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Hydrolyzed Collagen Improves Joint and Skin Health

Posted by Dan Hammer //

03/08/2021

If hydrolyzed collagen improves joint and skin health, then everyone over the age of 45 needs to know about this.

Why?

Because after the age of 45 our body’s ability to replenish collagen declines by about 1.5% per year.

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Collagen is the most prevalent protein in your body. It provides structural support and strength to many tissues, especially your skin and joints.

As you age you see and feel the effects of collagen not properly being replenished.

Skin loses its strength and elasticity resulting in wrinkles, fine lines, and sagging skin.

Joints become stiff and painful.

Scientists have broken this collagen down into three main groups: Read More →

Optimize Vitamin D Levels With Magnesium and K2

Posted by Dan Hammer //

03/01/2021

I’ve written several articles on the importance of vitamin D. But I’ve never written about how to optimize vitamin D levels.

Given the recent studies showing how normal vitamin D levels help to reduce your risk for the CoVid19 virus, I thought it would be helpful to discuss how to optimize vitamin D levels.

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The main body of work in this area comes from research by GrassrootsHealth. Here are several statements that they have made regarding this issue:

“combined intake of both supplemental magnesium and vitamin K2 has a greater effect on vitamin D levels than either individually.”

“those taking both supplemental magnesium and vitamin K2 have a higher vitamin D level for any given vitamin D intake amount than those taking either supplemental magnesium or vitamin K2 or neither.”

“. . . 244% more supplemental vitamin D was needed for 50% of the population to achieve 40 ng/ml (100nmol/L) for those not taking supplemental magnesium or vitamin K2 compared to those who usually took both supplemental magnesium and vitamin K2.”

So what does all this mean if you want to optimize vitamin D levels in your body? Read More →

Improving Bone Health With Vitamin K2

Posted by Dan Hammer //

01/01/2021

Improving bone health is vitally important for adults over the age of 50. Commonly called osteoporosis, this bone loss can be a contributing factor in age related disability.

For example, in the United States approximately 25% of men and 50% of women age 50 and older will experience a fracture due to osteoporosis. And if this wasn’t bad enough, 20% of patients over 50 who suffer a hip fracture will die.

Most people believe that taking a calcium supplement will help in improving bone health. And while it may slow down bone loss, it does not prevent it.

Which brings us to the main focus of this article.

Research out of Japan shows that high doses of vitamin K2 helps to prevent bone loss and protect against fractures.

These clinical trials used 45 mg of vitamin K2 (menagquinone-4) in helping to:

Slow Bone Loss
Reduce Fracture Risk
and Build New Bone

In a two-year study, high doses of vitamin K2 helped older osteoporosis patients reduce vertebral fractures by half.

It’s important to know that your body constantly breaks down old bone and replaces it with new bone.

After we are born, and for the first couple of decades of our life, bone density increases. Then for the next couple of decades it plateaus. Meaning that the amount of old bone being replace with new bone is about the same.

However, around the age of 40 bone density begins to decrease. And for women experiencing menopause, the bone loss accelerates.

Bone density is influenced by two types of bone cells: Read More →