The Power of Collagen: Your Body’s Scaffolding
Is collagen the missing piece in your wellness puzzle? This abundant protein plays a crucial role in maintaining your body’s structure and overall health. Let’s delve into why collagen is so important and how you can support its production.
What is Collagen and Why Do You Need It?
Collagen is the single most abundant protein in the animal kingdom, comprising one-third of the total protein in your body and accounting for three-quarters of the dry weight of your skin.
Collagen is important because it provides structural support to connective tissues that make up your body: skin, tendons, bones, and ligaments. It basically holds everything together, which is why collagen is often called the body’s scaffolding (Kubala, 2023).
The Natural Decline of Collagen and Its Impact
Our bodies make collagen, but production typically declines with age.
The Role of Diet in Collagen Production
The foods you fuel your body with have a major impact on your health in all respects, including collagen production. In fact, nutritional deficiencies — deficiencies that are quite common in the standard modern diet — can prevent new collagen from forming. For instance, without a steady supply of antioxidants, excess free radicals can wreak havoc on your cells and overwhelm your body’s natural repair processes.
Making matters worse, foods low in antioxidants — such as those full of added sugar and refined carbohydrates — can increase oxidative stress and inflammation within your body. This can actually thin layers of collagen and accentuate signs of aging.
Supplementing with Collagen: A Two-Pronged Approach
You are able to supplement with Collagen from 2 sources:
- Animal-derived Collagen: Collagen derived from animal products — like meat, fish, and eggs — that contain connective tissue. However, the collagen that you ingest in this way isn’t automatically available for your body to use. Hence the reason why a good collagen supplement contains hydrolysed collagen, making it bioavailable and easy for your body to absorb.
- Plant-based Collagen Boosters: Or you can look to supplementing with Plant based proteins, that are a good source of amino acids which are the building blocks for collagen production (Hicks, 2024). Some plant-based sources of protein include whole soy foods like tofu and tempeh, legumes including beans, peas, and lentils, nuts and seeds, whole grains, and even vegetables like broccoli.
Plant-based “collagens” do not contain actual collagen, because plants cannot produce collagen, and they rather provide the essential nutrients your body needs to stimulate its own collagen production (Sakthi, 2024).
Chemistry Natural Science Collagen Products: Designed for Optimal Health
At Chemistry Natural Science, we offer several targeted collagen supplements:
- COLLAGEN–X: This multi-collagen supplement includes Bovine Collagen [Type I + II], Undenatured Chicken Collagen [Type II] + Egg Membrane [Type X] and Hyaluronic Acid. Clinical studies show that it is more effective than Glucosamine and Chondroitin for subjects suffering with Osteoarthritis and may improve connective tissue and joint mobility. Collagen–X is highly digestible (Bioavailable) and has an exceptionally high protein content (96%), giving it more antiaging amino acids (protein building blocks) per gram.
- PLUMP: Contains Type I and III Bovine Collagen, and potent Antioxidant Berry Blend.
- BALANCE: Also contains Type I and III Bovine Collagen and 1000mg of Vitamin C to help maximise collagen synthesis and fight free radicals that cause disease and aging.
Our Commitment to Quality and Sustainability
At Chemistry Natural Science we only use natural ingredients, with no nasties, that promise to give you great results. Our collagens are sustainably sourced from healthy animals and are chemical free. Our Bovine Collagen comes from the Tibetan plateau of the Himalayas, our Chicken (sternum) Peptides are made from free range chicken (supported by supplier audits that confirm traceability) and are undenatured (not been irradiated) and no solvents were used in the manufacturing process except water.
References:
- Sakthi V. “Plant-Based Collagen vs. Animal Collagen: Which Is Better for You?” Plantigo, Planting, 19 Oct. 2024. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
- Hicks, Josephine. “Plant Collagen: Why It’s Different to Other Collagen Products.” Rheal, Rheal, 17 Apr. 2024. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
- Kubala, Jillian. “Collagen – What Is It and What Is It Good For?”Healthline, Healthline Media, 5 Dec. 2023. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
