Osteoarthritis - could missing glycine be the answer?

Glycine and Joint Support

Glycine is a major component of collagen and may support joint structure and repair.

Collagen synthesis is severely diminished in osteoarthritis; thus, enhancing it may help the regeneration of cartilage. This requires large amounts of glycine, proline and lysine. Glycine is an essential amino acid, which must be present in the diet in large amounts to satisfy the demands for collagen synthesis. Other authors have shown that proline is conditionally essential. Degeneration of the cartilage in osteoarthritis mainly affects the collagen content in the matrix structure. The regeneration of the cartilage is the main target to solve the problem, and its main key could be the regeneration of collagen. Glycine, proline and lysine play a special role in collagen structure and their insufficient availability could be a cause to make collagen synthesis and regeneration difficult. 

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