Lacrosse Jack I coughed so much it's given me a six-pack every time I cough
hey guys you're probably here because you wanted to know all about those
collagen supplements and do they actually work do they help with the hair
do they help with skin and do they do all the claims that we're seeing these
days well I'm gonna answer that question and I'm gonna answer many more in this
week's responding to your comments where we look at fun questions where we look
at science questions and most importantly we use evidence to give you
the best answer Shari Barrere I would like to see a video for women thinning hair
does collagen help Sharri thanks for your comment this is from the
how to get rid of dandruff video collagen it's a big trend at the moment
isn't it it's everywhere and collagen itself is everywhere it's a protein
which is everywhere in our body and one thing that it's responsible for is it
allows for that elasticity in the skin now as we age our bodies produce less
collagen okay and a lot of these companies who manufacture collagen
supplements are really capitalizing on this fact that we need more collagen and
because of this the global market for the collagen supplements is actually
four billion dollars and many brands claim that collagen supplements help
with things like your skin your hair your nails and actually the evidence
supporting ingested collagen so swallowing collagen is actually
massively overblown and there's actually no evidence supporting this so let's
look a little deeper into the evidence can a collagen supplement actually help
with your hair skin nails because in theory we lose collagen as we age so if
you're replenishing your collagen in theory it should help right so what
needs to happen when you swallow a collagen supplement well basically your
body will break it down then it needs to absorb into your bloodstream and then it
needs to somehow travel to your hair skin and nails again and here's the best
part some colleges supplements actually claim
that their product is fast absorbing something along those lines that
they put on this is a fast absorbing collagen supplement great for you to use
something along those lines okay but here's the evidence
collagen supplements have only been found to get as far as your bloodstream
they have not been found to get far as your hair
that not been found to get as far as your nails and have not been found to
get as far as your skin so what does this mean this means that it's very
unlikely that the collagen supplement is actually going into your skin is
actually getting to where you want it to get to and building up those collagen
stores there however saying all that there have been some studies that have
shown collagen supplement can help with skin elasticity and moisture but but and
it's a big but okay as a health care professional I look at studies all the
time okay now I'm not going to go through all the detailed stuff that I
look through in a study to make sure how credible it is and looking at the results
but there's a few things that anybody can do when they look at a study so for
example the first thing you can look at is how big was it study was it done on a
handful of people five or ten people or was it done on thousands of people okay
a good study is a study that has been done on hundreds of thousands of people
not a handful of people okay which is what these studies have been done on the
next question you can look at it's how long was this study done for okay
was the study done for five to ten years which is a good length okay or was
it done for a couple of weeks on months which is what these studies were done
for a couple of months okay and lastly which is the most important
question you look at for any study is who funded this study okay was it funded
by a big company a research company University whoever or was it funded by
the actual manufacturers of the collagen supplement and in these studies they
were funded by the collagen manufacturers or the brands who trying
to sell this them which makes you think how reliable were these studies if they
were funded by the companies who are trying to sell them that's all I'm gonna
say just think about it how reliable is that
study really that was a really long answer but I just wanted to give you all
the information I had so you can make the right decision because a lot of
these companies are making a lot of false claims which I don't know how they
getting away with so I just want everyone to know the facts that are out
there and in the future the collagen supplement these collagen supplement
really need more studies on them okay the needs have been on for a longer
duration they need to be done on more people to see if it's causing any side
effects or problems mainly and also to see if there were it also needs to be
funded correctly and as a health care
professional I cannot recommend the collagen supplement to a patient because
the evidence is just not there and it's not safe to do so
which brings me onto another point about safety a lot of these supplements
they're not regulated so nobody knows what's in them properly they're not
regulated or tested to make sure that it is actually what they are claiming is on
the box is in the actual pill this is a massive problem that a lot of supplement
companies have and what I will do is I'll leave more information about this
in the description below for you as well to please read up on and I always tell
my patients to please use things that there's evidence supporting it so for
example let's say if someone wants to help protect their skin from aging
okay make sure that you're using a sunscreen because we know that sun
damage causes the most damage to the skin and aging so you need to be using
the correct sunscreen with the correct SPF with the correct UVA protection and
I did make a video about it's not long ago I will leave a link up here and in
the description below for you as well if you want to find out more information
about sunscreens and also for example when it comes to aging and the skin is
one for staying on that topic you need to make sure you're not over exfoliating
a lot of people exfoliate their skin every single day and this is very harmful for
the skin you need to be exfoliating once or maximum twice a week and also eating
your fruit eating your vegetables and if you smoke you need to quit smoking
because that can also age the skin thank you for your comments sharri I hope this
video has helped explain all about collagen supplements to you and to
everyone who's watching this video you all now know about the facts of collagen
if it works the evidence the safety you know everything about collagen
you're a collagen supplement pro so please tell your friends tell your
family tell your loved ones tell everyone because you now know everything
thank you for your question again and now let's move on to next comment
lacrosse jack coughed so much it's given me a six-pack
every time I cough lacrosse Jack Thank you for your comment I was there not long ago I
went snowboarding a couple of weeks ago I'm that pulling certain muscles in my
abs I probably never used and I came back I caught a cold and had a bit of a
cough and every time I coughed I was getting pains in my abs and then you
commented and I saw this and I was like oh
other people are having the same problem so anyway I'm much better now I didn't
get a six-pack unfortunately I hope you're better also but please remember
if your cough hasn't gone if it hasn't improved and you watch my video it's
been more than 3 weeks now or you have any medical conditions which
I explain in the video please speak to your doctor or a health care professional
thank you for your comment life lover thanks for the subtitles life lover
thank you for your comment this is from the how to grow taller video I picked this
comment in particular because I want to discuss something with you all for some
strange reason every now and then I get a comment people asking for subtitles on
the videos so I just want to let everyone know how every single video
that I have on my channel has subtitles they are 100% correct the timing was all
correct because Nadia who's my editor she puts the subtitles on every single
video and I checked them all as well and they're always correct so if you ever
struggle to understand what I say if you ever struggle to hear what I say if my
British accent is difficult for you to understand if i'm speaking too fast just
click on the subtitles button it's 100 percent correct
it's either the CC button if you're watching on a desktop or if you watch it
on your phone you click the 3 button icon on the top right I think and then
you click subtitles and it'll pop up easy as that life lover thank you for your
comment have a great day conchita w i was always wondering to whom does the
angry looking cat belong to does it have a special meaning
Conchita thank you for your comment I hope you well Conchita has always
comment on every single video that post Conchita also really enjoys the bloopers
and so do I actually I mean the information is good with the
bloopers they are really good at sometimes so with regards to the cat I'm
not filming in that room today but usually in the room that film in there is a
little cat it's a little toy cat and I usually put on the sofa behind me here
and it looks into the camera I like it being it gives me good luck I think but
with regards that cat I actually never knew why that cat was there so I just
used to put it there but I've done some research and in the practice that I work
at I spoke to the practice nurse who's like the most senior nurse here she's
actually a sister and she knows everything that goes on in the practice
so she told me that the cat is called grumbles and that cat has been there for
a long time because that's actually a meeting room
where I film in and what happens is when we have our meetings if you ever have something
which stressed you out and you really want to talk about it you're meant to
grab hold onto grumbles grumbles the cat and I guess you're gonna have a bit of a
grumble so you're going to be talking about it so that everyone can learn and
reflect on it so you hold grumbles the cat and you talk about it and that is a
story of grumbles I think I've said grumbles too many times
thank you comment have an awesome day Conchita it's me I'm gonna become vegan
from tomorrow it's me thank you for your comment this is from the how to lose
belly fat video this is actually a really good idea for a video that was
thinking on how about a challenge like Abraham the pharmacist goes vegan for 30
days it would be like a diary style video and I would document how I get on
just throwing it out there see what everyone thinks if you think it's a good
idea leave a comment below let me know your thoughts let me know what you would
like to be included in the video and we could do this idea on many different
topics so vegan is one going keto is another and many different stuff
thank you for coming I hope my tips in the video helped have a great day looks
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