I’ve mentioned the problem of hyaluronic acid beforehand, what I name a “miracle nutrient” due to its many various advantages, an inventory of advantages that’s increasing quickly. Whereas many individuals are acquainted with hyaluronic acid as a topical agent, making use of it to pores and skin doesn’t yield the total vary of advantages, however merely supplies superficial moisture that’s shortly washed away and yields not one of the potential dermal, joint, or metabolic advantages. It will be like waxing your vehicle and anticipating it to run higher in consequence—it doesn’t. Ingested orally, quite a few advantages develop with hyaluronic acid. And, given the proof, we will add results on “molding” the gastrointestinal (GI) microbiome to the listing.
Hyaluronic acid is a nutrient that’s largely absent from the fashionable American food plan, given our aversion to organ meats, pores and skin, and boiling the carcasses of animals that releases elements of connective tissue. (Are you able to consider something extra misinformed than boneless, skinless rooster breast?) The dearth of dietary hyaluronic acid is one more mistake prompted by dangerous dietary recommendation resembling “minimize your fats and saturated fats,” eat extra “wholesome entire grains,” “all the pieces carefully,” coupled with the proliferation of processed comfort meals and predatory advertising practices of Massive Meals.
Hyaluronic acid is a ubiquitous part of the physique, an essential think about joint lubrication, eyes, arteries, coronary heart valves, mind, uterus, prostate, and pores and skin. Failure to absorb hyaluronic acid subsequently has potential penalties in all these organs. In arteries, for instance, we may anticipate acceleration of wall stiffness with getting old, or lack of moisture and adaptability within the pores and skin with accelerated growth of pores and skin dryness, lack of flexibility, and wrinkles. Conversely, rising proof means that elevated oral consumption of hyaluronic acid reverses lack of pores and skin moisture and reduces joint ache in folks with osteoarthritis.
The size of the hyaluronic acid molecule varies broadly, a phenomenon that has prompted debate over what dimension of the molecule is good for absorption. Nevertheless, it’s turning into clear that just some hyaluronic acid is degraded by human hyaluronidase enzymes and {that a} main portion of ingested hyaluronic acid is damaged down into smaller fragments by microbes resident within the colon (and small gut?) which might be then absorbed and arrive intact in varied organs.
Experimental proof additionally means that hyaluronic acid ingestion provokes a considerable bloom in a number of microbial species within the gastrointestinal tract, particularly Akkermansia muciniphila and Faecalibacterium prausnitzii that, in flip, enhance manufacturing of protecting intestinal mucus and antimicrobial peptides, main components in intestinal well being and immunity. Additional, manufacturing of helpful short-chain fatty acids, together with butyrate, is considerably elevated. This final impact, the elevated manufacturing of short-chain fatty acids, additionally results in systemic advantages resembling diminished blood sugar and blood stress, diminished blood triglycerides and fatty liver, improved sleep and temper. Bifidobacteria and Bacteroides species additionally proliferate within the presence of hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid additionally will increase safety from intestinal pathogens.
Pores and skin, joint, arteries, metabolic and psychological well being are subsequently all impacted by hyaluronic acid. Hyaluronic acid was meant to be a part of food plan and ingested and metabolized by intestine microbes to expertise the total vary of advantages. The best amount of hyaluronic acid will not be but clear, however pores and skin advantages have been documented with intakes of 120 mg per day, increased doses of 200-240 mg per day for joint well being. Or, after all, you may embrace extra pores and skin, organs, and broths/soups made by boiling the stays of meats you purchase.
