Including collagen into your diet helps with hair growth, skin health, and regeneration of tendon, cartilage, bones, and joints.

You might have noticed lately that I have been adding Collagen Peptides to all of my smoothies and lattes lately. Why? Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body and is a major component of all connective tissues. Including collagen into your diet helps with hair growth, skin health, and regeneration of tendon, cartilage, bones, and joints. “Collagen is a protein made up of amino-acids: glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, and arginine. The composition of collagen is considered unique given its high hydroxyproline content. If you lack the amino acids that combine to form collagen, your body’s cells can’t produce enough of it. Threonine is an essential amino acid for collagen production.” (Vital Proteins, 2017).

Benefits of Collagen: Healthy Hair, Skin, and Nails

Now don’t get me wrong; I am a huge advocate for a great topical skin care products, but you have these only affect your skin condition from the outside. Nutritional supplements have an impact from within the skin. Vital Proteins Collagen, a natural essential protein, has been clinically shown to:

• Promote younger looking skin
• Improve skin hydration level
• Prevent the formation of deep wrinkles
• Improve skin suppleness
• Replenish hair moisture levels
• Support nail growth

Collagen Peptides are very easily digested and absorbed quickly. They are a natural bioactive ingredient that improves the moisture level of your skin and prevents aging. One of the easiest ways I have found to include collagen into my diet is to add a scoop (typically Collagen Peptides) to my smoothies and almond milk lattes. It’s tasteless, so it blends right in with any flavors!

Benefits of Collagen: Supports Healthy Gut

This might just be the most important benefit – supports a healthy gut. We know that our health begins in our gut. Collagen Peptides contain 18 amino acids that have the power to prevent and heal many digestive issues.

• Increase stomach acid:
• Heal stomach ulcers
• Aids in digestion
• Heal and seal the gut lining

Benefits of Collagen: Supports Bone and Joint Health

Collagen is an essential supplement to take if you an active individual (hopefully that’s all of you!). It’s the perfect protein to consume before and after exercise to help with maintaining and restoring the protein content of muscle. Collagen peptides, which consists of 20% glycine and 8% arginine, may help the production of creatine in the body.  Creatine has been shown to help improve performance during short periods of exercise, helping athletes to increase their body mass and reduce body fat percentage.

Collagen peptides supply amino acids that are needed to build new collagen. “Collagen peptides are high in specific amino acids such as Glycine and Proline that are especially needed for the production of new collagen. The collagen peptides stimulate certain cells (fibroblasts, osteoblasts) to build new collagen.” (Vital Proteins, 2017).

Benefits of Collagen: Helps with Weight Management

Collagen is not only great for your skin, hair, and nails, but it can also benefit your waistline. Glycine, an important amino acid in collagen, plays an important role in the digestive and central nervous systems and has been shown to help maintain a healthy body weight. Research shows that glycine can help reverse the effects of aging since it replenishes healthy DNA and RNA cells.

Vital Protein Coffee Creamers – NEW Product Launch!

Vital Proteins just announced the launch of Collagen Creamers, a delicious, dairy-free way to add collagen and healthy fats to your coffee. Vital Proteins Collagen Creamers are available in Coconut, Vanilla and Gingerbread! Coffee fanatics can enjoy mixing collagen protein into their brew while enjoying all the flavors of a Paleo-friendly, Whole30-approved creamer. These Collagen Creamers offer a brand new way to enjoy your collagen while adding flavor and dimension to your coffee.

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