Have you heard of glucosamine and chondroitin supplements?
Millions of people take them to protect against joint damage – their anti-inflammatory properties make glucosamine and chondroitin one of the first anti-aging supplements we reach for as we get older.
Here’s the good news: Research now suggests that glucosamine and chondroitin do much more than protect your joints!.
And one luxury skincare brand is using this research to reshape the way you nourish your body, your joints, and your skin.
Chrissie Topoleski, model and Total Activation Skincare Consultant, first saw the research coming out in 2007.
“In the modeling industry, you’re always looking for an edge,” Chrissie said. “Your career depends on it.”
One of the first studies connecting glucosamine to skin health was published in December of 2006 in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology.
This study found that “glucosamine and its derivative N-acetyl glucosamine” serve as “substrate precursors for the biosynthesis of polymers such as glycosaminoglycans (e.g., hyaluronic acid).”
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What does this research mean?
If you look in your medicine cabinet, you’ll see that nearly every one of your anti-aging serums, moisturizers, creams, and nighttime treatments—at least the luxury brands—contain hyaluronic acid.
Hyaluronic acid is one of the most potent firming agents available. It helps you retain collagen, maintain moisture, and it improves skin flexibility and elasticity.
The study above shows that glucosamine is a natural precursor for the “biosynthesis” of hyaluronic acid. This means it helps your body produce more hyaluronic acid naturally.
Over time, Chrissie Topoleski wondered why more skincare experts were not taking advantage of this information and research-backed knowledge.
“My question was ‘why are we treating age ONLY from the outside?,’Shouldn’t we be helping our bodies naturally produce more of it?”
She added, “Ten years ago I wasn’t as worried about aging as I am now.”
“I’m getting to the point where wrinkles and lines are noticeable when I’m not treating them., When that first started happening, I turned back to the research everyone was talking about ten years ago and started supplementing with glucosamine and chondroitin. They made all the difference.”
Chrissie’s story doesn’t stop there.
As a member of the Total Activation team, her experience has lead our skincare researchers and product advisers to look deep into the science behind many of the most potent joint-support remedies available.
Many of these natural remedies went through the same biological pathways as glucosamine to help protect skin, lubricate, and moisturize, all of them supporting youth.
Chondroitin, for example, found alongside glucosamine as a joint support supplement, is a potent skin-conditioning agent. It is found naturally in skin and is proven to help hold together collagen and elastin—two common culprits of age lines and wrinkles.
“Our team at Total Activation wanted to go beyond glucosamine and chondroitin,” Chrissie said. “We knew they supported natural hyaluronic acid production, but knowing the joint-skin connection, we were interested to see what other natural joint support supplements did the same.”
The Total Activation product development and research team found the following (what you see below are all-natural joint health remedies, some of them thousands of years old):
Total Activation took all of the most potent joint support supplements with skin health benefits and put them in a single supplement!
“At Total Activation, our philosophy is to work with your body, not against it,” said Chrissie. “We believe in natural skincare treatments that work from the inside out.”
Collagen Protecting Joint Support is a joint and skin health supplement designed to give your body the support it needs to fight against the signs and symptoms of getting older.
It represents Total Activation’s ultimate goal: to restore youth, starting from the inside.
