As we try to maintain our youth, we attempt to lead a healthier lifestyle including improved in diet and supplements. All manner of techniques are explored, such as drinking more water and practicing deep breathing methods. Sun block comes to the rescue during hot and sunny days along with it’s friend, the wide-brimmed hat. Some even go as far as physical exercise such as Pilates and Yoga to hold on to their youthful exuberance.
But this doesn’t always work. Nothing can prevent the enevitable effects of age but couldn’t we at least hope to put it off for a short while? A brief glimpse 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.
In their youth, people’s bodies have natural stores of a substance called collagen and it is this abundance of collagen that is the key. Skin and hair are prime repositories for collagen. As we get older and the natural collagen reserves are depleted and not replaced, skin will begin to 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).
Help is at hand though in the form of collagen supplements. Lost collagen can be replaced via a regular course of collagen supplement pills. As opposed to collagen injections which can temporarily provide relief, orally ingested collagen has been proven to have longer lasting effects.
The collagen that needs replenishing comes 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 stave off some of the more unsightly and painful aspects of aging.
