LIDTKE ArthroCare

ArthroCare® is free of glucosamine or other simple sugars.* Designed for sugar-sensitive individuals.*

In the United States, an extensive meta-analysis comparing chondroitin sulfate to glucosamine demonstrated the impressive superiority of chondroitin sulfate.*

There is a dramatic difference between genuine chondroitin sulfate and imitation chondroitin sulfate. According to one raw-material distributor in the U.S., imitation chondroitin has been sold by the ton. Apparently, some manufacturers overseas have formulated raw materials specifically to mislead laboratory tests, including USP tests.

Silica is one of several essential elements that complements chondroitin sulfate.* Silica is responsible for building molecular bridges in connective tissue that give your ligaments and tendons form and tensile strength.* Bio-available silica, though, is not easy to find. Of the many forms of silica Lidtke has tested, they have found only one form of silica that in their experience works quickly and reliably.* This form is an unadulterated, aqueous extract from the horsetail plant (Equisetum arvense) that grows in marshy regions.

ArthroCare is designed to maintain: