When you think about joint health you want nutrients like hyaluronic acid and chondroitin, anti-inflammatory nutrients that help build up cartilage and prevent joint deterioration.? A new study shows that curcumin and quercetin can preserve important joint cartilage. Cartilage loss occurs in an inflammatory environment.? As the cartilage matrix is degraded key aspects of it deteriorate.? Aggrecan is made of chondroitin sulfate and keratan sulfate; it is a key structural component of your joint cartilage, and is indispensable to the normal function of joints.? In fact, significant aggrecan loss is a primary feature of osteoarthritis. Researchers showed that both curcumin and quercetin could regulate cartilage genes in such a way as to prevent aggrecan loss. Read more »