I have been very happy with Pro Flex made by
Pro Fomula Labs, the folks that make Lyte Now. I also have been using their
Vit/Min supplement, Winner's Daily, for years and find it to be an outstanding
product and value.
I did a lot of reading about joint
supplements and talked with various riders also. Johns Hopkins did a prolonged
research project on humans and Glucosamine Sulphate. They measureed the
thickness of cartilage in the human knees over a period of years. The
participants were selected so they were as similar of a group as possible, age,
weight, etc. Of course one group got the placebo. The group on glucosamine
sulphate had far less cartilage loss than the placebo group, if I recall the
group overall had no loss and in some cases there was improvement. Anyway, I
decided to pick a supplement based on GS.
At the time I had a mare that I had retired
from endurance that had arthritic hocks. Ove several years I had used several
different major brands of oral supplements and legend shots. The Legend effects
would wear off after 6-8 months and although she was also on supplements she
always got sore and stiff till she got her shots again. I eventually just quit
using a supplement as it just didn't seem to do anything for here. I did switch
to monthly Adequan shots with an initial loading period and this was really
successful. But since I did retire her and winter was starting I quit giving the
adequan at $42 per shot. In late winter I needed to use her again for ponying
the new youngster and I did my research then put her on Pro Flex. At this
point the Adequan had completely worn off. The Proflex made a very obvious
improvement for this mare. Really, really helped, like no other supplement I had
tried.
Pro Flex not only has GS as the base but it
has numerous other ingredients, several of which are anti-inflamnatory. I've
learned that basicly you have to prevent inflammation from starting as this is
what leads to the thinning of the joint fluid, dry joints and cartilage
breakdown. I feel that even when feeding a supplement as a preventative that you
must prevent inflammation from starting. So this type of product must be
withdrawn prior to competition to comply with the AERC drup policy. By the way
the formula of Pro Flex has recently been changed and some catalogs don't
reflect this change.
This is just my personal opinions and
thoughts. I personally really like the Pro Formula products and feel
the Winner's Daily is a very worthy product also.
Bonnie Snodgrass
-----Original Message----- From: Lori Bertolucci
[mailto:LoriBertolucci@xxxxxxx] Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 4:02
PM To: ridecamp Subject: [RC] Joint
Suppliments
I am looking for thoughts on what everyone considers good joint
suppliments, and why. I did look into the archives, but wasn't able to
pinpoint joint suppliments. I was able to get a catch-all for suppliments. I
am looking for something that is a preventitive suppliment.
