ImportanceofCollageninHealth

CollageninHealthImportanceBoneHealthSkinHealthAnti-AgingEffectsCartilageHealthThankYouBoneHealthBonesarelivingandgrowingtissuemadeupprimarilyofcollagenandcalcium.Beginningaroundage30,thebodylosesbonesubstancefasterthanitcanproduceit.Duetohormonechangesandotherage-relatedfactors,thelevelofcollagenproduceddecreaseswithageaswell.Osteoporosisoccurswhenbonemassandmineralarelosttooquicklyorreplacedtooslowly,causingbrittleorweakbonesthatcanbreakmoreeasily.Peoplewhohaveatypelcollagengeneticmutationcandeveloposteoporosisduetotoolittleorpoorqualitycollagenintheirbones.Womenareparticularlyatriskforosteoporosisbeginningintheearlypostmenopausalyears,asestrogenlevelsdecrease.

calcium英['k?ls??m]美[?k?lsi?m]

n.<化>鈣；鈣質(zhì)；鈣粉；鈣離子

hormone英['h?:m??n]美[?h?r?mon]

n.荷爾蒙；激素；荷爾蒙；內(nèi)分泌；神經(jīng)激素osteoporosis英[??st???p?'r??s?s]美[?ɑ:st?o?p?'ro?s?s]

n.[醫(yī)]骨質(zhì)疏松癥；骨質(zhì)疏松；骨髓炎CartilageHealthCartilage,whilealsomadeofmostlycollagen,ismoreflexibleandlessdensethanbonewhilestillretainingastableappearance.It’sfoundinthenose,earsandthroatandinjointsalloverthebody.Injoints,cartilagepreventsbonesfromrubbingagainsteachother,promoteseaseofmotionandaidsinrepair.Collagendoesnotmerelymakeupcartilage;anApril2013study,"InducedCollagenCross-linksEnhanceCartilageIntegration,"publishedin"PlosOne,"foundcollagencanalsohelpconnectnaturalcartilagetoengineeredcartilageincaseswherecartilageisdegradedorabsenttohelprepairtissue.

Cartilage英[?kɑ:t?l?d?]美[?kɑrtl?d?]

n.<解>軟骨；軟骨結(jié)構(gòu)；內(nèi)韌帶；第六節(jié)、軟骨；軟骨組織

Cross-links英[kr?sli?ks]美[kr?sl??ks]

n.交聯(lián)，交鍵，橫鍵SkinHealthHumanskincontains14typesofcollagen,but80percentofthatistypeIcollagenand15percentistypeIII.CollagentypeIsupportsskinstrength,whiletypeIIIinvolvesmaintainingelasticity.Afterascrapeorcutoftheskin,thebodyproducescollagentoreconnectskintissuesandhelphealtheinjury.Whencollagenbreaksdownduetoagingordisease,theskincanthin,dryout,wrinkleandbecomefragile.Thisleavestheskinmoresusceptibletoinjury.Somediseasescanalsointerferewithorattackcollagenintheskinandothertissues,suchassystemiclupuserythematosus,rheumatoidarthritisandscleroderma.

elasticity英[?i:l??st?s?ti]美[?l??st?s?ti,?il?-]

n.彈性；彈力；靈活性；伸縮性；彈性力學(xué)；柔韌性susceptible英[s??sept?bl]美[s??s?pt?b?l]

adj.易受影響的；易受感染的；善感的；可以接受或允許的；靈敏的；erythematosus英[er?θi:m?'t??s?s]

美[er?θi:m?'to?s?s]

[醫(yī)]紅斑的；紅斑狼瘡；糖苷水解酶類Anti-AgingEffectsofCollagenSkinagingischaracterizedbyfinelines,laxityandpigmentissues.Theseagemarksareinpartduetodeficienciesandbreakdownofcollagenrelatedtoskindamage,ageordisease.Excessiveexposuretothesunorindoortanningcanaccelerateorexacerbatethesesignsofaging.Varioustreatmentstoattempttoproducecollagenincludecreams,injectionsandlaserskintreatments.Afterskintreatments,collagenlevelscanmildlyincrease,helpingthebodyrepairskindamage.Thetreatmentsdonotaddcollagentothebody;mostsimplypromptthebodytobegincreatingorincreasingcollagenlevelsintheskin.Thesetreatmentshavenotbeenshowntohelpinotherareasofthebodydeficientincollagen.

Anti-Aging英['?nt?'e?d???]美