What is Arthri-D supposed to do?

Health supplements are divided into a few major categories. Arthri-D falls in to the arthritis and joint pain category, as it offers a large proprietary formula centered on Chondroitin, which is largely taken to encourage the growth of cartilage. What Arthri-D is supposed to do usually differs somewhat from the evidence surrounding individual ingredients. Indeed, the jury is still out on whether taking chondroitin orally will actually increase the rate at which cartilage is grown within a given subject. Even if there is an increase the health of connective tissues, there's no reason to believe that this effect will eliminate pain entirely. After all, no one really lives "pain free" even after taking a supplement like Arthri-D for years, but reducing pain in the joints may be possible by relieving inflammation and giving joints what they need to repair themselves.

Arthri-D does not make a good impression with their homepage, opening with a loud "talking head" commercial which can't be turned off. The good thing is that the supplement facts label is easy to find, but yields little useful information. For example. The "proprietary blend" is listed as 1027 milligrams (very specific), with no mention of the amounts of its individual ingredients (dangerously vague). At least the consumer has the benefit of assuming that all of these aspects are indeed included in Arthri-D even if the amount is variable.

So, what are the claims of Arthri-D, and is there any hope that taking the pills will achieve them? Glucosamine and chondroitin are widely taken to repair joints, and Arthri-D includes both. The makers of Arthri-D make very general statements about the effects of each ingredient, culminating in phrases like "Boswellia is an herb the East Indians have used for hundreds of years to increase health". This may be true, but it does not mean that boswellia works. All of the claims made about the other ingredients are equally general, and are likely to steer conscientious buyers away, toward a less anecdotal product made by a well-known manufacturer.

Arthri-D's claims include a statement about "living a pain-free life" in the site video, which are not only impossible to prove or disprove, but also not likely. Even if this product does contain the best in connective tissue nutrition, and somehow causes inflammation to disappear, this process would take several months at least. Try to find a product like Arthri-D which contains only a few ingredients, like glucosamine and chondroitin, which are listed specifically in source and amount.