The Benefits of Collagen for Vegans

There are some very strong health benefits of taking collagen as a dietary supplement. Your body uses this for a range of things. However, this is not the best way to get the collagen you need to your skin.

If you are taking collagen supplements, your body will use the collagen you ingest for primary, life supporting functions as its main objective. After all, your body wants to keep you alive, and it will do so at the expense of the nutrients that would otherwise be directed to your hair, skin, and nails.

Strangely enough, taking a collagen supplement doesn’t actually increase the natural collagen production in your body. You’ll see the benefits of these supplements while you’re taking them, but it’s temporary.

Given that your body will use collagen in the organs, ligaments, and connective tissue before it sends any to your skin, we need to think about how to improve the delivery of collagen to your skin. But this should be more long term than options such as taking Botox injections. Not that I would be endorsing Botox injections, just not my thing.

A more effective way to get collagen directly to the skin is through topical applications. However, there aren’t many collagen sources in this area that I feel comfortable using. Finding a manufacturer that relies upon Vegan collagen sources is not that easy. There are a lot of marine collagen products on the market, but they are animal based. For more about collagen for Vegans, read — How Vegan Collagen Sources Can Improve Your Skin