hello.
in addition to MSM & other compounds being discussed elsewhere, i'd bring another name up when it comes to ANTINFLAMMATORY/JOINT SOOTHENING properties: SERRAPEPTASE.
http://www.smart-nutrition.net/info-serrapeptase.htm
http://www.smart-nutrition.net/serr...se-research.htm
Originally from silkworm, this remarkable compound is showed to:
* hold STRONG antinflammatory properties
* decrease blood/artheries cloths/plaques in a sizeable manner.
* etc (see references).
This is NOT some MLM hyped "new" discovery ( i have been using it 10 years long ), nor some untested "miracle" based on pseudo-science.
Here in Europe ( as well in Asia ) there is a PRESCRIPTION only drug called DANZEN, which is the syntetic copycat of serratio peptidasi.
I had been prescribed danzen successfully earlier as long as 30 years ago!!
Studies & feedbacks suggest people who (ab)use classic pain killers ( ibuprufen/ aulin etc ) to give a fair chance to serrapeptase.