collagen is one of today's most popular nutritional supplements there are holistic and alternative medicine practitioners who are huge fans of collagen supplements traditional Physicians not so much so what's the truth about collagen supplements do they work I'll give you the answers in this video [Music] today on this video I'm going to give you five surprising truths about collagen supplements including what does the science say do they actually work so let's start with truth number five there are five main types of collagen type one collagen is found in your skin hair nails and Bones this makes
up about 90% of the collagen in your body and most Beauty collagen supplements contain type one collagen type 2 collagen is found in your cartilage type three collagen is found in your muscle type four collagen is important for functioning of your kidneys and type five collagen is in the placenta so it's very important if you're choosing a collagen supplement to choose the right one if you've got issues with let's say cartilage in your joints then type 1 collagen may not be enough you may want to consider taking both type one and type two however if
you are taking a type 2 collagen which once again is just for the cartilage that may not be helping your hair skin nails and Bones a whole lot collagen is a large large protein and for this protein to be absorbed by the body it has to be broken down into either individual amino acids or groups of amino acids called peptides one big reason why some traditional Physicians and Healthcare experts are not fans of collagen supplements is because they believe that it's not going to be absorbed into the body due to the large size of the
collagen protein but this is why it's important to consider hydrolyzed collagen supplements hydrolyzed collagen takes that large protein and breaks it down into individual amino acids and peptides which are combinations of amino acids and that makes it more bioavailable and easier for your gut to absorb it through the gut lining so if you're going to consider taking a collagen supplement definitely make sure that it is hydr because then you're going to get much better absorption of that collagen into your body bone broth is super popular also in alternative medicine circles bone broth is made by
taking different parts of the animal including joints and feet and bones and putting it in water and simmering it in water and vinegar for many hours sometimes between 4 to 24 hours when good quality bone broth cools it actually becomes a bit of a solid called gelatin and gelatin is essentially pure collagen now there are many holistic health practitioners who claim that drinking bone broth will improve the collagen of your skin that it will make your skin look brighter look tighter and have less wrinkles but is there any science to support this well the answer
is no there are no scientific studies that have shown that drinking bone broth will improve the health or quality of your skin however there are no scientific studies that show that drinking bone broth does not improve the health and quality of your skin these studies just haven't been done so although there's no scientific evidence either Pro or against drinking bone broth to improve your skin there are many anecdotal reports and stories of people who have found significant skin related benefits from drinking bone broth so a lack of studies showing that bone broth will improve the
skin does not mean that it is not true unfortunately collagen supplements cannot be vegan collagen only comes in animals not plants however if you go to a health food store and you look for a vegan collagen supplement you'll find them so what is in these vegan collagen supplements well most vegan collagen supplements contain a combination of amino acids which can be used to build collagen essentially taking the bricks to build the house but not having the house itself yet and vitamin C vitamin C is essential to the production of collagen in our bodies plus it's
a very powerful antioxidant so vegan collagen supplements are essentially giving you the building blocks potentially to create more collagen but it doesn't necessarily mean that your body body will create collagen from those building blocks and unfortunately there are no specific studies on vegan collagen supplements to show that they can improve the skin however there are studies that show that taking let's say a vitamin C supplement can improve your skin and I do believe that increasing the amount of protein that you eat can definitely improve the collagen of your skin because as I mentioned earlier collagen
is a protein so even though vegan collagen supplements are not technically collagen I do believe that they can be potentially helpful now now interestingly enough researchers are actually working on a bacteria derived collagen supplement and this is something that may be used for vegans in the future it's not here yet but it may be here pretty soon so what did the studies show about taking hydrolyzed collagen supplements in 2014 there was a double blind Placebo controlled study that looked at the effects of 8 weeks of hydrolyzed collagen supplementation so their subjects were put on the
collagen supplement and after 8 weeks they took a biopsy of the skin of the subjects in the study and found an increase in the amount of procollagen in the skin in 2021 there was a metaanalysis of over 1,00 people who took 90 days of a hydroly collagen supplement a metaanalysis is an accumulation of several studies put together so that they have more power to the combined studies and they found that there was a significant Improvement in wrinkles hydration and skin elasticity in those subjects who took a hydrolyzed collagen supplement and in 2023 there was another
metaanalysis of over 1700 participants who took hydrolyzed collagen supplements and found a significant increase in the hydration of the skin and the elasticity of the skin afterwards now I know there are a lot of doctors who will tell you that hydrolized collagen supplements are a waste of money that they don't work but the fact is the science has proven them wrong hydroly collagen ments do work and if you want to improve your skin by taking a hydrolyzed collagen supplement it can definitely help now other than collagen what other supplements do I recommend that you take
every day well I made a video right up here where I go over the basic anti-aging supplements that I believe everybody should take these are simple they're easy and you can find them at most health food stores and remember eat real food use Clean Skin Care and auto juvenate before you operate
