💥What Is Collagen💥
Collagen is the most plentiful protein produced in your body. Collagen is naturally made in your body, but the amount of collagen your body produces lessens over time. Its fibrous structure is used to make connective tissue. Its fibrous structure helps keep your connective tissue strong and flexible. Collagen is found in your:

🌱Skin
🌱Hair
🌱Nails
🌱Bones
🌱Organs
🌱Tendons
🌱Ligaments
🌱Blood vessels
🌱Intestinal lining
🌱Other connective tissues

Your body combines amino acids–nutrients from protein-rich foods–to make collagen. There are many ways you can get more collagen through your diet. Collagen is found in animal and fish meat. Bone broth has been around for centuries, but this nutrient-dense liquid has only recently been in the spotlight. As far as its collagen connection, gelatin–a form of collagen that’s made by boiling animal bones, cartilage, and skin for several hours and then allowing the liquid to cool and set–like that in bone broth is believed to detoxify the liver, improve digestion, reverse wrinkles, build bones, and relieve joint discomfort.

You also need sufficient vitamin C, zinc, and copper for your body to complete the collagen production process. They can be found in many types of animal and plant foods. This list is not comprehensive, but these foods are high in each of the nutrients mentioned:

🌻Amino acids: High-protein foods like meat, eggs, dairy, legumes, and soy
🌻Zinc and copper: Shellfish, legumes, meats, nuts, seeds, and whole grains
🌻Vitamin C: Leafy greens, berries, citrus fruits, bell peppers, tomatoes

💥What Collagen Does for Your Body💥
The word comes from the Greek word “kólla,” which means glue. Collagen’s strong fibers work like glue to hold things together in your body: muscles, bones, tendons, ligaments, organs, and skin.