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Benefits
Clinical research on the role of MSM in the human body has culminated in the
filing of several patents covering numerous uses for MSM as a dietary ingredient
for both humans and animals. As a result of these investigations, it is believed
that physical and psychological stress increases in the human body when the MSM
concentration falls below minimum levels, resulting in a loss of normal organ
function.
Based on observations, ingestion of MSM by humans has the following beneficial
effects:
MSM supports maintenance of strong, healthy body tissues by donating sulfur for
formation of sulfur tie-bars between connective tissue proteins.
MSM supports normal gastrointestinal function.
MSM improves the body's resistance to adverse physical stress.
MSM supports mental alertness and maintenance of healthy mood.
MSM promotes the body's processes that heal tissue.
MSM helps modify the physiologic response to allergens.
MSM supports normal lung function.
MSM supports normal relaxation of muscles.
MSM supports normal joint function.
MSM helps maintain healthy skin.
Supplementation is Needed to Realize the Benefits of MSM
Widespread in nature, MSM is found in a variety of foods, including fresh fruits
and vegetables, raw milk, raw meat and raw fish. However, MSM is a volatile
substance easily lost during cooking, pasteurization, food processing and
storage. The average American diet thus supplies at best a marginal MSM intake,
which may be inadequate to maintain the optimum MSM concentration in the body.
The body's MSM concentration is also believed to decline with increasing age.
Scientific References
1. Jacob, S., Herschler, R. Introductory remarks: dimethyl sulfoxide after 20
years. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 1983; 411:xiii-xvii.
2. Herschler, R. Dietary and pharmaceutical uses of methylsulfonylmethane and
compositions comprising it. United States Patent 4,514,421; April 30, 1985.
3. Herschler, R. Methylsulfonylmethane in dietary products. United States Patent
4,616,039; October 7, 1986.
4. Sellnow, L. MSM: An Aid From Nature. The Blood Horse, June 6, 1987:3459-3462.
5. Lawrence, R.M. Methyl-sulfonylmethane (M.S.M.) A double-blind study of its
use in degenerative arthritis. International Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine
1998;1(1):50
6. Jacob, S.W., Lawrence, R.M., Zucker, M. 1999. The Miracle of MSM. New York:
G.P. Putnam's Sons.
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