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How Increasing Collagen Intake & Production Can Improve Your Skin & More

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Virtually every woman wants healthy hair, strong nails, and supple, smooth skin with as few wrinkles as possible. While there are plenty of magic potions on the market that promise to deliver miraculous results, many are disappointing. One thing that actually can work is boosting your collagen. Here is what you should know.

What Is Collagen?

This protein is the most abundant building block in the human body, making up the connective tissues. Your skin, tendons, ligaments, arteries, teeth, bones, and corneas are just a few of the places where collagen is abundant. Collagen is also needed for keratin production, the primary protein in your hair and nails and the outer layer of your skin, the epidermis. Collagen production in the body slows once you reach your mid-twenties, but you can naturally supplement it, which will keep you healthier and looking and feeling younger.

How Can You Boost Collagen Production?

There are things you can do to encourage collagen production, and they are all easy and inexpensive.

Eat Plenty of Fruits and Vegetables: Blueberries, blackberries, raspberries, strawberries, kiwis, and citrus fruits are all rich in Vitamin C, which plays a role in collagen production. Orange fruits and vegetables, such as apricots, sweet potatoes, and carrots are all high in beta carotene, which the body uses to convert to Vitamin A, also needed in collagen production. Dark green veggies are a powerhouse of nutrients, full of both Vitamin C, Vitamin A, as well as Vitamin E and chlorophyll, all necessary to produce collagen. Spinach, kale, broccoli, and green beans are good sources.

Take a Collagen Supplement: Whether your diet is already great or not, a collagen supplement will give your body an even greater boost. Look for nutritional collagen supplements that contain bioactive collagen peptides, such as Verisol collagen skin products. The powder form is great as it will allow you to stir the flavorless powder into your morning coffee or mix in with your breakfast smoothie each day.

Stop Smoking: Everyone knows smoking isn't good for any part of their body. The skin is one of the areas where smoking damage can readily be seen. Not only does the physical act of smoking cause wrinkles, but it also lessens collagen production as well.

Make Bone Broth: Have your butcher give you some beef bones and simmer them in your slow cooker for 24 hours. The tasty broth is full of natural collagen. Regular gelatin consumption for dessert will help, too. 


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