- Collagen is a vital support for skin, hair, bone, tendons, muscles, and cartilage
- Provides 19 amino acids and specialized sugars which the body uses to maintain connective tissue
- Hydrolized for better absorption
- Can help improve hair, skin, nails, joints, and tendons
- May help back muscle pain and fibromyalgia
In the body collagen is a type of protein. The word “collagen” comes from the Greek word for glue, kola. It connects and supports other tissues like skin, hair, bone, tendons, muscles, and cartilage. Collagen is one of the most abundant proteins in the body and has been called “the glue that holds the body together.”
As we get older the body is less capable of producing collagen and related materials. As a result we see wrinkles, experience joint pain, and develop brittle hair and nails. To counteract this trend external lotions and injections containing collagen have been available for some time. Oral supplements are less well-known but can potentially provide significant benefits. Bovine Collagen provides important amino acids and proteoglycans (specialized sugars) which are necessary for the body to maintain connective tissue.
The body contains three types of collagen. Types I and III account for more than 90% of the body’s collagen and are found in hair, skin, nails, tendons, ligaments, muscles, teeth, eyes, and blood vessels. Bovine collagen is a good source of the building blocks of type I and III collagen. It provides 19 amino acids responsible for the growth, maintenance, and repair of the body’s tissues. In oral supplements collagen is best used by the body if it is hydrolyzed (made into very small particles).
Bovine collagen may provide several benefits. It can be used for aesthetic purposes like improving hair, skin, and nails. Beyond outward appearance, the repair and maintenance capacity of bovine collagen may provide help for such conditions as a torn meniscus (the cartilage in the knee), back muscle pain, and fibromyalgia. Some specialists believe fibromyalgia may be due in part to low levels of type III collagen.
Vitabase Bovine Collagen is hydrolyzed making it more readily absorbed by the body.