Samenvatting

Many people experience with advancing age complaints caused by degenerative changes of the cartilage in their joints, often leading to osteoarthritis (OA). Prevention and/or reduction of OA may include stimulation of the formation of new cartilage, the reduction of degenerative changes and the treatment of symptoms (pain, stiffness). On the basis of this review, it is concluded that the best opportunities for the nutritional prevention and/or treatment of OA are in the reduction of inflammation and not in the stimulation of new cartilage formation.