Making up your hair, nails, skin, bones, ligaments, blood vessels, other organs – It’s the glue that holds you together
The 5 most common types of collagen:
– Type I: skin, tendons, vasculature, organs, bones
– Type II: cartilage
– Type III: skin, large blood vessels, uterus, intestines
– Type IV: capillaries, kidney, eye lens, skin, liver
– Type V: cell surfaces, hair, placenta
Type I, II, and III are the most abundant, making up around 80-90% of the total collagen in our body
There are many human trials showing that collagen peptides improve skin health and reverse signs of skin aging
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A 2021 randomized, triple-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel study on women between 45 and 60 years of age, saw that collagen peptide supplementation for 12 weeks led to a 35% reduction in wrinkle score (PMID: 32799362)
And a 2023 meta-analysis of 26 randomized controlled trials showed that hydrolyzed collagen peptide supplementation significantly improved skin hydration and elasticity (PMID: 37432180)
Taking collagen peptides is the easiest way to increase collagen synthesis
Learn more about collagen from my book The Collagen Cure on Amazon
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