[at-l] Supplements

[kahley@ptd.net (kahley)]

At 08:30 AM 2/15/02 -0500, Jan Leitschuh wrote:

>Speaking of supplements,
>I have had several thru-hikers urge me to take glucosamine to help rebuild
>stressed joints.  I have seen performance horses such as jumpers or
>endurance horses benefit from such supplements.
>
>My question is about the items it is often paired with - are they worth the
>extra cost?

Last spring...approx 9 mo ago, I started sporadic GC therapy.
I'm terrible at taking pills so i didn't follow the 3 a day dosage
to start.  I did take one a day with a 90% success and prolly
2 a day 40%.  I will continue their use as I have not suffered
the hip pain that was becoming a real problem, to the same degree.

In other words IMHO it works YMMV.  As to the combo, all the
recommendations I got were from people who took the combo
so i did likewise.