{"id":294,"date":"2023-08-28T15:43:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T15:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/?p=294"},"modified":"2023-08-28T15:43:36","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T15:43:36","slug":"cucumber-extract-improves-joint-pain-and-function","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/cucumber-extract-improves-joint-pain-and-function\/","title":{"rendered":"Cucumber extract improves joint pain and function"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-post-excerpt\"><p class=\"wp-block-post-excerpt__excerpt\">The findings of a recent study show that iminosugars isolated from cucumber improve joint pain and function in people with moderate osteoarthritis. The study was published in the journal, Current Rheumatology Reviews. <\/p><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">The findings of a recent study show that iminosugars isolated from cucumber improve joint pain and function in people with moderate osteoarthritis. The study was published in the journal, Current Rheumatology Reviews.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">The study was conducted on 91 participants suffering from moderate osteoarthritis, who were divided into three groups. Two groups received a daily dose of Q-actin at 20mg and 100mg, respectively while the third group received a placebo. Q-actin, marketed by IminoTech, Inc., is standardized to contain iminosugar ido BR-1, which is a class of bioactive carbohydrates obtained from cucumber and standardized to over 1%. The results were evaluated using the Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), Lequesne\u2019s Functional Index (LFI), and Visual Analog Scale (VAS) at 30 and 60 days following a baseline assessment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Results showed that participants who received 20mg of Q-actin showed 32% improvement in pain intensity over 6 months while the group receiving 100mg of the intervention showed 39% improvement, compared to only 5% in the placebo group. Ido BR-1 has the potential to reduce inflammatory markers in the body.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\">Thus, the study concluded that a daily serving of as low as 20mg of Q-actin showed significant improvement in joint function and pain relief and helped the participants perform daily activities such as using stairs, working at home, and shopping.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\" eplus-wrapper\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> Cucumber extract may improve joint function. Nutraceuticals World. 14 March, 2023. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nutraceuticalsworld.com\/contents\/view_breaking-news\/2023-03-14\/cucumber-extract-may-improve-joint-function\/?widget=listSection\">https:\/\/www.nutraceuticalsworld.com\/contents\/view_breaking-news\/2023-03-14\/cucumber-extract-may-improve-joint-function\/?widget=listSection<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><em>The findings of a recent study show that iminosugars isolated from cucumber improve joint pain and function in people with moderate osteoarthritis. The study was published in the journal, Current Rheumatology Reviews.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":295,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-294","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=294"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":296,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/294\/revisions\/296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snips.nutrifytoday.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}