Is oral collagen really useful? Look at you.

Time flies, you are far away from 18 years old. Looking at my best friend's face, I sighed, "It's good to be young, with collagen all over my face." Then I turned around and bought 2 Jin of trotters as a complementary food, waiting for her "collagen oral liquid" to arrive. The rest of the oranges stood and sighed. "With this money, it is enough for oranges to eat fish and tofu for half a day ..."

So for the sake of his beloved fish tofu, Orange Orange decided to give an article to his best friend Popular Science.

I believe everyone has heard that collagen, a legendary beauty product, can not only make your skin tender, breast enhancement and whitening, but also delay aging and anti-age growth. It can also strengthen bones and improve immunity. It can be not only applied externally, but also taken orally. It's amazing. I almost believe it when I say oranges!

No. 1

Why is collagen hot?

We live in an information age, and the speed of communication is very fast. Today you know that you need collagen to be beautiful, and the next second people around you start hoarding goods. Especially in the circle of friends, under the bombardment of various WeChat business writing, the description of collagen products is still fresh in memory and has been sought after by many fairies.

Collagen is an extracellular insoluble protein, which mainly exists in the skin, bones, teeth, ligaments and blood vessels of animals. Collagen can support the body, keep the skin elastic and promote wound healing. Therefore, collagen products have been labeled with many labels: anti-wrinkle, moisturizing, muscle building, improving immunity, inhibiting cancer cells and so on.

Especially with the increase of age, collagen will gradually lose. 20-year-old women begin to age, lose collagen and decrease their synthetic ability. After 25, they entered the peak of loss. In addition, our skin is exposed to air and ultraviolet rays for a long time, which will cause collagen damage and reduce the ability to synthesize collagen.

So the lack of collagen will really make the skin lose its original elasticity, smoothness and luster. Because of this, various businesses seize the pain points of fairies and are willing to pay for it.

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Can eating trotters really supplement collagen?

Orange Orange heard that pig's trotters can be beautified when she was less than ten years old, and upgraded to supplement collagen when she grew up. In fact, trotters, chicken feet and donkey skins all have collagen. Protein needs to be hydrolyzed into amino acids in the body to be absorbed by the human body, and then the protein needed by the human body can be synthesized.

In other words, the collagen contained in the trotters you eat will be decomposed into amino acids by the stomach, and then distributed by the human body to play different functions, and you can participate in life activities in the body and synthesize new collagen. Finally, it is uncertain how much collagen can be synthesized.

Moreover, to synthesize new collagen, vitamin C is needed in addition to amino acids. Without vitamin C, it is impossible to synthesize stable collagen. Therefore, no matter what method is used to supplement collagen, the effect varies from person to person. It's definitely not a matter of how much you eat and how much you make up.

They're all big molecules, protein.

As in the above example, collagen in common food is macromolecular protein. That is to say, except for most of the filtered collagen that enters the human body, there is no shortage of vitamin C, and the collagen synthesized by luck is very limited, let alone really reaching the skin, and even trying to orient the skin on the face. Moreover, most of these foods contain a lot of fat, and the result may be that the muscles have not changed and they have gained more than ten kilograms.

However, maybe if you are fat, your skin will look better …

third place

Is collagen oral liquid always useful?

There are many health products on the market, which are processed by scientific and technological means to make "easily absorbed" small molecular collagen. Merchants also "popularize science" themselves. Protein, a macromolecule of common food, is not easily absorbed by human body. Our products have small molecular weight, which ensures direct absorption, whitening and beautifying.

These oral collagens are very rich, whether domestic, imported, liquid, powder, well-known brands, minority brands and so on. It can be said that it is dazzling and the price has been high.

In order to find out the difference between small molecular collagen and large molecular collagen, Orange Orange consulted a lot of materials. Similarly, neither food nor health care products can escape the process of decomposition and synthesis. Only in theory, collagen synthesized by small molecules is indeed easier to be absorbed.

In addition, it is necessary to synthesize new protein without vitamin C deficiency. Of course, before reaching this threshold, some decomposed amino acids will be distributed to the body to play different functions. Therefore, because small molecules are better absorbed than large molecules, the skin should be better after long-term oral administration of collagen.

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Why better?

Orange orange has consulted a lot of information. Whether at home or abroad, the cosmetic effect of collagen on skin is still controversial. "There is no conclusive evidence that collagen can be used for beauty, and there is no evidence that collagen cannot be used for beauty. But at least it is definitely not the ultimate weapon advertised by advertisers to keep you young forever.

Most collagen health products on the market are food.

The products in the market are mixed, and false advertisements are everywhere. Orange Orange reminds everyone, "In China, collagen has two recognized functions in health products-increasing bone density and improving skin moisture. It is illegal to claim other functions.

Orange Orange doesn't advise fairies to take a large amount of collagen, not to mention its beauty effect. However, supplementing too much protein is not only as simple as transforming into fat, but also increases the burden of kidney excretion of protein, which has side effects on the body.

From the above summary, it is not completely certain that collagen is a scam, but a controversial result advocated by merchants in academic circles. For fairies, the potential unsafe factors are very great, and eating pig's trotters is even more unreliable.

Orange knows that our women's pursuit of youth and beauty seems to be innate, but fairies are all adults. Don't be too naive and don't wear shoes, or you will suffer.

Of course, orange orange knows that even after so many words, there are very few fairies who really go deep into their hearts. Because there are lucky human characteristics, especially women who love beauty. I don't think it's necessary to say it? What if it becomes beautiful? But even though I know it's useless, Orange still thinks it's worth it. Who let us be fairies who embody truth, goodness and beauty ~

Our slogan is: eat more fruits and vegetables, go to bed early and get up early to protect yourself from the sun, and become a fairy! I hope fairies spend their money on the cutting edge. Good night. Love you.