It's usual that people with osteoarthritis disease used these supplementation to tackle and/or prevent the development of the disease. Over the past few years the lecture has demonstrated that the glicosamine could play a adverse effect. This supplementation could cause insulin resistance and a recent study shows these strategies do not prevent development of osteoarthritis.
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