Vegan/vegetarian joint supplements

Ah, I didn't know you could get veggie glucosamine, cheers. What got me thinking about it is the fact my knees have been battered from skating from the age of 14 to 21 (I'm now 24). After a long days cycling my left knee feels stiff and painful to extend too quickly. The problem has calmed down a bit since it first started due to having built my leg muscles up quite substantially (I'm doing an average of 50hrs cycling a week at the moment) but I thought it would still be a good idea to try and take some extra care of my knee joints.

hey festerban I come from a similair background as yourself. Though no longer vegan I have battered my knees and ankles skating and surfing on and off for the last 15 years. I used to take flax seed oil fairly religiously and I like to think it helped so maybe worth a try, I think hemp oil has simialir properties. I eat a little fish now so no longer take these though really should get back into it. As far as cycling related knee pain - Ive ridden fixed for about three years now and the best thing I can reccommend to significantly easy the stress on the knees is to lightening your gearing. I have no idea what you ride but I dropped from 72 to 67 gear inches and the pain and discomfot eased considerably. may be worth a try.... good luck