Kevin J. Meehan Lac, M.S., Dipl of Ac, NCCAOM, NCCA Joint Health Formula US Patent # 7,700,083 There is one basic structural unit which gives collagen its life. It is currently recognized that without this unit, collagen cannot develop; we would have no protecting tissue, hair, organ development or cartilage. There is currently only one biochemical pathway in which collagen develops and it starts with the basic structural unit known as Tropocollagen. Without Tropocollagen, there is no material for our bodies to synthesize collagen. Within the nucleus of our proprietary formula, Bio Factor’s Join Health Supplements is at the very core of what is required for the body to build collagen. Collagen has a unique amino/imino acid composition which forms the basic structural unit, known as Tropocollagen. The Joint Health Formula supplies the exact components required to build all types of collagen. As we understand collagen scientifically, there is no other way in which collagen can be developed. Now that we understand the basic materials which are required for collagen, we must activate them. Our bodies must correctly take this unit and modify it, or process it, so the components may assemble it into the correct structure. This is accomplished by modifiers, or hydroxylation components. Bio Factor’s Joint Health Formula supplies one modifier to expedite this process but requires the body to complete this “translation” so it “matches” the joint metabolism and growth rate. Essentially, we use the cells to complete our formulation so that once it is applied; the process of new collagen begins. The Joint Health Formula has calculated your biochemistry as half of the formulation, therefore completing its entirety of 100% once it is introduced in the living system. As the translational modification continues, Tropocollagen then forms a collagen fibril. These fibrils then form collagen fibers. So far, there is no other formulation known to science which puts into play the correct sequencing and processing of collagen. Supplementing with Bio Factor’s Joint Health formula is based on supporting the structural proteins involved in the fibrous proteins we know as collagen. Since collagen is found in all tissues and organs, the importance of supplying the primary components which gives rise to all types of collagen, cartilage being one, becomes evident. This formulation provides the biochemically recognized components required to form mature collage (cartilage). Thus far, there appears to be no other formulations that follow the current biochemically recognized synthesis and formation pathway. A constant supply of these components can translate into the distinctive generation of new collagen proteins such as certain types of cartilage. Kevin J. Meehan Teton Valley Health Clinic Meehan Formulations, LLC 307/734‐8044 Joint Health Formula US Patent # 7,700,083