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0:00 Introduction: What is collagen?
0:26 What is glycine?
1:10 Glycine and glutathione
1:30 Benefits of glycine
4:26 Glycine deficiency
5:00 Best sources of glycine
6:35 Can you take too much glycine?
6:50 How to take glycine
6:55 Why you need glycine
In this video, we’ll discuss a very important amino acid: glycine. Collagen is a main component of connective tissues, tendons, ligaments, and cartilage. About ⅓ of collagen is made by glycine.
Your body can make glycine, but unfortunately, it doesn’t make very much. If you're not getting it from the diet, you could be deficient. Unless you’re eating the skin and cartilage from meat, you’re probably not getting enough glycine.
Glycine is needed to make the most important antioxidant for all of your cells, glutathione. Without enough glycine to make glutathione, you can’t detoxify your body. This can cause a buildup of toxicity, leading to inflammation.
Glycine is a potent anti-inflammatory agent and is an essential building block for many enzymes and proteins.
Here are some of the many important functions of glycine:
• Makes heme in your blood
• Important for gum health
• Essential for DNA
• Building block for catalase
• Supports sleep
• Supports the liver
• Can help fix a leaky gut
• Detoxifies uric acid
• Supports blood sugar
• Helps with weight loss
• Reduces visceral fat
Glycine can also turn into glucose to be used as fuel. Certain parts of the body, especially the brain, need a certain amount of glucose. If you’re not consuming glucose, your body can make it. Glycine is a precursor for glucose, but don’t worry about it bumping you out of ketosis. Glycine stimulates the hormone glucagon, which opposes insulin.
If you’re not eating animals nose-to-tail, if you’re under stress, taking medication, drinking alcohol, or exposed to toxins, you can become deficient in glycine.
You can increase your glycine intake by consuming gelatin! Try making your own gelatin using Knox Blox and using a natural sweetener like stevia. You can also take a glycine supplement. The average person needs about 4 to 10 grams of glycine per day.
Bone broth and pork rinds can increase your glycine intake, but you need to consume a lot to get enough glycine.
As we age, we need more glycine. Increasing glycine intake can potentially help people with osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, hair thinning, insomnia, gout, and kidney stones.
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Dr. Eric Berg received his Doctor of Chiropractic degree from Palmer College of Chiropractic in 1988. His use of “doctor” or “Dr.” in relation to himself solely refers to that degree. Dr. Berg is a licensed chiropractor in Virginia, California, and Louisiana, but he no longer practices chiropractic in any state and does not see patients so he can focus on educating people as a full-time activity, yet he maintains an active license. This video is for general informational purposes only. It should not be used to self-diagnose and it is not a substitute for a medical exam, cure, treatment, diagnosis, prescription, or recommendation. It does not create a doctor-patient relationship between Dr. Berg and you. You should not make any change in your health regimen or diet before first consulting a physician and obtaining a medical exam, diagnosis, and recommendation. Always seek the advice of a physician or other qualified health provider with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition.
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Thanks for watching! I hope this increases your awareness about the importance of glycine. I’ll see you in the next video.
59 responses to “The #1 Collagen Tip for Amazing Hair, Nails, & Skin”
Looks like I’ll be making Knox gelatin blocks. My hair was falling out last year. I was able to stop that but now need to grow a lot of hair to regain the thickness. Thank you for the info. ❤
How do you make them?
Are Knox blocks really going to grow hair?
Nope!
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@@Berrypancakes229 Instructions are on the back of the Knox box!!!
@@ColtraneTaylor MSM does.
God BLESS everyone 💕
Collagen without a doubt is marvelous for skin health, relieves joint pain, prevents bone loss, promotes heart and gut health, and strengthens hair and nails. Vitamin C is crucial in the formation of collagen.
INDEED!
@@user-sy7ck3ln6o ahhhh..Right you are Ken.
Exactly.
I just had my DEXA scan which shows I have osteoporosis in my right hip. Do not want to take the medicine that they have for this can. I do collagen well this help with bone loss.
Great video, thanks❤
Cut out the foods that are full of glyphosates ⚠️, and start appreciating the benefits of GLYCINE! 💯 Thank you, Dr. Berg! Have a wonderful Friday, people! 🙂
Thanks
Forever young and super human with Dr. B. Blessings❤
best collagen on the market is Renewed Health Advanced collagen. 100% grass-fed/finished with vitamin c, biotin, zinc, silica, copper and manganese. Basically a collagen and collagen booster in one. incredible stuff.
That only has 9grams per serving. Many others have upwards of 20g collagen.
Awesome! Thank you 🙂
@@concken1 But those collagens aren’t grass finished, and they rarely contain any additional nutrients essential for collagen synthesis and production. I’m highlighting this product in particular because their formula is high quality and complete. I guess use two scoops if you really need 20 grams per day.
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Not necessarily – several are grass finished, etc. I’ll take the 20g over 9 any day. @@SavoyPrimeable
All I can say is…my dr. has been on top of all this, and I can’t remember feeling this well since I was a child
ALWAYS a wealth of info for our health!! Thank you!!!
Here we go again. You never cease to amaze me knowing what I need.❤
Thanks for your comment. Happy to help.
So true 💯
@@Drberg hi sir, I am from India , and something is going on here , 3 out of 10 people are getting premature greying of hair before 20s and 5 out of 10 in there 20s. Especially in the new generation I think.
Is it treatable ,or is there a way to find the underlying cause ,so that future generations don’t have to suffer the same problem, it’s highly demotivating and lower ones confidence.
I am done with Biotin. I have been using it for 2 years straight and my nails are still brittle without a nail hardner polish on with no growth. I have been taking Collagen lately and it’s new so I haven’t seen any improvement in my nails but it DEFINITELY oils the joints and my face glow in beauty and youth. Thank you Dr. Berg for your excellent recommendations❤️🙏
I stopped taking biotin, it wasn’t doing anything for me, been taking biotin for 5 yrs and no difference in my hair
Taking it how? What kind?
Biotin NEVER did a thing for me, either!!
Biotin just makes me breakout in painful acne on my face.
Make sure those pork rinds are fried in lard and NOT seed/vegetable oil, many are. The MAC’S brand web site says theirs are fried in lard.
Can also cook in the slow-cooker too.
Here are some of the many important functions of glycine:
• Makes heme in your blood
• Important for gum health
• Essential for DNA
• Building block for catalase
• Supports sleep
• Supports the liver
• Can help fix a leaky gut
• Detoxifies uric acid
• Supports blood sugar
• Helps with weight loss
• Reduces visceral fat
You taking the time out to make this list is quite helpful. Thank you ❤
Thank you.
And where do we get it? List please!
🙂
Appreciate you!
@@lendalennuk2484 Spinach, Gelatin Powder, Bone Broth, Poultry Skin, Seafood(carp, catfish, mollusks, clams, sturgeon, and wild salmon), Legumes(Peanuts, Tofu, Peas, Mungo Beans, Lentils and Kidney Beans), Dairy Products, Dried Seaweed, Watercress, Asparagus, Cabbage.
I had a herniated disk about 15 years ago. The pain was so intense I would scream in agony as I CRAWLED to the bathroom. The doctor said I would need surgery. After hearing the horror stories from other co-workers who HAD the surgery I decided against it. I had remembered an elderly lady I knew who had hand pain from arthritis who took gelatin (I had read an article about it in the 1990’s and told her about it). She had lived in pain for decades until she took the gelatin. After about 2 or 3 weeks of hydrolyzed Knox gelatin (at the time you could buy a months supply at the grocery store for about $15, but they stopped selling it years ago) the back pain disappeared. As long as I take gelatin daily I have NO pain at almost 70, but if I stop taking it within a few days I feel a nudge to restart it. My back feels like it did when I was 18 as long as I take the gelatin. I purchase 20 pails of it online (now about $170 for hydrolyzed gelatin) that lasts almost a year.
I still have the DVD with the MRI images of the disk as proof.
Right now i can hardly move because i have a third herniated disc since yesterday. Just five minutes ago i prayed desperately to almighty one god to help me. I got troubled with this for twenty years. Please tell me if that really help. Barakallahufeek
My sister has back pain where do you buy your pails from?
Check percutaneous hydrotomy for your back issues.
How do you prepare it?
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BONE BROTH: Go to the local butcher to ask for chicken feet and include them with the bird bones while cooking the broth; cook the broth for 48-72 hours so that the bones become mushy; remove the feet; enjoy the broth (chicken or turkey)
Will depend upon YOUR local butcher, these days chicken feet are removed at the source, cleaned, processed and sold into the Asian Food Market. Long gone are the days a Butcher will process an entire animal on-site resulting is wasted animal protein off-cuts to be “thrown-away”, most of the unsold but consumable parts will become brown biscuit and tinned jelly pet-food.
Great video, thank you! I started taking a ton of collagen lately and have seen AMAZING improvements in my hair and joint issues!
A scoop of glycine powder along with the collagen powder in black coffee tastes amazing! Slightly sweet.
Instead of taking glycine supplements, you should take collagen protein, or eat foods that are high in collagen. If you take pure glycine supplements, it competes for absorption with the other amino acids. If you eat collagen protein or foods with high collagen content, you absorb the glycine easier into your system. Gelatin and the other methods Dr. Berg talks about in the video are great! Thank you for the wonderful information, as usual!
My Mom used to take Knox brand many years ago and it showed…SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL AND HEALTHY !
Hi! I am wondering how to take it. I bought a few boxes and don’t want to drink stock everyday
Thank you, Dr Berg! You are the best.
Here are my tips:
I buy Agar Agar (seaweed Vegan gelatin) and toss some in my dog stews.or
I bloom Beef Gelatin (Amazon) and add it to hot dog stew after cooking.
Ditto for myself. I add Agar or Gelatin to most of my curries, stews, soups, along with seaweed when I have it.
I make desserts like Chocolate Jello which is milk, cream, cocoa, monkfruit extract, beef gelatin.
I buy Bulk Powder bags of Glycine, Magnesium Glycinate, Potassium, Vit C, MSM and take 1/3 tsp once or twice a day mixed in water, lemon juice, AC vinegar, and a bit of MDH Pani Puri Masala which makes a great cooling drink. The Glycine adds a sweet note, which offsets the vinegar and lemon. Pani Puri Masala is an Indian savory spice mix that is salt, rock salt, green mango powder (tartness) pepper, cumin, and other spices. All safe and healthy. It is an amazing tangy taste great mixed in water or plain yoghurt for an instant salad.
I also make homemade Indian Kulfi ice cream with gelatin, evaporated milk (from scratch), cream, cardamom powder, monkfruit, a dash of raw honey, ground almonds, crushed raw cashews and raw pistachios. Gelatin is optional here. How you flavor it is up to you – mango pulp, almond flavor, rose flavor, saffron, lychee, coconut, etc. Mix and freeze in small cups, no ice cream maker needed. All good ways to eat gelatin.
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All the bulk powders thay u mentioned r separate or all-in 1 ? Also which brand of beef gelatin n monk fruit do u use ?
So does agar agar help do you think? I am vegetarian and have lost a lot of hair from the front but don’t feel happy about taking gelatin. Any suggestions? Biotin doesn’t really work for growing hair, maybe stops it falling
I eat jello every day. My wife’s aunt ate jello every day and lived to be 93. In her 80’s she walked around like a 25 year old. She always ate jello. I make it with unflavored gelatin mixed with Juicy Juice.