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Collagen studies below:

Collagen is a revolutionary product that not only supplements the collagen needs of our body, but also helps our body to produce it naturally. Collagen provides multidimensional benefits for skin, bone and joint health by regenerating the cells needed for maintaining an active lifestyle and enhanced immunity, health, strength and elasticity throughout the body.

Collagen Peptide is a high-quality bio peptide Marine Collagen which is also known as "Super Collagen" because this is the form of collagen that our body can best absorb. This is so because of the process of “HYDROLYSATION” which reduces the molecular size of the collagen and increases the intestinal absorption of the product. It has been clinically tested and results show that the use of hydrolyzed collagen improves skin suppleness, hydration and elasticity which allows its users to look younger and be healthier. More research below:

1. ANTI-AGING EFFECT ON HUMAN SKIN: Marine collagen hydrolysate has an anti-aging effect on human skin. A recent clinical trial demonstrated a significant increase in skin elasticity in a group of women aged 35-55 years (Proksch, Segger, et al., 2014).

2. REDUCING SKIN WRINKLES: The same group of scientists from the University of Kiel, Germany, also demonstrated a significant reduction in skin wrinkles after daily consumption of a collagen hydrolysate (Proksch, Schunck, et al., 2014).

3. INCREASING THE SKIN MOISTURE LEVEL: A comprehensive study of the effect of oral collagen peptide supplement on skin-aging involving clinical trials with Japanese and Caucasian women showed good effect on skin moistuirsation. The fish collagen peptides were shown to increase the skin moisture level by 12 % in a period of 8 weeks. A consistent increase in the skin collagen density over 12 weeks was confirmed by increased dermal echogenicity. Ex vivo studies confirmed the results of the clinical trials and showed an increased amount of water-binding glycosaminoglycans and collagen content in human skin explants incubated with fish collagen peptides (Asserin et al., 2015).

4. PROTECTING HAIR AGAINST CHEMICAL DAMAGE: In a study with 62 human test subjects, fish-derived collagen peptides were shown to have a positive effect on the skin moisture content. The same study documented the transdermal penetration ability of those collagen peptides and show increased abilities for fish collagen peptides in the range of 3.5-4.5 k Da (Chai et al., 2010). In hair, the collagen peptides diffuse into the fibrous hair cells

5. ADDED VALUE FOR THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM: Products containing active collagen peptides, like Youth Elixir, have long been marketed in the US and European pharmaceutical and food markets. Many scientific and preclinical studies show various positive effects on tendon flexibility, ligament stability, muscle and bone integrity and bone metabolism. Another study investigated the effect of specific fish-derived collagen peptides on collagen expression, post-translational modification and mineralisation in an osteoblastic cell culture. Fish collagen peptides were shown to upregulate the gene expression of collagen-modifying enzymes and this effect led to an increased collagen synthesis and positive effects on collagen quality and matrix mineralisation in the osteoblasts (Yamada et al., 2013)

6. COLLAGEN IS MORE EFFECTIVE THAN GELATIN: Koyama Y et al., Ingestion of gelatin has differential effect on bone mineral density and body weight in protein under nutrition. J Nutr Sci Vitaminol 47:84-86 (2001)

7. COLLAGEN AND BONE METABOLISM: Wu J et al., Assessment of effectiveness of oral administration of collagen peptide on bone metabolism in growing and mature rats. J Bone Miner Metab 22:547-553 (2004)

8. BONE DENSITY AND COLLAGEN: Nomura Y et al., Increase in bone mineral density through oral administration of shark gelatin to overspecialized rats. Nutrition 21:1120-1126 (2005)

9. COLLAGEN FOR HYDRATED SKIN: Sumida E et al., The effect of oral ingestion of collagen peptide on skin hydration and biochemical data of blood. J Nutr Food 7:45-52 (2004) Research Report 22 WWW.NIZONA.CO

10. REDUCE SKIN DRYNESS: Morganti P et al., Oral Treatment of Skin Dryness. Cosmet Toilet 103:77-80 (1988)

11. COLLAGEN TO STRENGTHEN NAILS: Rosenberg S et al., Further studies in the use of gelatin in the treatment of brittle nails. Arch Dermat & Syph 76:330-335 (1957)

12. Schwimmer M, Mulinos MG. Salutary effects of gelatin on nail defects in normal subjects. Antibiotic Med Clin Ther 4:403-407 (1957)

13. COLLAGEN FOR HEALTHY HAIR AND SCALP: Scala J et al., Effect of daily gelatin ingestion on human scalp hair. Nutr Rep Int 13:579-592 (1976)

14. COLLAGEN AND ESSENTIAL FATTY ACID METABOLISM: Ratnayake WMN et al., Influence of dietary protein and fat on serum lipids and metabolism of essential fatty acids in rats. Br J Nutr 78:459-467 (1997)

15. COLLAGEN TRANSPORTED THROUGHOUT THE BODY IN HUMAN BLOOD: Iwai K et al., Identification of food-derived collagen peptides in human blood after oral ingestion of gelatin hydrolysates. J Agric Food Chem 53:6531-6536 (2005)

16. COLLAGEN REDUCES OSTEOPOROSIS AND ARTHRITIS: Moskowitz RW. Role of collagen hydrolysate in bone and joint disease. Semin Arthritis Rheum 30:87-99 (2000)

17. COLLAGEN IS UV PROTECTANT: According to latest research, collagen helps suppressing the effects of skin damage caused by the sun. This was based in a double blind placebo trial where 5gr of collagen peptide were ingested during four weeks. The test was effectuated over the skin of adult males between the ageS of 20 to 59 years old.

18. COLLAGEN AND WEIGHT LOSS - collagen as a natural protein has direct relation with muscle development: The more muscle, the higher the metabolism, and the lower the fat. Collagen supports a virtuous cycle of fat loss by           supporting the development of muscle tissue.