4 Reasons to Add Collagen Powder to Your Smoothie

You probably have heard of collagen. It's what gives our skin its strength and keeps us looking young. It's also what keeps our bones and connective tissues strong.

Collagen is the #1 protein in your body. It makes up 70% of the protein in our skin and 30% of the protein in our bodies!

Collagen is literally what holds our bodies together!

Unfortunately, as we get older our bodies’ collagen production slows down. This is why we get wrinkles and our hair loses its strength and shine.

It's also why our bones and joints start to ache and weaken. Decreases in collagen have also been linked to digestive problems.

Fortunately, we have a lot of options for adding high-quality collagen to our diets. We can eat foods that boost collagen production or you can take collagen powder like the one I use here, as a supplement. These powders contain about 90% protein.

Some of the foods that add or preserve collagen include:

  • Bone broth (made almost entirely of collagen) 
  • Dark leafy greens (they protect against collagen loss)
  • Wild caught fish and lean, grass-fed meat
  • Berries
  • Garlic (helps rebuild damaged collagen)

Collagen is also available as a powder that you can add to your coffee or to a smoothie or oatmeal in the morning.  It dissolves into just about any liquid and has no flavor. You can also add it to any recipe.

Top 4 Reasons to Consume Collagen

1. It helps you shed pounds! Collagen is protein, so when you eat it you stay full much longer, and this may help with weight loss.  By adding a couple of scoops to a meal you can stay full and avoid unnecessary snacking.

Hydrolyzed collagen has also been shown to cut down on the fat in the body. At the same time, the protein may cut down on sagging skin that is sometimes left behind after you lose a lot of weight.

collagen helps arthritis pain

2. Collagen can ease arthritis pain. This is because it gives us high levels of the amino acids that built our joints and bones.

Not only does collagen cut down on aches and pains, it also can increase range of motion and strength.

3. It heals your gut. Collagen contains glycine, which can help to heal your gut after antibiotic damage.

This cuts down on symptoms of leaky gut, as well as author autoimmune diseases like inflammatory bowel disease and celiac disease.

4. Collagen can improve your skin.

One study showed that women who took collagen every day decreased the depth of the wrinkles around their eyes by 20% in just 8 weeks.

If you want to try adding collagen to your diet, here's the quick & easy way that I like best.

If you have more time on your hands, here is a recipe for making your own bone broth.

You can make it with chicken or beef bones or both, which is what this recipe is for. It can be stored in the refrigerator for a week or frozen for later use.

This nutrient dense drink takes time but is easy to make and delicious too.

bone broth recipe

Yours in health and happiness,

Danette

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