Collagen as a functional health food use: You can prevent cardiovascular disease. Studies have shown that collagen can lower triglycerides and cholesterol. Can increase the body lacks some essential trace elements, so it is maintained within a relatively normal range, is an ideal diet fat food; in addition, to assist the body's collagen discharge aluminum, aluminum reduction in body also has a unique gathering place. Aluminum harmful, studies show that a few days ago and gradually increasing the intake of Alzheimer's disease and related aluminum, while accelerating collagen hemoglobin and erythropoiesis effect, it has to improve circulation, coronary heart disease, ischemic encephalopathy favorable.
Collagen is the main protein of animal skin (fish is a fish scales) or bone marrow and other support organizations. Among the skin tissue, collagen in cells and link the cells of oxygen and nutrient supply, playing the role of catheter removal of old waste substances.
In bone and bone marrow collagen, helping precipitate calcium to the bones, so the collagen is thought to improve bone density and have osteoporosis prevention effect. In order to improve bone density, Vita D is one of the ingredients necessary for life, so also should consume foods rich in vitamin D, and the body more than the sun in order to promote vitamin D synthesis.
Collagen in the past have always been treated as jelly and use nutritional supplements, mostly taken from cows and pigs and other animals in the skin or bones and other parts; part is the use of fish, such as shark's skin as a raw material. But since 年 2000 BSE (bovine spongiform disease, commonly known as "mad cow disease") in the United States, Britain and Japan and other countries since, needless to say collagen, even seasonings are no longer used as a raw material the use of cattle. Especially in the bone marrow but also the existence of pathogens, it is also prohibited to use. At this scale, skin and fish bone collagen among the public began to be noticed. Since this collagen material is a fish, it is also known fish collagen. Fish collagen and bovine collagen concocted compared to smaller molecular weight, easier to digest, so it is easy to use.