Nordic Beauty Marine Collagen 150 g - Strawberry Taste

Product description: Hydrolysed collagen peptides from wild-caught Arctic cod, milled into a powder that dissolves without clumping. With vitamin C from acerola cherry, which contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin. Lightly sweetened, with a gentle strawberry taste - stir it into anything hot or cold. Collagen is the quiet architecture of the human body: roughly a third of all the protein we are built from, wound into rope-like triple helices that give skin its springiness, cartilage its cushioning and bone its framework. We manufacture it continuously, though the pace of that work naturally eases as the years pass. With this in mind, Nordic Naturals created Nordic Beauty Marine Collagen 150 g - Strawberry Taste! The peptides come from wild-caught Arctic cod - a marine source of type I collagen, the very type that dominates human skin - and are hydrolysed, meaning the long protein chains are cut into short fragments, which is why this powder disappears into cold water instead of setting into jelly. Alongside them sits vitamin C drawn from acerola cherry, a small Caribbean fruit that is one of the richest natural sources of the vitamin known to botany. A gentle strawberry taste, stevia sweetness and a blush of beetroot juice finish it off. Collagen is worth understanding as a molecule, because it is genuinely unlike anything else on a nutrition label. Its chains are built on a repeating pattern in which glycine occupies every third position - the smallest amino acid there is, and the only one small enough to sit at the centre of a three-stranded braid, which is why no other protein can adopt this shape. It also carries hydroxyproline, an amino acid so rare elsewhere in food that laboratories use it as the chemical fingerprint of collagen. The body assembles its own collagen inside cells called fibroblasts, winding procollagen chains together and then locking the helix into place - and that locking step is the one that stops without vitamin C, because both enzymes that hydroxylate proline and lysine depend on it. That is precisely why the authorised wording reads as it does: vitamin C contributes to normal collagen formation for the normal function of skin, bones, cartilage, gums, teeth and blood vessels. The same vitamin helps protect cells from oxidative stress, contributes to the reduction of tiredness and fatigue and increases the absorption of iron from a meal taken alongside it. Stir it into your morning coffee or evening tea and let the vitamin C do the rest! Serving Information: Serving Size: 2 teaspoons (5 g) Amount Per Serving Calories 20 Protein 4 g Vitamin C (from acerola) 45 mg Hydrolyzed Collagen Peptides 4200 mg Ingredients: Hydrolyzed collagen (from wild-caught cod), acerola juice concentrate, natural flavor, malic acid, stevia glycosides, beetroot juice concentrate (for color). Contains fish (cod), may contain traces of shellfish. Suggested Use: Combine 2 teaspoons with 5 fl oz (150 ml) cold or hot liquid once daily, or as directed by your health care professional. WARNING: Store in a cool, dry place. Do not take if tamper-evident seal is broken or missing. Keep out of the reach of children. Consult with your physician before using this product if you are pregnant or lactating, or taking medications. Use this product as a food supplement only. Do not use for weight reduction. Do not exceed the recommended daily dose. A dietary supplement cannot be a substitute for a varied diet. No gluten, milk derivatives, or artificial colors or flavors.