Products for cartilage, joint and ligament repair

In what cases does a person need a special menu, with an emphasis on products for the restoration of cartilage tissue? As a rule, with age-related wear of cartilage, when the joints cease to cope with their functions. Undesirable changes, damage or diseases of the joints also occur at a younger age. Is it possible to help the matter with proper nutrition?

The restoration occurs thanks to the main cartilaginous cells – chondrocytes. Experts say that two conditions are necessary for natural restoration: a sufficient number of chondrocytes and joint mobility, stimulating the production of synovial fluid – lubrication for cartilaginous surfaces. This means that nutrition must provide these conditions.

Among the products for restoring the body, "building materials" for cartilage are in a separate group. In first place are dishes containing gelatin:

1. Aspic, broth, jellied meats – to maintain elasticity.
2. Bell pepper – to activate the vessels that nourish the cartilage.
3. Garlic – to relieve inflammation with the help of phytoncides.

1. Spinach, parsley – promote tissue renewal.
2. Avocado – to prevent thinning of the cartilage layer.
3. Goat cheese, cottage cheese – for calcium supply.
4. Cherry – for removing salts.
5. Jelly desserts and marmalade are a source of collagen.
6. Edible gelatin (in the form of compresses at night).
7. Dietary supplements.

Products for joint restoration

It is unlikely that you can get rid of arthrosis and other joint problems with the help of diet alone. However, nutrition can saturate the body with the necessary substances - with the help of products for joint restoration.

To restore joints you need: collagen, sulfur, selenium, omega 3 fats.

1. The protein collagen is the basis of cartilage; it is found in jellied meat, jellied fish, and fruit jellies.
2. Sulfur – in beef and chicken, cod, sea bass, chum salmon, eggs, legumes, radishes, cabbage, onions, apples, gooseberries, plums.
3. Selenium – seafood, coconuts, Brazil nuts, milk, garlic, eggs, cod, seaweed.

1. Polyunsaturated fatty acids – fatty sea fish (bake or steam), flaxseed oil, nuts.
2. Calcium – fermented milk products, flax seeds.

Products for body restoration can be applied externally, for example, food gelatin is applied to sore joints in the form of compresses. And from non-food products, chondroprotective drugs are used internally.

But among the undesirable products are the same fast food, smoked foods, fatty foods and pickles, sour fruits and juices, caviar, mineral water with a high concentration of sodium, refined vegetable oil, ice cream, sweets, alcohol.

Products for ligament restoration

For ligaments to be elastic and strong, the body needs a sufficient amount of substances such as mucopolysaccharides, collagen, hyaluronic acid, a complex of vitamins, potassium, calcium, iodine, iron, magnesium, amino acids, and healthy fats.

Phosphorus is undesirable, its excess leads to osteoporosis. The latter is contained in alcoholic beverages, white bread, sausages, processed cheese, baking powder. These products are not suitable for restoring the body.

Products for ligament restoration are quite diverse. It is recommended to prepare boiled, stewed, baked dishes, jelly and jelly desserts from them.

1. Egg yolks.
2. Beans, soybeans.
3. Buckwheat and oatmeal.
4. Bran, black bread.
5. Dates, dried apricots, prunes.

6. Fresh fish (sea and freshwater).
7. Low-fat milk (fresh and sour), cheeses.
8. Green vegetables.
9. Agar-agar, gelatin.
10. Cocoa, chocolate, green tea.

Undeservedly ignored products for restoring the body, specifically ligaments and tendons, are cartilage and bones of birds and animals, fish heads and tails. You can make a delicious fish soup or broth from them. The benefit of such food is that cartilage and connective tissues are rich in hyaluronic acid, mucopolysaccharides; these substances serve to strengthen and nourish joints, tendons, ligaments.