Cartilage enhancing food supplements and methods of preparing the same

A method of preparing a beverage for human consumption, comprising the steps of

• A. providing a juice drink base, said juice drink base being a water-based solution comprising a fruit-flavored juice prepared using a pasteurization process at a relatively high temperature, said juice base further comprising vitamin C and a calcium salt;
• B. providing a water-based cartilage supplement solution comprising a cartilage supplement, said cartilage supplement solution being prepared at a relatively low temperature;
• and
• C. forming a mixture by mixing said joint drink base and said cartilage supplement solution.

A method of treating cartilage dysfunction in a human comprising

• (i) preparing a cartilage enhancing beverage, said beverage containing a mixture of a juice drink base and a cartilage supplement-containing solution wherein:
• A. said juice drink base is a water-based solution comprising juice and further comprising vitamin C and a calcium salt, and prepared using a pasteurization process at a relatively high process temperature, and
• B. said cartilage-supplement containing solution is a water-based solution comprising one or more cartilage supplements and prepared at a relatively low process temperature.
• (ii) administering the cartilage enhancing beverage to a human in need of such treatment.

A beverage for human consumption comprising:

• a mixture of a juice drink base and a cartilage enhancing solution wherein:
• (i) said juice drink base is selected from the group consisting of water, flavored water, fruit juice, fruit flavored juice, and combinations thereof;
• (ii) said cartilage enhancing solution comprises glucosamine hydrochloride;
• and
• (iii) said juice base comprises vitamin C and a calcium salt.

A method for preparing a beverage for human consumption comprising:

• (i) providing a drink base solution;
• (ii) providing a cartilage enhancing solution comprising one or more cartilage supplements;
• and
• (iii) mixing said drink base solution and said cartilage enhancing solution to form the beverage wherein said beverage has between approximately 1% to approximately 10% by weight cartilage supplement.

A snack bar for human consumption comprising:

• A. a snack bar base;
• B. a cartilage supplement;
• C. vitamin C;
• and
• D. a calcium salt.