The most abundant protein in your body, collagen is a vital building block in the body’s tissues, from your skin and bones to your hair and even your heart. Among its many other vital roles, it gives your skin its smoothness and elasticity, and your tendons their strength and suppleness.
Although collagen is abundant in the body in our youth, our ability to produce it typically slows at a rate of 1.5% per year after the age of 25. As production slows, collagen fibres in the body become brittle and begin to break down, resulting in many of the telltale signs of ageing such as wrinkles, tendon injuries, and joint pain. This is where taking a regular collagen supplement may come in helpful – and the good news is that even if you’re well past 25, it’s never too late to start. So if you’re looking to make younger-looking skin and stronger, more flexible joints a priority in 2022, why not add a daily collagen supplement to your regime?
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