What Is Collagen?
Collagen is a protein responsible for healthy joints and skin elasticity or stretchiness. It's in your bones, muscles, and blood, making up three-quarters of your skin and one-third of the protein in your body.
Your body makes it naturally by combining amino acids, the building blocks of proteins found in food. To produce collagen, your body needs:
- Proline: Found in egg whites, dairy, cabbage, mushrooms, and asparagus
- Glycine: Found in pork skin, chicken skin, and gelatin and a variety of other protein-rich foods
- Vitamin C: Found in citrus fruits and bell peppers
- Zinc: Found in beef, lamb, pork, shellfish, chickpeas, lentils, beans, milk, cheese, and various nuts and seeds
- Copper: Found in organ meats, cocoa powder, cashews, sesame seeds, and lentils
As you age, your existing collagen breaks down, and it gets harder for your body to make more. So, many people turn to collagen powder or other types of collagen supplements, such as capsules, gummies, and liquids.
What Does Collagen Do?
Collagen provides your body with strength, structure, and support.
As you age, it's harder to keep up your natural collagen levels. This is particularly true after you've gone through menopause. It's because over time, your body increasingly struggles to absorb enough of the nutrients it needs to make collagen.
However, eating collagen-rich foods can help your body overcome some of this absorption problem. That helps keep your body stronger and healthier as you get older.
Collagen also:
Helps your blood clot
Helps replace dead skin cells
Creates a protective cover for your organs
Allows new skin cells to grow
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