John Croft is a marine scientist currently researching the nutritional and therapeutic properties of substances derived from the sea - in particular those of the extract from the extraordinary green lipped mussel. The author wishes it to be understood that the information in his book relates only to the New Zealand mussel extract which has been the subject of all published research. No responsibility is accepted for any imitation products which may be claimed to be the same material.

Acknowledgement: BiolaneTM Green Lipped Mussel Extract from Healtheries of New Zealand.

"Critics may say that the inclusion of personal experiences is characteristic of quackery. They will point out that the personal experiences of people suffering or being treated for disorders are too subjective for them to have value in assessment of the results of the treatment and that only strictly objective assessments, devoid of any emotional content can accurately assess the progress of the disease or its treatment.

If the experiences are genuine, are sufficient in number and cover a reasonable duration of time with diversity of origin - there can be absolutely no question of quackery being involved.
Infact, such experiences represent a very valuable source of medical information, which in some instances is more relevant than that which could be gained in a short-term clinical trial.

The following experiences are from people in countries spanning the whole world. Some of the writers have themselves been medical doctors and specialists. These testimonials cover a period of 20 years and fall under the following three categories:

Osteo-Arthritis
Rheumatoid Arthritis
Spondylitis

These are just small examples of written communications. Naturally there is a considerable amount of verbal communication with telephone calls from USA, Europe and Canada.
The similarity in the reports is so striking that it is considered to be a valid indication of the effectiveness of the mussel extract product.

It is now left to the reader to decide whether these personal experiences are evidence of the value of the product or is both scientifically invalid and indicative of quackery."