Worried about your sagging skin, wrinkles, and the disappearing sheen? It’s time you focused on a lesser known component of the skin – collagen.
Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body. 70 percent of the skin, hair, nails and nearly 100 percent of connective tissues are collagen. It acts as the ‘glue’ to bind together tissues and helps maintain their structure, thus giving our skin a firm and youthful appearance.
But as we age, the rate at which our body produces collagen slows down. But instead of buying expensive products to keep replenishing it, we need to change our lifestyle: sleep well, limit exposure to damaging UV rays and other environmental toxins, keep production of stress hormone cortisol down and consume collagen-boosting foods.
So, focus on these collagen friendly nutrients: vitamin C, E, lycopene, zinc, probiotics, sulfur, L-theanine, Papain and bromelain and adaptogens to hold these strands of protein (collagen) together.