The Definitive Collagen Review 2024

When it comes to supplements there five main types of collagen. We will cover five of them to help you make more informed decisions about your Collagen intake.

• Type I - This is the most abundant collagen of the human body. It is present in scar tissue, the end product when tissue heals by repair. It is found in tendons, skin, artery walls, cornea, the endomysium surrounding muscle fibers, fibrocartilage, and the organic part of bones and teeth.
• Type II - This collagen is a protein that helps our joints and cartilage stay cushy and bendy, like a springy cushion for our bones. It's especially important for a type of cartilage called hyaline, which looks all shiny and smooth like glass. But as we get older or strain our joints, we might not have enough type 2 collagen and things can get creaky and ache
• Type III - Now, type 3 collagen is found in various parts of our bodies, including the skin, blood vessels, and internal organs such as the liver, lungs, intestines and uterous. It's also present in the extracellular matrix, which is a network of proteins and other molecules that provide structural support to our tissues.
• Type IV - Found in our basement membranes, which act as a barrier and support to our tissues. It forms a mesh-like network that gives the basement membranes their strength and stability, and is especially important for the kidneys, where it helps filter our blood. This Type forms the respiratory tract and that's involved in the bronchial tubes the lungs around the intestines and the tissue around the heart.
• Type V - Type 5 collagen is a less common protein that helps regulate the formation and assembly of collagen fibers. It's typically found in association with other types of collagen, and is important for the development and maintenance of skin, tendons, and the cornea of the eye. It has been found in the placenta, which is an organ that develops during pregnancy to provide nourishment and oxygen to the growing fetus.

Why We Need to Consume Collagen Supplements

Most people assume that if they eat enough animal protein they will get Collagen in their bodies. The truth is that even if you are eating a lot of meat, it would be very hard for your body to synthesise protein and rebuild it into Collagen. To build Collagen your body requires a lot more to link all the amino chains together.

Chlorophyll from plant food and Vitamin C would have to be present in large quantities to produce collagen directly. And the volume you would need to consume would be impossible.

Using a Collagen Supplement helps you avoid consuming as much protein meat. It’s easier, cheaper, and more effective than shoving down impossible quantities of meat and plants to digest.

With Collagen supplements, you can get close to a 90% absorption rate, while getting collagen from food results in as low as 25-35% absorption. Let's face it, most of us don't eat like Lions, so when we injure a joint, ligament, or tendon, it can feel like our joints aren't bouncing back.

Collagen supplements provide the raw materials for your body that you don’t normally get. Most likely, unless you are eating all parts of the animals you consume, like our primal ancestors, you are likely not getting the amount of Collagen you truly need.

Reputable companies will indicate with labels their certifying bodies as well as proper ingredients and manufacturing practices:

• Gluten-Free, Allergen-Free, and Non - GMO
• Contains essential Amino Acid profile
• Premium grade Bovine collagen (type 1 and 3)
• Good Manufacturing Practice certified
• MCT oil
• Dairy-Free, Pasture Raised, Lab Tested
• Mixes extremely well, best out of all competition
• Laboratory tested for purity and potency
• Made in an FDA registered facility
• Made in the EU
• Helps your current nutrition goals
• Tastes great or flavourless.
• Sourced From Grass-fed Beef (in the case of Bovine Collagen) - You won't find any antibiotics in grass-fed bovine collagen powder. Just 100% premium quality Bovine (type I & III) Hydrolysed Collagen Peptides.

Some companies selling collagen do the right thing legally, but they simply have an inferior product, which will not help you, and will be a miserable experience for you:

• Insoluble - it does not dissolve and is harder to mix
• An inferior product will have little impact on you and will make for a miserable experience
• Horrible Taste - strange aftertaste…. Definitely not tasteless
• Not complete - product to come half empty.
• Multi-Collagen blends - Too General - Not focused on your essential needs
• Not consistent - a totally different consistency with each order the granules are different sizes, too large, and not soft powder. The texture, solubility, and even the color are always different and clumpy in liquids of various temperatures
• No potency - No Results. No effect whatsoever

The Ugly - Lies, Deception, and Product Callbacks

Unfortunately, in every market there are bad actors who cut corners and sell products that have no business being in the market. While it is a bit more rare, it’s still important to be on guard. Collagen is no different, because many companies cut corners to bring supplements to market. Beware! They could be endangering your health:

• Pesticides: if animals are fed foods high in a certain pesticide it could concentrate in the collagen protein.
• Contaminants: recent laboratory tests revealed that contaminants such as antibiotics, parabens, and steroids were found in popular collagen products.
• Not Testing for Metals: the parts of animals used to create collagen supplements can be high in heavy metals. So it's important to make sure that the company you choose tests for that.
• Cheap Imported Collagen - Using Imports of collagen peptides from Chinese bovine
• Bacteria: Through an investigation, it has been determined that vials of Collagen packaged within the Collagen Reagent and Platelet aggregation Kit, may contain particulate matter or microbial growth.
• Recalls because of Additives and Fillers in collagen