| Unless global high school biology curricula have | | | | actually work for humans, and is in fact the collagen |
| changed, Collagen has tended to be one of the few | | | | that is employed in making the previously described |
| important things that go unmentioned over the | | | | reconstructive surgery possible. Not all beef cattle will |
| duration of the typical high school biology course. Yet | | | | do for this purpose though: as the employed animals |
| looking at it carefully, collagen turns out to be one of | | | | have to be free an illness called BSE, which |
| the important components that make human (and | | | | unfortunately tends to be very common among |
| for that matter any animal) body, and which no one | | | | cows, meaning that only a few 'certified' animals can |
| can claim to have a good working knowledge of the | | | | be used for harvesting collagen to be used for |
| human body without a knowledge of. | | | | reconstructive surgery and other medical applications. |
| Did you know, for instance that more than a quarter | | | | Of course, there is also the possibility of getting |
| of the body's protein content is actually made of | | | | collagen harvested from dead people (cadavers) and |
| collagen? If you didn't, then this will be for you the | | | | aborted fetuses; but this is hardly more appealing |
| first important and surprising fact about collagen. It | | | | than the use of collagen from beef cattle, not to |
| gets even more interesting when it is mentioned | | | | mention anything of the fact that the said collagen |
| collagen is the main substance that makes the | | | | harvested from dead bodies (cadavers) and aborted |
| connective tissue in the typical animal body: which is | | | | fetuses tends to be much more expensive than the |
| another way of saying that collagen is to the animal | | | | collagen harvested from the animals. |
| body what cement is to a concrete structure! | | | | The fourth surprising fact about collagen, and this |
| The second fact about collagen that you might find | | | | might be interesting to you even if you have no |
| surprising if you have never gotten to hear it is the | | | | interests in cosmetic or reconstructive surgery is the |
| fact that collagen - being the main component of | | | | fact that there have been studies suggesting that |
| connective tissue in the body - tends to be the | | | | regularly taking collagen (in the form of the |
| substance that is responsible for some of the | | | | supplements it is sold in) can greatly enhance your |
| miracles of the medical science like the skin | | | | skin quality, maintaining that youthful look which |
| reconstruction surgery that is taking place nowadays; | | | | people have been known to submit to the surgeon's |
| and which is restoring the self-esteem of victims of | | | | scalpel in a bid to re-acquire. As with any claims of |
| fire accidents (and other accidents) who would | | | | this nature, there has controversy around the fact |
| otherwise have had to live the rest of their lives | | | | that collagen can have this particular effect: but |
| greatly disadvantaged, 'looks-wise.' | | | | anyone taking the collagen supplements in question |
| Closely related to the second fact about collagen, | | | | has nothing really to lose for taking them, but |
| another fact about it that you might find surprising is | | | | everything to gain should the said effects indeed |
| the fact that collagen harvested from beef cattle can | | | | start manifesting on their skin! |