HOW WOULD YOU GET 20G OF COLLAGEN FROM FOOD?
Well, not easily!
Unfortunately, with our modern-day diets and the decline of nose-to-tail eating, collagen is pretty hard to come by. Most of us aren't regularly drinking bone broth, eating chicken skin, or slow-cooking beef tendons, yet those are the exact parts of the animal where collagen lives.
Foods that contain Collagen:
- Bone Broth
- Organ Meats (especially tripe, heart, intestines)
- Meat on the Bone (including skin, cartilage, joints)
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Eggshell Membrane (the thin layer inside the shell)
Why is this lack of collagen in our diets a problem?
Collagen is one of the most important proteins in the body. It holds our skin, joints, bones, and connective tissues together. It’s what gives our skin hydration, joints that cushion, and gut lining its integrity.
However, our natural collagen production starts to decline by about 1% every year from your mid-20s. By the time you hit 40, you may have lost up to 25% of your total collagen, which is why consuming it through food (or a high-quality supplement) matters.
But, to give you some perspective, those foods listed above aren't ones we typically eat, and to get 20g of collagen from food alone, you’d need to consume:
- 2 litres of bone broth
- 4 full chicken skins
- 14 sardines (with bones and skin)
- Or scrape the membrane from 20 eggs!
FOOD FIRST, BUT CONVENIENCE COUNTS:
But, if you're looking at that list above and thinking, “Yeah… I’m not about to boil bones for 24 hours or eat 4 handfuls of beef tendons on the daily”, then you’re not alone! That's why sometimes, supplementation is necessary and where KUDU comes in.
