New Collagen Study Shows Skin Aging Reversal! — Transcript

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1. 0:00Numerous human studies show that
2. 0:01collagen supplements reduce skin
3. 0:03wrinkles. And now we've got new papers
4. 0:05showing improvements in tendon strength,
5. 0:07muscle mass, and even reductions in fat
6. 0:09mass. Let's go through the research,
7. 0:11explain how collagen supplements are
8. 0:13absorbed, and then what to look for when
9. 0:15selecting a collagen brand. In the body,
10. 0:17collagen looks like a rope. It holds
11. 0:19everything together. But as we age, we
12. 0:21progressively lose collagen. So an
13. 0:2380-year-old person has lost 75% of the
14. 0:26collagen in their skin. And the collagen
15. 0:28that remains is frayed and damaged. Now,
16. 0:31collagen is made from a group of cells
17. 0:32called fibroblasts. So for example, in
18. 0:35the skin, the fibroblasts are found in
19. 0:37the deeper layers. So ideally, we want
20. 0:39to signal to our fibroblasts to produce
21. 0:41more collagen to not only help our skin,
22. 0:43but also things like our blood vessels,
23. 0:45cartilage, and tendons. And I must
24. 0:47admit, when I first looked at the
25. 0:49collagen research, I thought it was
26. 0:50going to be nothing more than a social
27. 0:52media fad. How on earth could the body
28. 0:54absorb these long strands of collagen
29. 0:56and then transport them around the body
30. 0:58to help rebuild our own collagen? It
31. 1:01made no sense. But to my surprise,
32. 1:02there's a very good mechanism. Instead
33. 1:04of taking a supplement that's got these
34. 1:06long ropes of collagen, what we want to
35. 1:08do is chop them up into smaller pieces
36. 1:10called peptides. And this process is
37. 1:12called hydrolysis. And we've got very
38. 1:14good human evidence showing that these
39. 1:16collagen peptide supplements, they are
40. 1:18absorbed into the blood. And when we
41. 1:19have a look at the effect that those
42. 1:21peptides have on our skin,
43. 1:22overwhelmingly, the studies show
44. 1:24improvements in skin health, including
45. 1:26things like moisture, elasticity, and
46. 1:28wrinkle number. So let's take a deeper
47. 1:31look at this 2020 meta-analysis where
48. 1:33they combined all of the relevant
49. 1:34studies to see what the research shows.
50. 1:37They only included randomized
51. 1:38placebo-controlled studies, resulting in
52. 1:4110 publications that met the criteria.
53. 1:43Each of those 10 separate studies showed
54. 1:45robust improvements in skin health with
55. 1:47no inconsistencies between the different
56. 1:49studies seen, which is incredibly
57. 1:51compelling and it likely represents a
58. 1:53true improvement in skin health by
59. 1:55taking collagen peptides. But it's not
60. 1:57only skin health that collagen
61. 1:58supplements seem to improve. We've got a
62. 2:00randomized controlled study published
63. 2:02this year, 2022, that combined collagen
64. 2:05peptides with resistance training. And
65. 2:07what they could see is that the collagen
66. 2:09peptides resulted in a significant
67. 2:10increase in the thickness of the
68. 2:12Achilles tendon, as well as a
69. 2:14significant improvement in muscle
70. 2:16thickness. Plus, we've got an
71. 2:17interesting meta-analysis suggesting
72. 2:19that collagen peptides, they may reduce
73. 2:21fat mass and decrease LDL cholesterol.
74. 2:24But, more dedicated studies are needed
75. 2:26to explore this area of research before
76. 2:28any definitive conclusions can be made.
77. 2:30So, we can see that collagen peptide
78. 2:32supplements, they are improving skin
79. 2:34health, they seem to thicken our
80. 2:35tendons, as well as improve muscle mass.
81. 2:37But, how exactly are these supplements
82. 2:39signaling to our body to produce more of
83. 2:42its own collagen? Well, there seems to
84. 2:44be three leading theories. The first one
85. 2:46is that the collagen peptides, they
86. 2:48provide the body with building blocks,
87. 2:50which leads into the second theory, that
88. 2:51just providing the building blocks
89. 2:53itself signals to the body to produce
90. 2:55its own collagen. But, the third theory
91. 2:57is very intriguing. Just by taking the
92. 2:59collagen peptides into our gut, our
93. 3:01immune system samples those peptides,
94. 3:04and then the immune response against
95. 3:06those collagen peptides, as well as the
96. 3:07body's own collagen, is reduced, and
97. 3:10therefore the body is breaking down less
98. 3:12of its own collagen. Either way, we can
99. 3:14see robust benefits by taking collagen
100. 3:16peptide supplements. So, what should we
101. 3:18be looking for when selecting a brand?
102. 3:20The first thing to know is that there's
103. 3:22actually 28 different types of collagen
104. 3:24in the body. So, you'll often see
105. 3:26collagen brands mentioning the different
106. 3:28types of collagen that they've got.
107. 3:29Remember, though, the long rope of
108. 3:31collagen is broken down into smaller
109. 3:32peptides. So, there's no human evidence
110. 3:35to suggest that the original type of
111. 3:36collagen actually matters. Again,
112. 3:39because it's all broken down, it's
113. 3:40chopped up into those smaller peptides.
114. 3:43So, when I choose a brand, I don't care
115. 3:45about the original type of collagen.
116. 3:47What matters is that it's peptides or
117. 3:49hydrolyzed. Then, I want to make sure
118. 3:51that the product is pure, that it's
119. 3:52third-party tested, and finally, I want
120. 3:55the cheapest price. So, the brand that I
121. 3:57use is called Do Not Age, and that's
122. 3:59because the product is pure, and it's
123. 4:01for the cheapest price compared to the
124. 4:02other brands on Amazon. Plus, there's a
125. 4:0510% affiliate discount code in the
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128. 4:12study, and make sure to check out the
129. 4:14next video here, where a new study shows
130. 4:16that multivitamins slowed brain aging by
131. 4:18a whopping 60%.