Collagen Is The Glue That Holds You Together
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Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body. In other words, it is a springy, fibrous, and firm substance, the major component of connective tissues. Collagen is found around all the organs and allows firm and smooth movements.
Collagen is the glue that holds you together. Indeed, the word collagen is derived from the Greek word for glue, kolla.
Functions of Collagen
- Regenerates new tissue
- Strengthens immune system
- Supports skin firmness and elasticity
- Gives strong nails and bones
- Assures flexibility of tendons, ligaments, and joints
- Accelerates wound healing
- Provides the right structure of blood vessels and gut lining
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Types of Collagen
There are sixteen different types of collagen. 90% of the collagen is either type I, II, or III – or some combination of the three. Make sure to add all these types of collagen to your diet to fight off the visible and invisible signs of aging.
Women turning 25 years old can start noticing a few shallow wrinkles. What happened? In your mid-twenties, your body’s natural collagen production gets down neither much nor little: at a rate of about 1% per year. And what happens when women cheer with a B-day glass of the fifties and sixties? A drop-off of collagen reduces by roughly 30%. That storage of glue holding your body – shrinks; matured face features get sharper. And you would say, “It’s normal.” You admit you’re aging. You fit into grandma’s skirt and loose jacket; you’re becoming a grandma.
This Is #1 Beauty Stealer
The accelerated pace of life and your habits, such as exposure to the sun, smoking, excessive sugar consumption, uncontrolled stress, poor gut health, and inflammation, may put you in a race of Formula 1, taking you straight to premature retirement. For example, sunbathing, more precisely – ultraviolet radiation, damages the skin’s collagen-building cells.
There is another bauble that innocently deprives us of youth. These are white crystals. Salt? Oh no, it’s a beauty thief – sugar. Molecules of sugar, for instance, form harmful new molecules that are known as advanced glycation end products, or AGEs, damaging collagen, and elastin, leading to wrinkles and sagging skin.
My grandma when she is 84 and 88 year-young / Photo by Author
Why Do You Allow Youth Elixir To Leak?
My grandma is 88 years young, and she rejuvenated even more! Is this even possible? Oh yes! After her stroke, my mom and I care for my grandmother’s daily life, especially her food choices. By the way, her favorite dish is a soup, which isn’t simply boiled water with veggies but a 24-hour cooked broth from the bones of animals. Believe it or not, this dish smoothed her wrinkles!
What do you do to replenish the diminishing source of youth and vitality? Can you remove the skin from a chicken or put the tendinous gristle in the dog’s bowl? If this is the case – you have a response where youth leakage occurs.
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