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With many of us wanting to stay as active as possible throughout our lives, our joint health and flexibility is key - especially as we age!
Humans have over 350 joints in our bodies with our shoulders, elbows, and knees being classed as Synovial joints (or free moving joints) that can move in lots of directions. These are the most likely to be impacted negatively by exercise strain and utilising collagen post exercise could help with recovery.
Collagen can support your joints by reducing inflammation, supporting the repair of surrounding muscles, and improving bone strength.
Find out more about the health benefits of Collagen in our ➡️ blogs.
The most studied type of collagen for joint support is native type 2 collagen. This mainly stems from the fact that type 2 collagen is a major component of joint cartilage so the most obvious solution to supporting these areas of the body is to put a similar substrate in.
What’s important to note, is that it has largely been native collagen that has been studied in this context - not hydrolysed. A common source of native type two collagen would be from a chicken / chicken broth. A 2009 study suggested that this native type 2 collagen elicits an immune-mediated response called oral tolerance which could reduce autoimmune reactions against endogenous collagen at articular cartilage level - aka in Rheumatoid Arthritis. The process involves dendritic cells (DCs) in the gut-associated lymphoid tissue (GALT) taking up the type 2 collagen and then presenting it to T cells to generate regulatory T cells, which induce systemic immune tolerance to type 2 collagen made by the body itself which may help to prevent the breakdown of the joints.
However, hydrolysed collagen has not been shown to demonstrate this mechanism of action. If you want to look to achieve this mechanism of action, we would recommend making and consuming regular meat stocks with gelatinous parts of a chicken, such as chicken feet.
The reason why type 3 collagen is also considered to be potentially beneficial for joints is due to the fact that it is also expressed by osteoblasts in mature bone. Type 1 collagen is also found in bones and tendons, which is why we suggest the use of bovine collagen peptides that contain type 1 and 3 if you are looking to support bones and joints. We do not offer a type 2 collagen product at present but may do so in the future.
As we age, our natural collagen levels reduce year on year. This can start as early as your mid 20's with many of us seeing an acceleration of collagen decline by the time we hit 40 years old.
As the most abundant protein in our bodies, a decline in natural collagen levels can lead to a range of symptoms, such as aching joints, weaker bones, lack of plumpness and moisture in the skin to name just a few.
Supplementing with Hunter & Gather Bovine Collagen, you will be supporting healthy ageing with flexible joints, strong bones, and lean muscle mass and strength.
Read more about the health benefits of Collagen Peptides ➡️ here.
Cadmium is a heavy metal and is not easily processed by the body and therefore accumulates with possible detrimental effects on the kidneys, lungs, bones, and foetal development.
Food (especially cacao and cocoa) can be a high source of cadmium depending on where the beans are grown and processed.
When creating our collagen creamers, we wanted to reduce exposure to heavy metals, therefore we only use raw Organic Low Cadmium Cacao which has been lab tested.
We also test for salmonella, moulds and PH level.
