Odds are you’re here because you have heard about collagen and its healing properties, and you most likely already have a basic understanding of what collagen is. For those of you that need a refresher:
Think of collagen as being the “glue” that holds you together. It helps connect your joints, cartilage, bones, skin, organs, tissues, teeth, eyes, and MORE! Just like a home needs framing, you need collagen. Without it, there's nothing to provide structure and support throughout the body!
The benefits of collagen seem to be endless, but we’re going to list out the top 5 and break them down one by one:
- Strengthens, protects, and repairs joints, cartilage, and connective tissues
- Promotes youthful skin and increases skin vitality
- Strengthens hair and nails
- Improves gut health
- Increases collagen intake
Strengthens and Repairs Joints, Cartilage, and Connective Tissues:
Like we talked about earlier, collagen provides structure and support to various tissues in the body, including joints, cartilage, and connective tissues. As we age, our body’s natural production of collagen decreases, which can lead to joint pain, stiffness, and other health problems. This is where a collagen supplement becomes a daily necessity.
Collagen is the framework of your body! When consumed, it provides the building blocks necessary for the formation, repair, and strength of your joints, cartilage, and other connective tissues. Collagen supplements also contain hydrolyzed collagen, which are broken down into smaller peptides that the body can more easily absorb. These peptides have anti-inflammatory properties that can help reduce inflammation and relieve pain in your joints.
Promotes Youthful Skin and Increases Skin Vitality
When it comes to the health and vitality of your skin, collagen is your secret weapon! Collagen is responsible for maintaining skin elasticity, firmness, and overall appearance.
Consuming collagen can:
- Promote youthful skin by stimulating the body’s production of collagen, in turn leading to an increase in skin firmness and elasticity, while also improving acne, rosacea, eczema, rashes, scars, etc.
- Protect the skin from damage caused by free radicals (unstable molecules that damage cells and contribute to aging) with its antioxidant properties.
- Enhance skin hydration by supporting the movement of water and nutrients in the body.
- Speed up the healing process of scratches, cuts, and burns by promoting the formation of new tissues.
Strengthens Hair and Nails:
There’s a good chance you already know this, but just in case you don’t, your hair and nails are composed of a protein called keratin. This protein is what provides resilience and strength to both your hair and nails. If you’ve noticed or ever experienced your nails cracking or splitting, or your hair becoming brittle and damaged, there’s a good chance your body isn’t producing enough keratin. The good news? Collagen contains amino acids that are important for the formation of keratin, which in turn can help strengthen both your hair and nails.
In addition, collagen contains glycine, which has been shown to improve the absorption and utilization of nutrients that are important for the health of your hair and nails, such as biotin and vitamin C.
Improves Gut Health:
Collagen contains amino acids that aid in the production of connective tissue, which includes the gut lining. Gut lining has a very important role in our bodies – it’s essentially a protective layer that acts as a barrier to prevent certain substances from entering the bloodstream. If this layer is compromised by toxins, bacteria, or other harmful substances, it can lead to inflammation and a range of other digestive issues. When we consume collagen, we provide our body with the building blocks it needs to repair and strengthen the gut lining, which improves its ability to keep those harmful substances out of your bloodstream.
The anti-inflammatory properties of collagen supplements can also help reduce inflammation in the gut and improve overall gut health.
Increases Collagen and Protein Intake:
As we briefly mentioned earlier, our body naturally produces collagen, but as we age we produce less and less. In fact, after about the age of 25 our natural collagen production decreases by about 1.0-1.5% per year₁. Might not seem like much, but over time that adds up and can lead to some pretty unfavorable health issues such as: weak bones and muscles, achy joints, brittle hair and nails, and wrinkly, dull skin. I think it goes without saying, but if you’re over the age of 25, it’s vital that you’re finding ways to add collagen into your diet to help replace what your body lacks.
On top of that, our Collagen Peptides contain 18g of protein per scoop, which can help increase your daily protein intake when paired with another protein or essential amino source.
The Takeaway:
Thanks to collagen, we’re able to move better, feel better, and function better – it revitalizes our bodies from the inside out! If you’re ready to explore all the benefits collagen has to offer you, CLICK HERE!
For more information on collagen peptides, please check out the following blogs:
Collagen 101: a Crash Course on Collagen Peptides
The Scoop on What People are Saying About Our Collagen
Guide to Our Collagen Products
Source:
[1] Reilly DM, Lozano J. Skin collagen through the lifestages: importance for skin health and beauty. Plastic and Aesthetic Research. 2021; 8:2. http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/2347-9264.2020.153