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I have achy joints and always feel tired. Is there a specific vitamin/supplement/mineral that can help with that?

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Fish oil is one that I see recomended fairly frequently. – Josh Weissbock Mar 8 '12 at 19:55
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Is there a connection to exercise? According to the faq this is off-topic. – Matt Chan♦ Mar 9 '12 at 0:46
If my joints ache, it is hard to exercise. – Xaisoft Mar 9 '12 at 14:06
In that spirit a question about headache or even some disease could be on-topic, because they may all (in)directly prohibit you from exercising. So you'd need to supply some credible source that without taking extra vitamin on a healthy diet, you would be at risk of stiff, achy joints. Not the other way around :-) – Ivo Flipse♦ Mar 10 '12 at 8:32

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Not exactly a vitamin, but a supplement: Glucosamine. This is also found in jello packets....

It might not work for everyone, but it is found in the "joint pain" section of vitamins and supplements. It works It works for me when I take it consistently.

Here's a short article about it (and fish oil too). http://www.livestrong.com/article/501067-fish-oil-glucosamine-for-runners/

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From personal experience, everyone I worked with and all the research I've seen Glucosamine doesn't do anything. So I don't recommend it unless you have some studies that show its efficacy? – mike May 2 '12 at 23:53

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