Evidence Map

The Evidence Map

The whole guide on one plate. Every intervention, placed by how strong its science is — click any name to open its entry.

	Strongmultiple RCTs	Promisingearly human trials	Preclinicalanimal / in-vitro	Anecdotalcommunity reports	Not supportedtrials show no meaningful benefit
Foods	body weight	anti-inflammatory diet berries fibre & the gut gelatin + vit C low-carb diet magnesium & boron pomegranate selenium ultra-processed food vitamin K from food	bone stock chicken feet coffee collagen types cruciferous milk & dairy dietary AGEs dietary collagen GAGs from food glycine green tea oily fish olive oil omega-3s sugar & soft drinks sulfur & sulfate tart cherry cooking & collagen		alcohol
Supplements	collagen (FORTIGEL)	ASU boswellia collagen & bone collagen for tendon collagen trial quality creatine curcumin eggshell membrane ginger extract glucosamine MSM oral HA rosehip SAMe UC-II vitamin C vitamin D vitamin K2	does collagen reach cartilage?NMN oral tolerance TMG		resveratrol zinc
Peptides		pentosan polysulfate	AOD-9604 BPC-157 Cartalax GHK-Cu SS-31 TB-500	Epithalon GH secretagogues Sigumir
Injections		adipose MSC stem cells (BMAC)cultured MSC ozone high-dose PRP			hyaluronic acid
Surgery	MACI the meniscus microfracture OATS osteotomy	Agili-C ICC / CEMTRO Cell meniscal allograft meniscus repair allograft			partial meniscectomy

Strong

multiple RCTs

body weight FOOD collagen (FORTIGEL) SUPP MACI SURG the meniscus SURG microfracture SURG OATS SURG osteotomy SURG

Anecdotal

community reports

Epithalon PEP GH secretagogues PEP Sigumir PEP

Not supported

trials show no meaningful benefit

alcohol FOOD hyaluronic acid INJ resveratrol SUPP zinc SUPP partial meniscectomy SURG

Placement reflects the best available human evidence for cartilage specifically, not general popularity. FOOD · SUPP · PEP · INJ · SURG mark the domain. Full reasoning inside each entry.

The Evidence Map

Strong

Promising

Preclinical

Anecdotal

Not supported