My nutritionist/friend has my wife and I on a vitamin c/bioflavinoid
supplement which helps your body produce cartilage.  I highly trust him and
wouldn't mention this here if I didn't.





On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 9:48 PM, Diane Heath <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> I enjoy the conversations and education emanating from this list so very
> much!!
>
> For example, I enjoyed the iodine protocol for thyroid people, and have
> since incorporated a daily drop of potassium iodide into my supplement
> regime, with very excellent results.  If I can get off my levothyroxin med
> during the coming year, this will be a personal victory.
>
> I've switched to almost an exclusive paleo-principled nutrition plan after
> a continuum of personal research which led me to believe that my almost
> strict vegetarian diet wasn't optimum for me.  I opted into the paleo
> lifestyle, mainly after
> reading "The Vegetarian Myth: Food Justice and Sustainability" by Lierre
> Keith, "Eating Animals" by Jonathan Safran Foer, "The Paleo Solution" by
> Robb Wolff, and "The Paleo Diet" by Loren Cordain,as well as "The Warrior
> Diet" by Ori Hofmekler and the continuing good newsletters by Dr. Joseph
> Mercola, all of which books and information I heartily recommend.  I do
> love to cook and am not a raw paleo enthusiast.
>
> As an "older person" who has relied on nutrition and workouts to keep me
> away from reliance on the medical field, I became a personal trainer and
> have continued my own workout lifestyle for over 2 decades now.
>
> My question is this:  Might there be any paleo-specific nutritional
> therapy which would actually build cartilage?  [Recently I have suffered
> knee injuries during workout, laid off long enough for the pain to
> disappear, gone ahead with my lunges and such, and fall back into the knee
> weakness/pain feeling.
>
> I've tried MSM/glucosamine/chondroitin supplements for years and find they
> do essentially nothing for me.  I've read some hype that boswellia can
> actually stimulate cartilage regrowth if in conjunction with other
> expensive ingredients.
> Also I've read that shark cartilage, and/or bone marrow could lead to
> cartilage re-growth.
>
> Not having the funds nor the inclination to become a human guinea pig for
> cartilage growth, I thought I'd put this question out here, and I thank you
> for considering it.
>
> Diane H.
>