Collagen Supplements – an Introduction
As we seek to maintain our youth, we attempt to lead a healthier lifestyle including improved in diet and supplements. Sun block comes to the rescue during hot and sunny days along with it’s friend, the wide-brimmed hat. For those of a more adventurous slant, stretching exercise such as Pilates and Yoga come into the equation.
With all these preventative measures, why do we still age at the same rate? Nothing can prevent the enevitable effects of age but couldn’t we at least hope to put it off for a short while? A momentary look caught in the bathroom mirror reveals lines and wrinkles that maybe weren’t there the day before. The seemingly unstoppable pace of our aging is mainly down to the fact that we don’t know what is needed to slow down the aging process.
When we’re young, people’s bodies have natural reserves of a substance called collagen and it is this abundance of collagen that is the key. Skin and hair are well known repositories for collagen. As we get older and the natural collagen reserves are depleted and not replaced, skin will begin to wrinkle and sag, and hair can lose it’s luscious qualities. In addition to this, joint pain acquired as we mature can be partly attributed to a increasing lack of collagen (assuming that the joints were healthy before).
There is a solution though. It’s name is collagen supplements. A regular course of collagen supplements can replace lost collagen. Collagen can be administered via injection at a beauty clinic but orally ingested collagen has been proven to have longer lasting effects.
Supplements are available in two types – Type I and Type II. These two types are found in the main areas of our body where we feel the effects collagen lose the most – skin, hair, muscles, bones, and tendons.
Though is might be obvious by the name, collagen “supplements” are meant to be taken in parallel with a healthy lifestyle. An elixir of youth they aren’t but combined with some or all of the healthy practices mentioned at the start of this article, collagen supplements can provide an increase collagen replenishment and slow down some of the more unsightly and painful aspects of aging.
