Hydrolyzed Collagen and Bone Health in Middle-aged and Elderly People

Composition and distribution of hydrolyzed collagen in human body

Collagen is a kind of homogenous multitype protein family. It is widely distributed in human bones, skin, blood vessels, ligaments, cartilage and other tissues and organs. To date, at least 14 different types of collagen have been confirmed and identified: all types of collagen molecules have a triple helix structure. Different types of collagen participate in the composition of the extracellular matrix of different tissues in animals, and form the structural framework of bone, skin, blood vessels and so on in the form of fibers.

Bone and joint diseases are a major hazard to the elderly people

Bone and joint diseases are the most common diseases in the elderly. People refer to serious bone and joint diseases as "cancer that never dies." And bone and joint diseases are also one of the highest disability rates. With the development of the disease, more than half of patients with bone and joint diseases have different degrees of stiffness and deformity, resulting in the loss of joint mobility, even paralysis, unable to take care of themselves.

There are 355 million people worldwide suffering from bone and joint diseases. The total number of patients with bone and joint diseases in China has exceeded 150 million, making China a "superpower" in bone and joint diseases.

Relationship between hydrolyzed collagen and arthritis

Collagen accounts for 18% of bone weight and 90% of organic matter in bone. Collagen forms a network in bone that binds calcium to it, maintaining strength and increasing bone density. As the main component of cartilage, collagen plays an important role in constructing the cartilage tissue framework, supporting joint weight bearing, protecting and repairing damaged articular cartilage and so on. Not getting enough collagen can lead to osteoporosis and joint pain.

Collagen production is at its peak around the age of 45. In the future, as people get older, the amount of collagen synthesis decreases year by year. By the age of 60, the collagen content is only 50% of that of young people. The decrease of collagen leads to a decrease in the resistance of the body's connective tissues and abnormal collagen metabolism, which leads to chronic orthopedic diseases, such as arthralgia, arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and osteoporosis.

In Germany, the prevention and treatment of degenerative arthropathy with collagen is now part of the teaching of holistic medicine. The results of an FDA study of more than 400 cases of knee arthritis, a collaboration between Germany, Britain and the United States, will also be published soon. Clinical studies at home and abroad have proved that taking an appropriate amount of hydrolyzed collagen every day can repair worn joints and significantly reduce or even eliminate joint pain.

Relationship between hydrolyzed collagen and osteoporosis

Osteoporosis is a disease characterized by loss of bone mass, osteosinolysis, and reduced bone function. Spongy bone is most prone to osteoporosis, which results in bone fracture due to insufficient mechanical strength of bone structure. Women are more likely to develop osteoporosis because the quality of life of patients is greatly reduced by severe pain, and 30 per cent of patients over the age of 70 develop fractures.

In the late 1980s, we discovered that hydrolyzed collagen had a surprising effect on osteoporosis. An elderly woman in her late eighties suffered from severe osteoporosis, so she could not move her limbs and the intense pain in her body made her unbearable. After continuous administration of hydrolyzed collagen for 10 months, the pain of the patient was greatly relieved. A year later, the patient was able to sit up on his own and miraculously walk around the room alone.These results suggest that taking hydrolyzed collagen can treat osteoporosis.

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