{"id":2153086,"date":"2025-03-08T15:28:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-08T14:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livebetter.eu\/?p=2153086"},"modified":"2025-08-13T13:33:20","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T11:33:20","slug":"collagen-improves-intestinal-transit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging2.livebetter.eu\/en\/il-collagene-migliora-il-transito-intestinale\/","title":{"rendered":"DOES COLLAGEN IMPROVE INTESTINAL TRANSIT?"},"content":{"rendered":"

DOES COLLAGEN IMPROVE INTESTINAL TRANSIT?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many people who have started taking collagen consistently report improved bowel function. Let's try to understand what this may be due to.<\/p>\n

There are virtually no studies on the subject in the literature; the only one I found is tiny: it followed 16 women for 8 weeks. (1)<\/p>\n

What was super interesting, however, was that 14 of them had problems with bloating and bowel regularity, and after 8 weeks of taking 20 grams per day of collagen, 93% of them had improved bowel frequency and decreased bloating! The 19% had even started to discharge once a day instead of once a week! Unfortunately, the sample is small, but the results are amazing!<\/p>\n

Let's start right away with the objections: the study was funded by a company that produces collagen. I would like to understand one thing: why is it not okay for collagen companies to fund studies demonstrating the efficacy of collagen, while there is no problem when pharmaceutical companies fund studies demonstrating the efficacy of the drugs\/vaccines they produce? It seems to me that double standards are being used.<\/p>\n

Also because let's be realistic: who should fund scientific studies if not the companies that would benefit from their results? The problem is not who funds the studies, but the seriousness and honesty in conducting the studies.<\/p>\n

Let me give you an example: raw data (raw data) on a great many studies on the efficacy of statins are not public, and although independent researchers have requested them, they have not been made available. (2, 3) If you have nothing to hide why are you keeping the data hidden? What makes the situation even sadder is some of these studies were also funded with public money.<\/p>\n

Let's look at what might be the mechanisms of action of collagen on improving bowel function.<\/p>\n

When someone makes a health claim, always ask yourself: what is the mechanism that makes it true? Doing so will easily expose many false myths.<\/p>\n

RETAINS WATER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Because collagen is a hydrophilic molecule, it attracts water. By holding water in the intestines, collagen helps the movement of food through the gastrointestinal tract.<\/p>\n

This characteristic of collagen also explains why some people taking collagen experience constipation: they do not drink enough. Taking more water solves the problem.<\/p>\n

IMPROVES THE INTESTINAL BARRIER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Two in vitro studies simulating the human intestine with collagen supplementation found:<\/p>\n