More about Collagen

What causes collagen loss?

Your body's natural collagen production decreases with age. In addition, collagen breaks down and spreads more widely. These alterations cause the typical aging symptoms, such as wrinkles and sagging, dry skin. Aging also causes the skeletal system's collagen's integrity to deteriorate, which lowers bone strength.

While collagen deterioration and loss as you age are unavoidable, several dietary and lifestyle choices might hasten this process. For instance, smoking cigarettes has been linked to collagen degradation, skin aging, wrinkles, and elasticity loss.

Also, it has been demonstrated that excessive alcohol use speeds up skin aging by lowering collagen formation and harming skin regeneration processes.

Also, consuming a diet high in processed foods and added sugars can hasten the aging process by promoting the glycation process, which slows down collagen turnover and prevents collagen from interacting with nearby proteins and cells.

Using sunscreen and limiting your exposure to the sun can help prevent early indications of skin aging since excessive UV exposure reduces collagen formation.

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