Collagen Banking!Start depositing now, because you will be making withdrawals later. The account you build in your 20s and 30s is the one you’ll live off of after 50.
I say this to my patients constantly: collagen loss doesn’t start at menopause, it starts in your 20s. Slow and steady until estrogen drops, then it’s a sprint. Which means the best time to start “banking” was years ago — the second best time is today.
So how do you actually bank it? Three things I tell my patients: eat enough protein (think roughly 1g per pound of your ideal body weight — collagen is a protein, no raw material means no production), cut back on sugar and sugary drinks (sugar binds to collagen fibers and stiffens them — it’s called glycation, and it ages you faster than almost anything else), and load your plate with color — antioxidant-rich fruits and veggies fight the inflammation that breaks collagen down. No product or procedure can undo what your diet is doing on the inside.
In the latest episode of The Skin Real I break down exactly what’s happening biologically, and how what you eat plays a bigger role in your skin’s collagen than almost anything you’re putting on it topically.
Search The Skin Real wherever you get your podcasts or, click the link in bio to listen.
What’s the first thing you noticed change with your skin in perimenopause?
#menopause #perimenopause #collagen #collagenbanking #diet
I say this to my patients constantly: collagen loss doesn’t start at menopause, it starts in your 20s. Slow and steady until estrogen drops, then it’s a sprint. Which means the best time to start “banking” was years ago — the second best time is today.
So how do you actually bank it? Three things I tell my patients: eat enough protein (think roughly 1g per pound of your ideal body weight — collagen is a protein, no raw material means no production), cut back on sugar and sugary drinks (sugar binds to collagen fibers and stiffens them — it’s called glycation, and it ages you faster than almost anything else), and load your plate with color — antioxidant-rich fruits and veggies fight the inflammation that breaks collagen down. No product or procedure can undo what your diet is doing on the inside.
In the latest episode of The Skin Real I break down exactly what’s happening biologically, and how what you eat plays a bigger role in your skin’s collagen than almost anything you’re putting on it topically.
Search The Skin Real wherever you get your podcasts or, click the link in bio to listen.
What’s the first thing you noticed change with your skin in perimenopause?
#menopause #perimenopause #collagen #collagenbanking #diet