04/10/2021
COLLAGEN FOR DUMMIES
BRACE YO BAD SELF FOR 🦆 DUCKY'S HOME SCHOOL 👩🏫
I AM NOT A SCIENCE NERD BUT...
I've had heaps of peeps asking about this Collagen I keep banging on about. So... here is some of what i've personally learnt in the last 18 months!
We stop producing Collagen naturally at around age 25.
🏠If your body was a house... imagine collagen is like the bricks, it's structural... it's in our skin, our connective tissues, our ligaments, tendons, blood vessels and even our eyes are 90% Collagen, WTF I KNOW!! Similar to DNA it has a triple twist like a plait formation that makes it super-duper strong, like steel strong!
⁉️Why our Collagen and what to look for when purchasing Collagen?
There are a lot of 'me too' products on the market, swamped you may say ..... they see collagen as a trend and try and jump on the bandwagon, without having the real knowledge, passion or understanding for collagen or the consumer.
💰Usually just for money.
In areas of the HUMAN body where Collagen is found THREE things are generally present :
1) Collagen itself
2) HA ( Hyaluronic Acid)
3) Chondroitin Sulphate (in joints etc)
We use a COLLAGEN MATRIX of all 3.
WHY is that SO SPECIAL?
🎁Well because it's WAY more than just collagen, it's a full matrix 🧬.......that's patented!
First off any collagen supplement is really incomplete WITHOUT HYALURONIC ACID AND CHONDROITIN SULPHATE
Most collagen supplements have super fruits which enhance their blend or elixirs, BUT they should ALWAYS have these 2 things in there too.. HA and Chondroitin Sulphate...or they're just a pretty, expensive bottle/tub with limited use.
🧱If Collagen is the brick in the body so as to speak........... then Hyaluronic Acid is the mortar. When you see a child's skin its moisturised and plump looking because it has an abundance of HA in it. Unfortunately, as we age we begin to shrivel up and lose it .........like old prunes lol 😭
Chondroitin Sulphate is a chemical that is normally found in cartilage around joints in the body and is well studied to have a huge impact on joint health!
You rarely find Collagen in the body without these two molecules nearby, they work together!!!!
The Matrix I use has Collagen, HA and Chondroitin Sulphate.
Now...
There are a few types of collagen out there...
💣TYPE 1
💣TYPE 2
💣TYPE 3 are just some.
💣TYPE 1 is usually sourced from boiled fish 🐟 bits or bovine parts... it's the skin, tendon, vasculature, organs, bone parts of these animals that's boiled up to form Collagen, can be liquid OR powder.
It comes predominantly from fish 🎣 farming or deep-sea fishing sadly and has huge sustainability issues. Type 1 is limited to minimal effects in the skin only and not really for anything else.
💣TYPE 2 is our collagen and it comes from cartilage. Native type II collagen is a nutraceutical ingredient derived from chicken 🐓 sternum cartilage. I've always maintained that if you are going to kill an animal, you should be using every single part of it. There are plenty of organic chicken bi-parts that we can use up to make something else - aka Type 2 Collagen instead of wasting it and throwing it out. This collagen nourishes hair, skin, joints, nails, the gut ...the list goes on and on and on.
💣TYPE 3 collagen is a fibrillar Collagen, and it consists of only ground up hooves and bones. Ew.
But Ducks 🦆, why can't I just take, say a Marine beauty liquid collagen, or a powder, or a bovine broth, for instance, and have that same impact...???
Sorry, but you can't ☹️ it has a few important things missing!
We want the steel - aka collagen, we want the HA..so we plump skin glow and we want the chondroitin sulphate for our joints and muscles and ligaments right ????????
So the matrix I use has of all three substances!!!!!!..... PLUS other potent ingredients!
It is NOT just a beauty liquid, it's for full body and skin health!
It has 7 patents, full peer-reviewed clinical studies and research until my NON-science 🤓 brain can legit take no more!!!
My last points..... I am getting there 🏃🏼♀️ I promise ...when a product is invented or designed from the heart ❤️, rather than a me-too .... it always shows through in the care of its design, the ingredients and the quality!
It’s not just a white label product!
If I am going to promote a product and purchase a product for myself, then I am all for consumer rights and transparency, so I want to make sure I am purchasing a REAL quality product that helps not just 1 or 2 things but helps ⤵️
EVERYTHANG!!
🏃🏼♀️Joints ( I want to be stronger for longer)
💪🏻Muscles ( tone & metabolism)
💇🏼♀️Hair ( I'd like more thick hair please)
💅🏻Nails ( strong healthy nails)
🧴Skin ( glow & anti-ageing)
🧬Gut health (immunity and digestive health)
I WANT IT ALL !!......and if you spend money on collagen you should want it ALL too!
Hope that helps explain why I choose a collagen matrix!🦩
PS. I'm 42 and I believe ageing is most definitely a privilege, but i'll slow it down wherever I can!