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Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM)

Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) is a natural form of organic sulfur found in all living organisms. Methylsulfonylmethane is a key nutritional ingredient, available and assimilated by all plant and animal life from their beginnings on earth. MSM is prevalent throughout the human body. MSM is an important food that plays many roles in the body, including the stimulation of the growth of healthy skin, hair and nails. It is essential to a healthful diet and is a nutritional essence found in almost every fresh food of any origin now consumed by animal life. MSM is a chemical compound that is a sulfur donor. Although its importance is often overlooked, sulfur is vital for the repair and maintenance of joints and other connective tissues such as hair, skin, and bones. Depletion of sulfur amino acids leads to arthritis. Sulfur compounds aid in the synthesis of proteoglycans and glucosaminoglycans, which form the basic matrix of cartilage. Methylsulfonylmethane is needed by the body for healthy, connective tissues and joint function, proper enzyme activity and hormone balance, along with the proper function of the immune system. MSM is highly soluble in both oil and water. As oxygen is transported from the lungs to the mitochondria, it goes through a number of stages with continually decreasing oxidation potential or effective oxygen concentration. Methylsulfonylmethane (MSM) is a naturally occuring sulfur containing organic compound that is used as a food supplement. MSM is also readily produced by a synthetic chemical process. Methylsulfonylmethane easily and rapidly diffuses through the hydrophilic cell cytoplasm as well as the hydrophobic cell membranes. MSM has no barriers. The human body has no other molecules naturally occurring in our bodies similar to MSM. Oxygen transport is handled by passing it between different molecules that are hydrophilic in the cytoplasm and hydrophobic in the cell membranes.

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