UAN: Article type:++add book link at top++ --This is adapted from the book, Eat Smart, Play Hard, by RW USA Nutrition Editor Liz Applegate. Glucosamine is an amino acid sugar that acts as the structural component of tendons, ligaments

UAN: Article type:++add book link at top++ --This is adapted from the book, Eat Smart, Play Hard, by RW USA Nutrition Editor Liz Applegate. Every part of your body contains protein, from your muscles and blood and immune cells to your tendons

of – literally. Every part of the body contains protein, from muscles, blood and the immune system to tendons, ligaments, skin and hair. Sedentary people need 50-70g of protein a day to keep them going, while runners need a good 25-50 per cent more than