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Support for Healthy Connective Tissue
Maintaining healthy connective tissue is essential for enjoyment of all of the activities associated with vibrant physical health and well being. Unfortunately, the perpetual physical challenges of everyday life can overwhelm us. The impact of physical stressors such as heavy or incorrect lifting, repetitive motion or impact, poor posture and improper biomechanics, and even inactivity can increase the need for specialized connective tissue support. Fortunately, your health care professional is specially trained to help you maintain healthy connective tissue by recommending fundamental nutritional support, aggressive care when needed, and complementary care through continued health maintenance.
The Fundamentals
To support healthy connective tissue synthesis, structure, and maintenance, Dr. Schneider recommends:
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Chondroitin sulfate, glucosamine sulfate, and antioxidant cofactors as first stage fundamentals for connective tissue formation and function.
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Specialized amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and accessory nutrients to round out the essential factors needed to build and maintain connective tissue integrity and efficiency.
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Vitamin C, which not only protects tissues from free radicals, but is also necessary for collagen synthesis - a critical component of healthy, functional connective tissue.
Recommended Products for Fundamental Support:
ChondroCare is a comprehensive formula featuring glucosamine sulfate (GS) and chondroitin sulfate (CS) for the formation and maintenance of healthy cartilage. GS and CS may enhance lubrication of joints, participate in the integrity and structure of connective tissue, and promote healthy cartilage function. In addition, ChondroCare supplies mineral cofactors for critical antioxidants that support free radical defenses in tissues, including cartilage and synovial fluid.
Collagenics is a comprehensive, proprietary blend of important vitamins, patented amino acid chelates, free form amino acids, and other nutrients known to be involved in the growth and construction of connective tissue. Adequate amounts of these raw materials may promote the development of connective tissue, thereby supporting its ability to accomplish the wide aray of duties it must perform, from shock absorption to holding joints together.
Ultra Potent-C is a patented, highly bioavailable formula designed to provide high levels of functional vitamin C and its metabolites in a short period of time without stomach upset. In addition to its well-known antioxidant properties, vitamin C is essential for the production of collagen - a primary component of connective tissue. Collagen formation plays a vital role inthe health and integrity of connective tissue, and collagen synthesized in the absence of adequate vitamin C is less stable.
Aggressive Support
At times when a more aggressive approach is necessary, additional nutrients can help unlock the body's amazing capacity to cultivate a state of health. Dr. Schneider recommends:
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Homeopathic support applicable in the prevention and/or treatment of acute injury, strains, and sprains, and/or the aggravation of old injuries.
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Specialized herbs, such as turmeric and boswellia, with potent antioxidants like quercetin to promote the biochemical balance most commonly associated with healthy connective tissue.
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Proteolytic enzymes like trypsin and chymotrypsin to support restorative mechanisms within the body.
Recommended Products for Aggressive Support:
Homeopathic remedies for pain and inflammation have been utilized for over 100 years and are believed to provide an "energetic" stimulus to the natural healing qualities of the body. Traumatic Injury Formula features substances such as Arnica montana, Ruta graveolens, and Hypericum perforatum which are applicable in the treatment of bruises, contusions, strains, sprains, pain, swelling, stiffness, and muscle spasms.
Inflavonoid Intensive Care features a blend of select Ayurvedic herbs such as boswellia, turmeric, and ginger that may support normal, healthy fatty acid metabolism and the biochemical balance of prostaglandins associated with healthy tissues. Inflavonoid Intensive Care also features a variety of nutrients with antioxidant properties, including citrus bioflavonoid complex, cayenne pepper, quercetin, and vitamin C, which may reduce the generation of, and joint damage caused by, free radicals.
Complementary Care
Connective tissue health does not end with direct care. Indirect mechanisms for sustaining tissue health, in both the short and long term, like supporting proper detoxification and elimination pathways, are critical. Ideal methods of support would include:
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Antioxidant vitamins, minerals, and bioflavonoids that reduce free radical generation and aid internal detoxification of material that accumulates when tissues are stressed, and nutrients that favor balanced fatty acid metabolism.
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Viable probiotics that support the intestinal mucosal barrier. A healthy mucosal lining is associated with the health and integrity of tissues throughout the body.
Recommended Products for Complementary Care Support:
(A Medical Food for Inflammation)
UltraInflamX is a nutritionally diverse medical food designed to provide targeted nutritional support for patients with chronic inflammatory conditions. UltraInflamX features a unique blend of vitamins, minerals, amino acids, bioflavonoids, and the phytonutrients rutin, curcumin, and quercetin to nutritionally support balanced fatty acid metabolism, detoxification, gastrointestinal mucosa integrity, and reduction of damaging free radical generation.
Ultra Flora Plus is a patented probiotic supplement featuring a highly viable, pure strain of Lactobacillus acidophilus and Bifidobacterium infantis - "friendly" flora that support a healthy intestinal environment, which is critical in maintaining tissue health throughout the body. Ultra Flora Plus also supplies nutritional synergists to support the growth of these healthful bacteria. (Also available in dairy-free form)
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