Green Lipped Mussel - Medical & Other Uses Medical & Other Uses
Green Lipped Mussels and Arthritis The original discovery that
Green Lipped Mussel may help arthritis was made by American
researchers looking for treatments for cancer from the sea -
back in the '60s. The New Zealand Green Lipped Mussel was one of
a number of shellfish being screened. During this research, it
was coincidentally discovered that Green Lipped Mussel has anti-
inflammatory properties which are unique to this particular
mussel. Hence the connection with arthritis. Arthritis is
essentially inflammation in a joint. There are over 200 types of
arthritis but there are 2 types which are most common:
inflammation of a joint for an unknown cause (as in rheumatoid
arthritis) and wear and tear arthritis where the joint wears out
and rough, thickened areas develop in place of smooth cartilages
which enable easy, smooth movement of the joint (as in osteo-
arthritis). Clinical trials on Green Lipped Mussel extract have
shown beneficial results for