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What is Collagen?
By Marsha Gellerman
Collagen is protein and its main function is to reinforce connective tissue in the body. Think of collagen as bundles of long, squiggly elastic threads or fibers, running throughout your body. It is one of the main proteins that link your skin surface, to the supporting tissues underneath. As you age, the amount of collagen in your muscles, skin and major organs start to diminish and you can say "hello" to stiffer muscles, sagging skin and it will take you longer to heal from injuries. While there are 29 types of collagen, Type One collagen represents most of the collagen found in your body, it is in the skin, blood vessels, all major organs, muscles and bones. The production of collagen is increased when the body sustains physical damage, and several of the new non-invasive liposuction techniques take advantage of this response to firm up sagging skin. At approximately 30 percent, there is more collagen protein in your body than any other protein. When you talk about protein shakes or supplements to build muscles, what you ultimately want your body to do is to increase collagen production, as it is one of the building blocks of a strong muscle. Make sure you increase your intake vitamin C; it is essential for the production of healthy collagen. Other Uses for Collagen Gelatin is hydrolyzed collagen, usually from the skin and bones of pigs, cows or fish. Sweetened and flavored, it is a popular desert. My favorite use of gelatin, (I won't mention the brand name,) was Halloween, when a friend used a brain mold to create a realistic looking brain, which she sat in cherry sauce. While it is widely believed that gelatin causes nails to grow faster and to be stronger, there is no scientific proof that this is true. Collagen wrinkle creams claim to reduce the amount of fine lines and wrinkles on your face, but if you look at the fine print, the better creams admit that they add no collagen to your dermis, as the openings in the skin are too small for the collagen molecule to penetrate. They claim their ingredients stimulate your own collagen production. However, some of the new products claim that they use hydrolyzed collagen, which has a smaller molecule, but it has no proven benefit to fight aging. Collagen injections are given both as a cosmetic filler, and as a healing aid. Several types of glues are also made from animal collagen. |
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Interesting and very informative article about collagen Marsha. Thanks for your time in writing it.
 | | Barb Jan 29, 2011 03:13 | |
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Thanks Barb! I'm beginning to think about increasing my collagen every time I get up in the morning and stretch. Ouch!
Very informative intel Marsha, thank you.
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Thank you. Now that I'm getting older, I've started paying attention to things like this.
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