Ingredient spotlight! Let's talk peptides and anti aging.

You’ve probably heard of this ingredient if you’ve ever looked into anti-aging products. They’re popular, and for good reason. A powerful ingredient and inexpensive in comparison to other ingredients, let’s take a closer look at what exactly peptides are.

By definition peptides are chains of amino acids that are the building blocks of protein. I know that doesn’t mean much to most people so I’ll break it down for you.

Amino acids are organic compounds that help build proteins. It’s made of the elements carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and oxygen. Amino acids have a bunch of different jobs, they give proteins their structure, transport nutrients, and send signals to other cells. When these amino acids link up they form a chain, they can be short or long. As they link up and become longer they become the building blocks of proteins. These chains of amino acids are known as peptides.

Proteins make up a lot of the body’s tissue, organs, and skin. The one big protein in your skin is called collagen, it makes up about 75% of your skin. This is also one of the key proteins that gives your skin a youthful appearance. Collagen is basically the foundation of your skin. When you’re young you have a ton of it, as you age collagen starts to diplete. As you lose collagen your skin will show more visible signs of aging like wrinkles, and saggy or crepey skin.

So amino acids form peptides, and peptides form protein like the very important collagen. See where I’m going with this?

Peptides can help boost collagen production! The peptides found in serums, creams, and others are short chain amino acids that easily pass through the layers of the skin. Peptides are chatty little guys so they go in and “talk” to your other cells by sending signals to do certain tasks like collagen synthesis.

The science behind peptides is simple. There’s no smoke and mirrors here. If you’ve ever thought about adding anti aging products into your regimen peptides would be a great addition.