in this video I'm going to be giving you my top 5 collagen rich foods that you
can add to your diet for better skin and hair collagen is a protein found
throughout the human body it makes for our connective tissues our skin our hair
and also our nails and our joints after the age of 25 our bodies start producing
less and less collagen every year and it is this lack in collagen that leads to
wrinkles thinning hair and joint pain the good news is there are foods that
are rich in collagen that can help to boost your production in this video I'm
going to give you my top 5 foods that are high in collagen that you can add
into your diet starting today hey guys welcome back to
my channel if you're new here at my name's Kait I'm a health coach and I
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should new posts every single day the topic of today is collagen and how you
can include it in your diet to improve not only the health of your skin and
your hair but your nails and joints as well there are three main types of
collagen type 1 type 2 and type 3 each of these types is beneficial for
different parts of the body type 1 and type 3 are often found together and
these are most beneficial for your hair your skin and your nails type 1 and type
3 together make up 90% of the total collagen in your body and then type 2 is
most beneficial for your joints so if you're recovering from an injury or
maybe you're an athlete you might want to prioritize type 2 so now I'm going to
give you my top 5 collagen rich foods and tell you what type of collagen they
are highest in and make sure stick around to the end of the video because I
am going to give you an additional tip for boosting collagen production that
isn't that related number one is bone broth if you have done any
research into collagen you will not be surprised that bone broth is on this
list collagen makes up almost 30% of our
bones so it makes sense that bone broth is rich in collagen bone broth is made
by simmering bones in liquid for long periods of time this simmering process
helps the collagen to release now I've read a lot of lists that have collagen
boosting foods but a lot of the foods on these lists do not actually contain
collagen they just help your body synthesize it the foods or in this case
the drinks that we are talking about today
actually contain collagen and they contain it in a bioavailable form that
our bodies can use immediately now of course you can make bone broth with any
type of bones beef bone broth is highest in type 1 and type 3 collagen chicken
bone broth is highest in type 2 and fish broth is highest in type 1 making bone
broth at home is super easy although the first time around it can be a little bit
finicky I'm going to link my bone broth recipe video up above that's a 90 second
video so if you want to make your own check that out afterwards the other
option is you can buy premade bone broths to brands I really like our
kettle and fire they only sell in the US though and the other brand is meadow and
marrow their bone broth is actually a bone broth concentrate so you add a
teaspoon to boiling water and they're an Australian company but I think they ship
worldwide I'm going to link everything I talked about today in the description
box down below so if you want to check anything out afterwards you can find it
there and I guess I should tell you how you actually consume bone broth because
I have got that question before you can heat it up and drink as is straight out
of a mug it is delicious the other thing you can do with it is use it in your
cooking one of my favorite things to do is but I have a tougher cut of meat I
put it in the slow cooker with a little bit of bone broth let it
cook all day long and that turns out so delicious that is
one of my favorite ways to cook number two is salmon skin the skin on salmon is
another really good source of collagen out of the whole skin about 1/3 is
actually collagen and it's mainly type 1 on top of that the skin of salmon
actually has the highest concentration of omega-3 of the entire fish and this
is in the form of DHA and EPA which can benefit your skin as well
EPA specifically helps block the release of substances that eat away at your
collagen and fish collagen actually has a smaller particle size than other types
of animal collagen which makes it even more bioavailable up to 1.5 times other
types of collagen yes they are very bioavailable but fish is just more so
and you might be starting to see a bit of a trend here the parts of the body
which collagen benefits are actually the same parts of the body that it comes
from in animals so bones bone broth skin salmon skin so when you're buying salmon
or any fish for that matter make sure to buy it with the skin on not only will
your skin and hair thank you but crispy salmon skin is so delicious number three
is egg shells I bet you are not expecting this one it isn't actually the
egg shell that contains the collagen however it's the eggshell membrane which
coats the inside of the shell and this is high in type one collagen now you
might be thinking how on earth am I going to eat egg shells and it's
actually pretty easy you can grind them up using a blender or food processor
into a really fine powder and add them to your food but please let me stress
that the powder it needs to be really fun and not only our eggshells rich in
collagen but they are also one of the best sources of calcium as well further
promoting the health of your joints one gram of eggshells contains about 400
milligrams of calcium with the daily value for calcium being one thousand
milligrams so you really don't need to eat a large amount to reap the benefits
you can also buy eggshell powder or also eggshell membrane capsules number four
is pork skin so this includes scratching crackling and rinds and once again
because these foods are made out of pork skin it makes sense that they are rich
in collagen and you can cook pork skin yourself I like to slice it up and put
it in my airfryer I do have a recipe video on that as well you can also get
pork skin if you buy a pork roast with the skin still on another option is to
buy these products pre-made you can buy all of them on the market but the one
thing you have to watch out for is that they are not cooked in vegetable oil if
you eat pork rinds cooked in vegetable oil this is going to be
counterproductive to the health of your skin hair nails because vegetable oil
causes DNA damage a couple brands that are good
EPIK bar has pork rinds which are available worldwide through I herb these
are cooked in lard instead of vegetable oil these are delicious and an
Australian brand is Pascal's pork scratchings these actually have a good
amount of fat still on them and it melts in your mouth
it is so good number five is shellfish shellfish such as oysters crab and
shrimp are last on our list today these are highest in type one collagen
and they are often the source for marine collagen powders which are also
available on the market and those are my top 5 collagen rich foods for healthy
skin and hair I did say at the start I had one final tip for boosting collagen
production that was not related to diet and that is red light therapy red light
therapy is when you use a device to expose skin to wavelengths of red and
near-infrared light these types of lights dim you
the mitochondria in our cells to produce more energy which leads to a great our
collagen production now I have mentioned red light therapy here and there on my
channel in the past it's something I've been using for the last year and a half
and there aren't so many other benefits that go further than just collagen
production I do have a whole other video on it so if you want to check that out I
will link that up above as well but relating to collagen specifically one
benefit that I have experienced is the healing of scars that I have had for
several years I'm not sure if you can see on my camera but I do have a little
scar there that is probably six years old and was from me burning myself with
a curling iron now it used to be a lot more obvious but since using red light
therapy it has almost gone away entirely anyways guys that is all I have for you
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