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 @dabe0ad5 

i will take it as anti-inflammatory  not as diet pill though 
 @efa2e20e 

Exactly. There are several routes to the anti-inflammatory goal. Some people respond to curcumin and turmeric, some to diet changes (which was the case for me). 

I'm simply saying your mileage may vary. 
A suggestion would be to test it by choosing a movement that you can do consistently that causes pain due to inflammation. For me, it was getting down on the floor to exercise. Over time, that movement should get easier. If it doesn't, what you're taking isn't working. 
 @dabe0ad5 

in which body part you have inflammation? 
 @efa2e20e 

My knees and shoulders. I was a swimmer in college -- breaststroke. The kick technique at the time was hell on my knees. It also doesn't help that I shattered my kneecap in an accident, ending my college swimming career. 

My shoulders are from old age. I have big shoulders, and I'm a side sleeper. So I put lots of strain and compression on them all night. 

Since changing my diet, the inflammation is reduced, bit not entirely gone. 

Exercise helps too, counter-intuitively 
 @dabe0ad5 

You have inflammation in both knees or only one of them? 
 @efa2e20e 

Just the right one now. The left knee had a total joint replacent in 2014. It's supposedly a 30-year knee, but I'm doing my darndest to test that theory. 

I have the Smith+Nephew Oxinium model. It's worked great for the past 9 years. I just leg pressed 320lbs this morning. 
 @dabe0ad5 

good luck 

i don’t know what advice to give 
 @efa2e20e 
Thanks!