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hey guys in this video we’re going to talk  about collagen and the types of collagen there’s  

actually over 28 different types of collagen  we’re not going to cover all of them I’m gonna  

cover five of them okay now what is collagen it’s  the type of protein and it’s the connective tissue  

it comes from the Greek word which means glue  because it holds everything together as a mesh  

as a like a matrix of strands okay so number  one the type one is the most abundant 90% of  

all of the collagen is this type and it forms scar  tissue it forms the tendons the ligaments the bone  

is made out of collagen with minerals to make  it solid the teeth are also a lot of collagen  

in there certain parts and calcium and then we  have skin in arteries okay that’s type 1 tattoo  

is all the joint cartilage and their articular  surfaces that connect on that joint so if you  

were to have a joint that’s wore out you would  want to probably take more of the two versus maybe  

weak ligaments that’s a whole different thing okay  Type three is the connective tissue the collagen  

that is like the mesh around the liver inside  the liver that separates the different things  

it’s more delicate it’s in the bone marrow it’s  in the lymph okay that’s three okay four forms  

the respiratory tract and that’s involved in  the bronchial tubes the lungs the around the  

intestines the tissue around the heart the tissue  around the intestines okay that’s type 4 and then  

type 5 forms the hair and the cell surfaces okay  those are the different types so anytime you’re  

buying collagen there’s different types you can  you can buy it from different sources sometimes  

collagen comes from chicken sternum sometimes it  comes from bone marrow sometimes it comes from  

fish skin sometimes it comes from pig skin so it  comes from many different sources now the question  

is is it just a matter of consuming collagen to  put the collagen back not necessarily there’s a  

couple really important things you need to know  if your vitamin C deficient you will not be able  

to metabolize collagen collagen will not form  in the body - Ella you’re gonna have weakness  

within the ligaments the cartilage and just if  you take a look at a vitamin C deficiency called  

scurvy for example what’s happening they have  a lot of collagen loss they have bleeding gums  

their teeth are falling out what is that well  what happens vitamin C is necessary to form the  

collagen very very tightly it’s because if you  don’t vitamin C it can leak blood and that’s  

called micro hemorrhaging it’s the same exact  thing that people have in their arteries so if  

they have like a clogged artery for example the  first thing that happens is a micro hemorrhage  

hemorrhaging so you have the bleeding the  cholesterol comes the calcium comes forms a  

plaque that’s because they have a small version  of scurvy in the arteries so what happens is if  

you gave them type 1 collagen it might not work  what they need is the vitamin C so vitamin C is  

very important and with collagen make sure that  you get a natural version if you’re using some  

synthetic it better come with a lot of flavonoids  or other factors okay number 2 gastric bypass if  

you have a gastric bypass what’s happening  is you’re not going to be able to digest the  

collagen as well because your stomach is not as  big and it’s altered the physiology is altered  

so you might have loose skin it’s hard to get the  skin back lastly is low stomach acids if you don’t  

have enough stomach acid you can’t digest the  collagen so you can’t even pull it in to break  

down the collagen that is going through your  mouth whether its food or supplement it’s not  

breaking down at the stomach level so it never  gets broken down to the small particles now how  

do you know if you have low stomach acids well  you’re gonna have gas maybe an iron deficiency b12  

deficiency indigestion acid reflux and that could  be a clue that you need more stomach acid and all  

of a sudden the collagen that you’re consuming  from your food is working ok so just want to kind  

of give you some insights and call it different  collagen types and it might not be a matter of  

just consuming collagen you might have to look at  these other factors alright thanks for watching