{"id":6887,"date":"2022-08-10T09:13:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-10T09:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/healthypleasures.de\/?p=6887"},"modified":"2022-08-10T09:17:18","modified_gmt":"2022-08-10T09:17:18","slug":"a-guide-to-collagen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthypleasures.de\/en\/news\/a-guide-to-collagen\/","title":{"rendered":"A guide to collagen."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Collagen has certainly been a trendy supplement option over the last several years. Just walk into your nearest health store, supplement shop, or even beauty aisle and you\u2019ll see options abound. But all that visibility does come with a lot of misinformation\u2014 Here, everything you need to know.<\/p>\n

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What is collagen?<\/h3>\n

Collagen describes a family of proteins<\/a> that comprise the most abundant proteins in the animal kingdom. In fact, there are at least 28 kinds of collagen<\/a> that we know of that exist in vertebrates (yes, us included), but types I, II and III<\/a> are the most common in the human body. Collagen\u2019s role in the body is both simple and complex (at the cellular level): It helps make up the structure of our skin, bone, cartilage, and muscle, with the purpose of helping tissues be more elastic and withstand stretching (So, for example, it keeps skin looking young and supple).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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What causes collagen loss?<\/h3>\n
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We actually make our own supply of collagen, via our cells’ fibroblasts (assuming they have the amino acids and other required nutritional building blocks they need). In fact, it\u2019s made by the body throughout the lifetime; however it also decreases with age<\/a>, and your natural levels can also be reduced by environmental factors and stressors, such as sun damage and high-sugar diets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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This is where collagen supplements come in: Collagen supplements are broken down, digestible forms of collagen (derived from things like cows, fish and chickens), usually in a powdered form. These are often referred to as hydrolyzed collagen, collagen hydrolysate, collagen peptides, or gelatin.<\/p>\n

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