Collagen!
Collagen has recently become a buzzword in the health and fitness industry. Though it’s used as filler for your face, we’re not referring to that topic. People are adding broken-down versions of it to their coffees, smoothies, soups, baking with it or simply taking a daily gummy or pill. But your body has been producing collagen since day one so why the recent surge of interest? What is collagen? It is the body’s “glue” found in fibrous tissues like tendons, ligaments and skin. Collagen tissue can be rigid (bone), compliant (tendon) or have a gradient from rigid to complaint (cartilage) depending on the degree of mineralization. It’s also found ....
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