Scare Tactic

 am always amazed how quickly we publish a pharmacy based study that shows how "about 5-10 times" the recommended dosage of a particular holistic health care product (in this case, glucosamine) might damage insulin producing cells. At the same time, the Medically based chemicals found in Celebrex, Viox, Tylenol, and Motrin are KNOWN to cause, in standard dosage amounts, Heart disease, liver damage, gastrointestinal ulcers, degenerative joint disease, heart attacks, blood thinning issues, etc. 

It is important to be careful with all substances, and I am anxious to hear of more information and studies regarding glucosamine or any other holistic products, but we, as consumers, must keep everything in perspective. 

Oh... I guess if you don't kill yourself with pain medications, and if you still have pain, you can always attempt surgery (1/2500 surgeries result in death).

I agree with Keith

posted by Bryan on 04 Nov 2010 at 11:04 am

Everything in moderation. Like Keith says in his post too much of anything can be bad for you. If I were to drink 4 gallons of water in 2 hours my kidneys could fail. I don't see anyone suggesting not to drink water. All of these articles are designed to make people think "if high doses can cause diabetes maybe I shouldn't take it at all". "The key point of our work is that glucosamine can have effects that are far from harmless and should be used with great caution" The second quote is taken straight from the article. What a joke! By the way, how long is an extended period of time? Not very specific for a scientist.