Interesting: Maintain Healthy Tissue in Your Eyes, Joints, & Skin

Bill Sardi, author of the book "HA: How to Live 100 Years Without Growing Old," was a guest on the Debra Ray Show.

"In 2000, ABC News Prime Time Live sent Connie Chung to Yuzurihara, Japan. This village is known as 'the village of long life.' The World Health Organiztion found that there were 10 times more people living beyond the age of 85 in Yuzurihara than anywhere in North America. These villagers had smooth skin, flexible joints, thick hair, & few needed reading glasses. Dr. Toyosuke Komori, the town doctor, attributed the youthful appearances of these villagers to Hyaluronic Acid. HA (Hyaluronic Acid) is present in their life-long sticky vegetable-based diet (daikon radish, fermented soy, miso, tofu, etc. - no meat). There's no way we can eat ot take enough HA to help our knees, back, etc. The HA you eat or take triggers your own fibroblast cells to make HA. If asked, your doctor may tell you the molecules of HA are too big to be adsorbed. That is true of normal long strand HA, but shortened strand HA is available. Adsorption of shortened strand HA is improved when consumed with other antioxidants such as quercetin & rice bran. Wrinkle sufferers have called HA 'plastic surgery in a bottle.' If you are taking Glucosamine, you want to take HA. HA is the whole molecule that Glucosamine is trying to make." When I run out of Glucosamine, I'll try HA and post the results.

Update 11/22/06: Jarrow HA is derived from rooster combs. Some vegetarian competing products are derived by a fermentation technique. I took a vegetarian HA for months, without results. After switching to HA dervived from rooster comb, I noticed the strength of my thumbs increasing. This is amazing, after taking glucosamine for years with very little increase in strength. It's so nice to be able to easily use a fingernail clipper!

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