Collagen is an essential protein, the building block for your skin, muscles, hair, nails, blood vessels, tendons, ligaments, bones, and cartilage. It is the most plentiful protein in your body, accounting for about 30% of your body’s protein!

Think of it as a scaffold which gives structure and form to your skin. Collagen decreases as you age. 

Around 30 years of age, the amount and quality of collagen in your body begins to decline.

As a result, you may begin to notice;

• Wrinkles, saggy and crepey skin
• Weakening and shrinkage of muscles
• Weak brittle nails and hair loss
• Stiffness and loss of flexibility in ligaments, tendons, and joints
• Increased joint pain due to wear and tear in cartilage
• Digestive problems due to thinning of the lining of your digestive tract

Indeed there are! There are five main types of collagen with different functions in the body.

Type I. This type constitutes about 90% of your body’s collagen and provides structural support to your skin, bones, tendons, ligaments.

Type II. Is found in elastic cartilage which provides joint support.

Type III. This type can be found in muscles, arteries, and organs.

Type IV. This type of collagen is found in your skin and digestive tract. 

Type V. This type can be found in the cornea of your eyes, certain layers of skin, hair, and the placenta.

Collagen is a protein. A huge protein. Proteins like collagen are made from linking together amino acids. Your body needs amino acids as building blocks for proteins.

Among hundreds of amino acids(natural and unnatural/synthetic), only 20 of them are used by humans to build proteins. Of these, 9 are referred to as essential amino acids because the body cannot make them. Therefore they must be consumed in the food you eat. 

When you eat a piece of steak your intestine break down the flesh in the meat into amino acids which are absorbed through the intestinal wall. Later on, the liver(your body’s factory) and special cells in your tissues use some of these amino acids to build proteins like collagen.

Proline, Glycine, Hydroxyproline

Your body groups together these 3 main amino acids with additional other amino acids in a specific pattern to weave a collagen structure, referred to as a ‘triple helix’. Imagine three ropes woven together and then assembled with other woven ropes to create a network of ropes. The end result would  be a powerful resilient structure. 

However, to get to the best final collagen product, your body needs a few additional essential ingredients. 

Exciting stuff? You bet!

Certain enzymes that are involved in making collagen require vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid as a critical ingredient.

A vitamin C deficiency can result in extremely poor quality collagen and poor health.

This metal is an essential booster for collagen production in your body.

It promotes bone formation from collagen.

A chronic zinc deficiency leads to poor quality collagen which breaks down easily and you may experience difficulty with healing and repair of your tissues because of this.

The final step in making collagen fiber requires a special enzyme, called lysyl oxidase.

This enzyme is completely dependent on copper, and cannot function without it. Years ago, a lot of sheep in Australia were collapsing and dying suddenly from a rupture of the aorta which is the main artery.

Eventually, after extensive research it was discovered that the sheep were deficient in copper. Consequently, their bodies made poor quality collagen and their aortas lacked good elastic qualities to withstand the blood pressure from the heart over a long period of time. These unfortunate sheep had been feeding on vegetation growing in copper-deficient soil. Addressing this deficiency solved the problem. 

My own laboratory study years ago showed that copper and zinc may participate in healing heart muscle after a heart attack. Adding copper, zinc, and vitamin C to collagen powder can help you build QUALITY connective tissue all over your body and support your skin, nails, hair, joints, muscles, blood vessels, and nerves, thereby elevating your wellness profile to a robust level. 

This marvelous substance gives you RICH, HYDRATED, SUPPLE, and YOUTHFUL skin. It functions as a natural CUSHION and LUBRICANT in muscles and joints. 

Hyaluronic Acid is distributed all over the body and the average adult body contains about 15 g of it. Your body makes and loses about a third of it each day. Hyaluronic acid provides nutrient support to cartilage and joints in your body. It absorbs water, and makes cartilage more resistant to compression. In the skin, it is involved in repairing damage. It promotes tissue regeneration and healing from sun damage and aging. It also promotes production of new blood vessels and reduction of inflammation in your body. Unfortunately, as you age the amount and quality of hyaluronic acid in your body decreases.

Now, you can understand why Elite Premium Novo protein by Miami Maxlife is the FIRST COMPLETE and comprehensive collagen protein supplement formula. It is truly ALL-IN-ONE!

This complete package helps your body to make quality collagen for you! Also, think of the cost factor! Imagine the cost if you had to purchase zinc, copper, vitamin C, and hyaluronic acid separately each month.

Elite Premium NOVO PROTEINS unique formula gives you all these great ingredients in one package and in the right amounts! Notably, each serving gives you an ‘insane’ amount of hyaluronic acid, more than any other protein product!

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Between 30 and 60 you can lose up to 2% of your muscle mass each year and after age 60 the loss of muscle can accelerate to 3% each year.

Most people do not see these changes reflected on the weight scale because they are actually replacing muscle with fat. Fast-twitch muscle fibers which provide bursts of power are lost at a greater rate than slow-twitch fibers, which means not only are you growing weaker but also you are becoming slower.

Furthermore, another factor contributing to age-related decline in function and mobility is a decrease in the number and efficiency of mitochondria which are the energy-producing ‘power plants’ inside your cells. Similarly, the nerve-signaling system that recruits muscle fibers for daily tasks deteriorates with age and lack of use.

Consequently, with weak muscles it is easier to lose your balance when moving or even standing still. It is no surprise that one in three adults ages 65 and older falls each year and these falls account for about 800,000 hospitalizations a year. 

There is an unfortunate situation where your own immune system goes crazy and begins to attack your tissues including collagen in your body. It is called AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE. 

Examples of autoimmune problems are RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, LUPUS, and SCLERODERMA.

YES!

Women for example do age more rapidly between 30 and 50 and collagen can help not only them but men as well. 

Collagen is found in many of the foods that you eat like chicken and fish. However, realistically, it is impossible for you to eat enough collagen-rich foods to get the amount of collagen you would need to see an affect or change in your skin. Therefore, taking the right supplement product can help you. 

Adding copper, zinc, and vitamin C to collagen powder can help you build connective tissues and prevent hair loss.

Some Supplement products make you believe that you are consuming collagen which will go directly to your skin, organs, and joints. 

Unfortunately, this is not based on scientific fact because collagen is a protein which the enzymes in your digestive system must break down completely to its component amino acids before they can be absorbed and used later by the body to make collagen.

NO!

Certain protein formulas contain carbohydrates(extra calories!) and other ingredients that do not give you any additional value.

The low caloric content of our product helps support you and your FITNESS and WEIGHT MANAGEMENT strategies.

Our unique formula gives your body exactly what it needs to elevate your wellness to the highest level of excellence. 

1. Oral collagen supplementation: A systematic review of dermatological applications. FD Choi, et al. Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. 2019;18(1):9-16. 

      “… The authors concluded that there was evidence that short- and long-term use of collagen supplements reduced wrinkles, and other signs of skin aging, sped wound healing, boosted collagen density, and improved skin elasticity and hydration”. 

 “….nobody in any of the studies that they examined reported any ill effects after taking the supplements”

2. Collagen supplementation in skin and orthopedic diseases. A review of the literature. LD Campos et al. Heliyon. Vol. 9, Issue 4, April 2023, e14961. 

3. Harvard university study published in the January 2022 issue of the American Journal of clinical nutrition suggests that getting enough protein in your diet may be important for protecting your cognition. Protein intake was associated with less cognitive decline.