ontario, Canada examined a building block of proteins known as glycosaminoglycans, which the body uses to build cartilage, in rabbits with arthritis.
In the study, rabbits were given 100 mg of glucosamine a day for eight weeks and the researchers compared two groups of rabbits with arthritis, one given glucosamine and the other given a placebo for the bone turnover rates.
Wang and team found rabbits supplemented with glucosamine had a bone turnover rate around the knee joint similar to that of normal animals while untreated rabbits had a higher rate.
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