Having OA can be really really painful, and uncomfortable.  Eventually, it can get pretty annoying having to put up with it too.  Well, luckily there are many things that can help slow, ease, and even prevent it.  Some of these things are sort of surprising.. you’d just never really expect them to help out, and the connection to each other just doesn’t make much sense.  Well, this blog is about an oil that helps slow down OA that you would never expect – cod liver oil.

That’s right!  A study in 2004 by Cardiff University proved that cod liver oil helped slow down the destruction of cartilage in the joints of people with OA.  Yup, the study showed that 86% of patients with OA (pre-operative) who took cod liver capsules had the enzymes that cause cartilage damage either completely gone or significantly reduced.  The placebo capsule resulted in 26%.  As an added plus, the patients taking the cod liver oil capsules also saw a reduction in the enzymes that cause joint pains!  So, that is nice too.

Surgeons believe these findings could really reduce the amount of hip and knee replacements carried out each year.  Professor Bruce Caterson even called the findings a “significant breakthrough”.

So, get those cod liver oil capsules people!