John Arts Abundant Living www.johnarts.co.nz

I feel as though I have the best job in the world. I get to hear from people that often have life-changing benefits from effective nutritional therapy programmes.

I was contacted by someone with significant discomfort from osteoarthritis in her hands, feet and hips. We made changes to her diet and supplement programme. She was taking a joint supplement, but it was clearly not helping.

She was taking Omega 3; we just changed the doses. She was taking a joint supplement; we used different doses and combinations.

We added more fish oil and 1500mg of both chondroitin and glucosamine with 400mg of curcumin extract. The results have been excellent. Her joints have much improved and she's especially thrilled with her feet, which were causing real problems.

The key to improved joint health is being prepared to try new options. Most joint supplements are based on glucosamine sulphate. While beneficial, it's nowhere as effective as chondroitin sulphate as this is a constituent of cartilage and exerts many positive benefits to joints.

I replaced her supplement with my joint formula of 50/50 chondroitin and glucosamine. I believe this was the most important part of her improvement. You must wonder why most supplements have little chondroitin. I think this comes down to the cost of quality chondroitin. Adding this would result in higher prices or reduced profit.

There are many diet changes to help arthritis. By far the most important are fats. Some fats are inflammatory and worsen arthritis. Some are anti-inflammatory and reduce the inflammatory part of arthritis. Omega 3 from oily fish is very anti-inflammatory and is the most important oil to reduce joint pain. Email me if you'd like a copy of my Anti-Inflammatory Nutrition Guide.

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John Arts is a qualified nutritional medicine practitioner and founder of Abundant Health. Contact John on 0800 423 559.