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Collagen: How to Boost Collage Production…Naturally

Collagen: It shows up in moisturizers, anti-aging creams, supplements, and injectables. All this, with the aim of promoting the appearance of more youthful skin. And for good reason! Collagen is the protein in our body that keeps your skin looking firm, smooth, and elastic. But as you age, collagen production begins to slow down. It happens. That is inevitable.

Outside factors also have an effect on collagen production. Smoking, sun exposure, and a diet high in sugar and fried foods may all contribute to collagen breakdown. When this happens, fine lines, loose skin, and other signs of aging result.

Can you boost collagen production naturally?

You can, and it all starts with what you put in your body, including collagen supplements. Consumption of collagen may help increase skin’s elasticity and moisture.1 A diet abundant in foods containing collagen, or the nutrients which aid collagen production, can do a lot. It may help prevent signs of premature aging, and improve your skin’s texture.

If you’re looking to boost collagen production, start by taking a look at what’s on your plate.

What Is Collagen?

Collagen is a protein that exists in all the body’s organs and connective tissue. In fact, collagen makes up about 30 percent of all the proteins in the human body. It makes up 75 percent of the body’s skin composition.2 So, a lot of the discussion about skin is actually about collagen.

There are over 16 types of collagen in the body, but types 1 and 3 are especially important to the skin:

Type 1: This is the most abundant type of collagen in the body. It’s essential in the wound-healing process. It’s also responsible for skin elasticity and ensuring that tissues don’t tear.

Type 3: Type 3 is usually found in conjunction with type 1 collagen. This important collagen forms heart blood vessels and tissue. And, like type 1, it’s responsible for skin elasticity and firmness.

These collagen protein fibers are, for the most part, made up of two amino acids:

  • Hydroxylysine
  • Hydroxyproline

For the body to form these amino acids and produce collagen, it’s necessary to have dietary sources of lysine and proline. Vitamin C is also necessary. It helps the body convert lysine and proline into usable components for the body … hydroxylysine and hydroxyproline.

Foods That Encourage Collagen Production

Some of these foods you may eat already. But a few, like bone broth, may be newcomers that you can work on incorporating into your diet.

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Bovine bone broth does wonders for the skin’s ability to build itself back up. Much of type 1 and 3 collagen is concentrated in bones, ligaments, and tendons. Cooking down these parts releases collagen and all its nutrients into the broth. And bone broth is immediately bioavailable. This means that when consumed, the body is able to use it right away.

Fish

Fish also offers plenty of bioavailable collagen. The collagen peptides found in fish have smaller particle sizes. This makes them easier for the body to absorb. Fish are also a great source of protein and omega-3 fatty acids. Both do a lot to help maintain skin’s health, strength, and hydration.

Fish also tend to be high in zinc, a mineral which may help stimulate collagen synthesis.3

Eggs

Egg whites and yolk membranes provide ample sources of type 1 and type 3 collagen. Eggs also provide hyaluronic acid, a hydrating substance found naturally in the body. This hydrating acid exists in high concentrations on the skin. There, it helps maintain collagen. Hyaluronic acid is essential to help repair and replace damaged or destroyed collagen.

Kelp

Kelp is another great source of hyaluronic acid. HA also helps improve the appearance of skin damaged by UV exposure. How? It reduces water loss in the epidermis – the outer layer of your skin.4 A vast majority of skin aging is due to the damaging effects of UV rays. It’s essential to get enough hyaluronic acid. Doing so will help keep skin looking hydrated and youthful.

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Vitamin C plays an integral role in collagen production. Without it, the body can’t convert lysine and proline into the amino acids that form collagen.

Vitamin C is a heavyweight antioxidant. It also protects the skin from pollutants and UV rays that work to break down collagen.5

Several foods are high in vitamin C. Among them:

  • Broccoli
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Red and green peppers
  • Oranges
  • Lemons
  • Strawberries

Berries

Blackberries, strawberries, raspberries and cranberries all contain ellagic acid. This helps prevent collagen breakdown from UV damage.6

Peanuts

Peanuts are a good source of lysine. Lysine and vitamin C convert into the amino acid hydroxylysine. It’s one of the key amino acids needed for collagen production.

Collagen Cuisine

Looking to encourage skin that’s firm and elastic? Get a collagen boost with these foods rich in collagen and collagen-boosting nutrients. With a mug of bone broth in hand and the right topical formulas, you more than likely have a more plump, youthful-looking complexion in no time!

For more health and wellness tips, keep reading:

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Sources:
1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23949208
2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2846778/
3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2981717/
4. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3583886/
5. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3789494/
6. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20113347

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This privacy policy is only applicable to European Union residents. We respect your privacy and appreciate the importance of your trust. As part of our efforts to help you understand how we handle the personal information you share with us, and in compliance with the European General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”), please review the following terms carefully.

1. General Terms

As more fully described below, we may collect and process certain information that is provided by you to us. We have a legal basis for collecting and processing such information because:

  • You have given us permission to do so;
  • We must provide services to you in conjunction with a purchase order that you have placed on our website; and/or
  • We are required to do so in order to comply with applicable law.

The Section below describes the types of information that we may collect from you and our business purposes for collecting such information.

2. What is Not Covered in this Policy?

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3. Information that We Collect and Process.

Information Provided by You:

We may collect Personal Information that you provide to us. “Personal Information” is information that can be used to identify you individually, and includes items such as your name, home address, e-mail address, telephone number, demographic information, and/or payment information, such as your account or card number, if used to make a purchase from our Website. If you maintain an account on our website, Personal Information may also include a user name, password and answers to our security questions. The type of Personal Information that we may collect depends on your use of this Website and what information you provide to us. Please note that in order to purchase any of the Products offered from our Website, you will be required to provide us with your name, billing address, shipping address, e-mail address and credit card number. If you sign up for our Beverly Hills MD Loyalty Rewards Program, you will be required to provide us with your email and a password.

For more information on our Beverly Hills MD Loyalty Rewards Program, please see our Terms and Conditions here.

Analytical Information:

We and our third-party service providers may also use a variety of technologies that automatically or passively collect information about how this Website is accessed and used (known as “Usage Information”). “Usage Information” may include the type of browser and device you used to access our Website, your operating system and application version, the web pages accessed by you, the time you accessed these web pages, preceding web page views, and your use of any features or applications on this Website. Statistical data like this helps us understand what is interesting and relevant to our customers, so we can best adapt our content for our customers’ benefit.

We and our third-party service providers may also automatically collect an email address, IP address, location, carrier information or other unique identifier information from the computer, mobile device, technology or other device you use to access this Website. We may use this information to, amongst other things, administer this Website, help diagnose server problems, analyze trends, track web page movements, improve our services, match collected information to postal addresses, help identify you and your shopping cart, help us tailor special offers to you, and gather broad demographic information for collected use.

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4. Our Use and Sharing of Your Information.

We use the information that we collect about you for a variety reasons, including the following:

  • Verifying your identity;
  • Fulfilling your product orders;
  • Processing any product returns, exchanges or subscriptions;
  • Responding to your questions;
  • Communicating with you about your purchases and activities on this Website;
  • Inviting you to participate in a survey regarding your health, our products or websites, which are always voluntary on your part;
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  • Sending you emails and other marketing communications; and/or
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  • We may also use and disclose any information that is aggregated or de-identified so that it does not identify you personally, in our discretion.

If you provide us with a payment card when placing an order on our website, we use third-parties to validate your card, authenticate your identity and “tokenize” your payment credentials to make your payments more secure. Your “tokenized” credentials will be stored in your account in order to help make future purchases more convenient. You may delete or edit the stored payment methods in your account at any time by visiting our website or contacting customer support.

We may share your Personal Information as follows:

  • With our vendors, consultants, agents, contractors, and other service providers or sub-processors (discussed more fully below) that we use to support our business;
  • To provide you with any information or services that you request;
  • To respond to subpoenas, court orders, and other legal process, or as otherwise required by law;
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  • In connection with an actual or potential merger, sale, acquisition, assignment, or transfer of all or part of our assets, affiliates, lines of business, or products and services, including at bankruptcy;
  • With our affiliates, subsidiaries, or parent companies; and
  • With your consent.

We contract with certain sub-processors to assist us in providing services to our customers. These sub-processors use the Personal Information that you submit to us in order to perform the following tasks:

  • Order processing at checkout;
  • Credit card authorization, tokenization and identity verification;
  • Order shipping and handling;
  • Emailing newsletters and other promotional materials for those customers on our mailing list;
  • Adapting content, advertisements and offers;
  • Storing and “backing up” our customer records.

5. Security and Your Information.

No data transmission over the Internet or website can be guaranteed to be secure from intrusion. However, we and our subprocessors maintain commercially reasonable physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect your Personal Information in accordance with data protection legislative requirements. We follow the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS) when handling credit card data. We also recommend that you take steps to protect against unauthorized access to your account through shared or public computers, devices, and applications.

6. How Long We Will Retain Your Information.

We will not retain your Personal Information for longer than necessary. Your e-mail address will be retained on our mailing list until you request that we stop sending you advertising communications. We will retain your other Personal Information in order to provide you with the ability to act on our Product warranties, to fulfill any Product subscriptions and/or for business record and legal purposes.

For example, we may keep just enough of your personal information to ensure that we comply with your request to erase your personal information, or to exercise or defend our legal claims.

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9. Our Children’s Policy.

This Website is not directed to children under the age of sixteen (16). Children may not use our Website or purchase our products, and we do not knowingly collect any personal information from children under the age of sixteen (16). We have no way of distinguishing the age of individuals who access our Website. If a child has provided us with personal information, the parent or guardian should contact us to remove the information and opt out of promotional opportunities using the contact link provided below.

10. Changes and Updates to our Privacy Policy.

We may change this Privacy Policy at any time without prior notice to you. Any changes that we make will be effective immediately upon our posting of the revised Privacy Policy on this Website. Your continued use of this Website constitutes your consent to any changes made. We will use your Personal Information in a manner consistent with the Privacy Policy in effect at the time you submitted your Personal Information, unless you later consent to a revised policy. We encourage you to periodically review this page for the latest information on our privacy practices.

11. Your Personal Data Rights pursuant to GDPR.

As you may know, GDPR provides European citizens certain rights with respect to the access and control of their personal data. For your convenience, we have summarized these rights here. In the event you wish to contact us regarding any of these rights, or for any other reason, please use the link provided in Section 12.

  • Access your personal data: You have the right to be informed of and request access to the personal data we process about you.
  • Update your personal data: You have the right to request that we amend or update personal data in our possession that is inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Restrict the use of your personal data: You have the right to request that we stop processing all or some of your personal data.
  • Object to or complain about the use of your personal data: You have the right to object to us processing your personal data if we no longer have a legitimate or legal need to do so. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority regarding our use of your personal data.
  • Port your personal data: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data in our possession in a machine-readable format, as well as the right to transmit that personal data for use with another party’s service.
  • Erase your personal data: You have the right to request that we delete your personal data.

Please note that while we will try to accommodate your requests, there may be times when we might not be able to help. For example, if you have recently purchased a product from us and this product is still within its applicable Money Back Guarantee period, we will not be able to honor a request to erase your personal data unless you first agree to waive your right to the Money Back Guarantee.

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In the event that you have any questions regarding our use of your personal information or wish to submit a request to view, modify, erase or restrict our processing of your personal information, please contact our Data Protection Officer here.