A Deep Dive Into Collagen

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Too large to be absorbed through the skin or hydrolyzed which means, loosely, the proteins are chopped up into smaller pieces. For that reason, most topical and ingestible collagens are hydrolyzed. They re supposedly more easily digested and absorbed in this smaller form. Related Read. A Kick-Starter’s Guide to Herbal Supplements The Collagen Debate Not everyone agrees that collagen, whether or not it s hydrolyzed, can be assimilated usefully into the body through the digestive system.

According to some experts the collagen you re drinking or eating doesn, t just magically reappear as collagen in your s broken down and used in other ways. Cosmetic dermatologist Dr. Robert Anolik explains it this way If we Beauty AME consume any protein, collagen or otherwise, the majority of it is digested into amino acids immediately, making whatever we intake irrelevant. In fact, much of our protein digestion starts in the stomach, where the acidic environment favors protein denaturation Joyce Longfield, a molecular biologist specializing in food science, says this: It’s not like eating an orange and taking in vitamin C that our body will utilize in any way it can get it.



Collagen is a protein not a vitamin, so this is metabolically utilized differently and I think this is the missing piece a lot of consumers don t understand. To put it plainly, you re eating a bunch of expensive collagen proteins and it s being acid-washed in your stomach and broken down into tiny pieces that may or may not be doing any good whatsoever.  should you pour everything down the drain and flush everything else down the toilet? Is there a positive tilt to this? Current Research & Understanding Dosage Actually, there are several current studies favoring collagen as a useful supplement, but understanding the dosage and alternate factors involved is also important. Zak Normandin, CEO of Dirty Lemon, shared this 2013 study with us, which shows that after eight weeks with a dosage of hydrolyzed collagen as low as 2.5g daily, positive changes are seen in women 35-55 years old. Elasticity, in particular, was measurably improved in the older women not in the younger women.