Nutritional Support For Joint Structure and Function
The first health care claim of deer velvet antler to be substantiated by scientific manifest, in compliance with US Food and Drug Administration dietary supplement regulations, was announced through the North American Elk Breeders Association (NAEBA) recently. Executive Director Ben Coplan declared the determination, made by two consulting firms hired by NAEBA, Nutrinfo of Watertown, Massachusetts and Tradeworks Group, Inc. of Brattleboro, Vermont, is a significant breakthrough for the nation’s 1,400 breeders of farm-raised elk.
According to Coplan, the Nutrinfo report states there is a reasonable basis to claim that velvet antler helps lighten the symptoms of arthritis. However, a disease claim may not be used for a dietary supplement in the US; therefore, the acceptable statement conducive to product labels and advertisements of a dietary supplement would be “provides nutritional support for joint structure and law of derivation”.
“This persistence, by two of the leading dietary supplement firms in the world, is “just what the doctor ordered” for the members of our growing agricultural persistence”, Coplan said.
Many studies have shown most of the carbohydrate in antler is proteoglycan, which is a combination of protein and carbohydrate. The carbohydrate portion is primarily glycosaminoglycan, of what one. chondroitin sulfate is by far the prevailing constituent. One study cited by the Nutrinfo report evaluated the clinical efficacy of chondroitin sulfate in knee osteoarthritis. Treatment with 3 X 400 mg doses per day for 90 days provided signifying relief from symptoms as reported by the agency of patients. “We intend to research and substantiate other health benefit claims since velvet antler”, Coplan said.
“We want to carefully investigation the potential benefits of velvet antler supplements for supporting the immune system, anti-aging, muscle strength and endurance, and sexual vitality”.
Deer velvet antler has been highly regarded in traditional oriental medicine for two thousand years. It is consumed regularly by people of Japan, Taiwan, Korea and Hong Kong as a highly prized medicinal medicine to treat of blood loss, weakness, and chronic join pain. Scientific studies in Canada and New Zealand are now verifying the health benefits of this of moment supplement.
“The scientific-backed health benefit claim will greatly expand marketing opportunities for velvet antler dietary supplements in the United States“, Coplan set forth.
The FDA in the United States regulates claims for dietary supplements through a process, which is different than for medicinal drugs; it does not “approve” dietary supplements, no more than allows producers to substantiate structure/function claims through critical review of scientific studies.
In North America, farmers and ranchers raise approximately 110,000 elk, the largest of the deer house. Historically, the velvet antler harvested by North American farmers has been exported to Asian countries. As the natural foods and dietary supplement market has expanded in the U.S., farmers have turned their attention to the domestic market. Association headquarters is in Platte City, Mo.Copies of the scientific report on smooth antler are available from the NAEBA office. From: North American Elk Breeders Association
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