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When it comes to supplementing the body with collagen,
The first thing we think of is: eat more pig's trotters, fish skins, chicken skins, and cow's trotter tendons.
Is this really reliable?
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Can't help but tell you the truth:
All the collagen that enters the body by "eating" does not necessarily become collagen again, let alone allow it to be replenished to a certain part of the body (such as the skin)!
Why? Let's take a look
Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body, accounting for about 1/3 of the total protein.
Collagen can enable us to:
✓ Skin firm, hydrated and elastic
✓ Hair shines softly
✓ Full and healthy nails
It's a protein that makes us look "cute and cute."
Unfortunately, with age, collagen will gradually be lost, synthesis will be reduced, resulting in skin sagging, hair, nails and other different parts of the "aging" features.
Therefore, "supplementing collagen" makes itself delicate and young, and has become the common pursuit of the majority of beauty lovers. And "food supplements" is the most chosen way for everyone.
First of all, pig trotters, fish skins, and beef tendons do contain collagen! But guessing the beginning of the story does not necessarily guess the end of the story, when the collagen is eaten by us, the story develops like this (take the pig's trotters as an example):
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Other words:
❶ Collagen enters the body and is absorbed by the stomach and intestines and becomes an amino acid.
❷ The body is a child with a temper, it will follow its own wishes and preferences ➜ recombine amino acids, some may become collagen, some may become other proteins.
❸ Even if it turns into collagen, it will not be transported to the specified location in a directional manner ➜ such as skin or hair.
Therefore, the way of "relying on eating food such as pig's trotters to supplement collagen and achieve the purpose of youthful beauty" is not reliable, and the probability that collagen can reach the skin and play a cosmetic role is very, very small.
And the calories in the pig's trotters are still very high, the more you eat, the more likely your face is to become fat, and the skin folds are stretched out to look young, which is possible.
Of course, the pig's trotter is so delicious, as a delicious burden on the table, it is not necessary to completely abandon it, and it is still very happy to eat it occasionally [cute]
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