Best Supplements for Joint health
2 evidence-based options for joint health, summarized from the research: what they do, how to dose them, and how they work together.
Curcumin
Turmeric's anti-inflammatory active compound.
Glycine
A calming amino acid for sleep, collagen, and metabolic health.
Combinations to know
How these supplements pair with each other and beyond.
Curcumin + Piperine
Piperine from black pepper can increase curcumin bioavailability dramatically (studies report up to ~20x).
Glycine + Magnesium
A classic sleep stack: glycine lowers core body temperature while magnesium glycinate relaxes muscles and calms the nervous system.
Glycine + NAC
NAC provides cysteine while glycine provides another rate-limiting precursor; together they are more effective at raising glutathione than either alone (GlyNAC protocol).
Curcumin + Omega-3 (Fish Oil)
Complementary anti-inflammatory pathways often combined for joint comfort.
Creatine + Glycine
Glycine is one of the three amino acids the body uses to synthesise creatine endogenously.
L-Glutamine + Glycine
Both are conditionally essential under stress and support gut and immune function through complementary pathways.