{"id":2225515,"date":"2025-04-30T10:43:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T08:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livebetter.eu\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=2225515"},"modified":"2026-05-30T07:33:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T05:33:47","slug":"and-is-it-true-that-to-absorb-collagen-you-need-vitamin-c","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/www.livebetter.eu\/en\/faq-items\/e-vero-che-per-assorbire-il-collagene-serve-la-vitamina-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Is it true that vitamin C is needed to absorb collagen?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1331.2px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Absolutely not.<br \/>\nCollagen is a protein, and to be absorbed, it only needs to be digested. Vitamin C is needed by our body to synthesize new collagen; to be precise, it is needed to hydroxylate proline and lysine.<\/p>\n<p>Is it necessary to supplement with it? Currently, no one has a definitive answer to this question. I take it because it has many benefits and I get it from natural sources, \u201cPure Vitamin C\u201d by Dr. Giorgini.<\/p>\n<p>How much vitamin C should you take? It depends on your lifestyle. Be careful: there are intestinal absorption limits because it is mainly absorbed in the small intestine via specific transporters (SVCT1, Sodium-Dependent Vitamin C Transporter 1). Since the number of transporters is limited, as the dose increases, the absorbed percentage decreases.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"362\" data-end=\"397\">Reference values in healthy adults:<\/p>\n<div class=\"TyagGW_tableContainer\">\n<div class=\"group TyagGW_tableWrapper flex flex-col-reverse w-fit\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n<table class=\"w-fit min-w-(--thread-content-width)\" data-start=\"399\" data-end=\"588\">\n<thead data-start=\"399\" data-end=\"439\">\n<tr data-start=\"399\" data-end=\"439\">\n<th class=\"last:pe-10\" data-start=\"399\" data-end=\"414\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Single dose<\/th>\n<th class=\"last:pe-10\" data-start=\"414\" data-end=\"439\" data-col-size=\"sm\">Absorption rate<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"588\">\n<tr data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"502\">\n<td data-start=\"479\" data-end=\"491\" data-col-size=\"sm\">30-100 mg<\/td>\n<td data-col-size=\"sm\" data-start=\"491\" data-end=\"502\">80\u2013100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"523\">\n<td data-start=\"503\" data-end=\"512\" data-col-size=\"sm\">200 mg<\/td>\n<td data-col-size=\"sm\" data-start=\"512\" data-end=\"523\">~70\u201390%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"544\">\n<td data-start=\"524\" data-end=\"533\" data-col-size=\"sm\">500 mg<\/td>\n<td data-col-size=\"sm\" data-start=\"533\" data-end=\"544\">~50\u201370%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"566\">\n<td data-start=\"545\" data-end=\"555\" data-col-size=\"sm\">1000 mg<\/td>\n<td data-col-size=\"sm\" data-start=\"555\" data-end=\"566\">~40\u201350%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"588\">\n<td data-start=\"567\" data-end=\"577\" data-col-size=\"sm\">2000 mg<\/td>\n<td data-col-size=\"sm\" data-start=\"577\" data-end=\"588\">~20\u201330%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<ul data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"810\">\n<li data-section-id=\"1igyqhm\" data-start=\"601\" data-end=\"662\">100 mg ingested \u2192 approximately 80\u2013100 mg can be absorbed.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1rnb8s2\" data-start=\"663\" data-end=\"726\">1000 mg ingested \u2192 approximately 400\u2013500 mg can be absorbed.<\/li>\n<li data-section-id=\"1fs6gpw\" data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"810\">The unabsorbed portion remains in the intestinal lumen and is eliminated with the feces.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"faq_category":[351],"class_list":["post-2225515","avada_faq","type-avada_faq","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","faq_category-collagene"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>\u00c8 vero che per assorbire il collagene serve la vitamina C? 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