Collagen

Collagen for Health

Traditionally, all over the world people ate the whole animal which included the tendons and the joints. Our modern culture eats only muscle meat. The tendons and the joints of the animal are important nutrient sources for many parts of our body including liver detoxification and supple tendons and joints.

Collagen will improve a person’s sleep, lessen arthritis joint pain and stiffness from sitting or sleeping in one position too long. Skin is more hydrated, soft and elastic, fine wrinkles will disappear,  hair and fingernails will grow faster. People will experience less allergy symptoms,  collagen is known to help with liver detox– both Phase I and Phase II pathways– increases Glutathione, heals inflamed leaky gut (9 Tbs along with 100 b count probiotics) which heals insulin resistance because it stops Lipopolysaccharide (LPS aka Endotoxin) from leaking into the blood stream. Blood sugar issues improve and can disappear. People easily lose weight without starving themselves into a lowered set point and metabolic issues, and no longer crave sugar or starches.

Glycine, the amino acid that is 29% of Collagen, reduces inflammation in every cell of your body by controlling the Chloride channels. It is needed to balance the high methionine content of a meat based diet, particularly boneless skinless meat. I compare it to bone broth without the minerals. It has the advantage of being made from grass fed organic beef (Great Lakes Gelatin brand). It is difficult enough to make bone broth but finding organic bones is pretty challenging. As well anyone with a Histamine tolerance issue will not do well with bone broth — and maybe they do not even know about Histamine issues but there are good websites and FB groups that cover this. www.lowhistaminechef.com is a good place to start.

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