are there any foods that can boost collagen?

Question by Eve: are there any foods that can boost collagen?
does anyone know any foods that can boost collagen so my face is more plumped up and smooth. if you do can you also so tell how much i would need of the food in a day (if you know)

thanks

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Best answer:

Answer by kevinmccleanblack
Vitamin C is involved in collagen production
Beauty Foods
Blueberries contain more than three times as many antioxidants as oranges, cherries, and grapes. They also contain anthocyanins, a pigment that is high in antioxidant activity and ellagic acid, a disease fighting phytochemical.

Skin Benefits
Helps repair DNA damage caused by toxins or pollutants (e.g. smoking). May be beneficial in slowing and/or reversing some neuronal and behavioral effects of aging.

Recommended Supplements
Multivitamin
Vitamin C
Vitamin A

Beauty Foods
Small red beans contain flavonoids, iron, magnesium and zinc, which are all important in maintaining over all health and wellness.

Skin Benefits
Magnesium and zinc help aid the absorption of calcium, which helps promote proper bone health. Enhances the body’s energy level. Helps the body and skin cope with environmental stress.

Recommended Supplements
Multivitamin
Iron
Calcium with magnesium and zinc
B-complex vitamins

Beauty Foods
Grapes seeds and skin contain flavonoids, such as proanthocyanidins or PCOs that are powerful antioxidants.

Skin Benefits
Potent antioxidants activity helps fight free radicals associated with signs of aging. Helps improve blood circulation and strengthen blood vessels, which is important for varicose veins or leg cramps. Helps keep certain constituents with skin (i.e. collagen, elastin, hyaluronic acid) healthy, by blocking enzymes that may disrupt or destroy their chemical structure.

Recommended Supplements
Multivitamin
Potassium
Grape seed extract

Beauty Foods
Fish, such as salmon and tuna contain omega-3 fatty acids, which can boost skin appearance.

Skin Benefits
Helps support blood flow to maintain healthy and beautiful skin, soothe dry skin and reduce skin inflammation. Can increase skin radiance by offering a protective effect against premature aging.

Recommended Supplements
Fish oil
Flaxseed oil

Beauty Foods
Artichoke Hearts are packed with ingredients that help promote a healthy skin appearance, such as folate, potassium, biotin, and vitamin C.

Skin Benefits
Helps maintain healthy skin and nails, supports collagen and skin firmness and protects against free radicals that accelerate the signs of aging.

Recommended Supplements
Multivitamin
Vitamin C
Folic Acid

Beauty Foods
Blackberries are a great source of vitamin E and C and are high in antioxidants activity. They also contain ellagic acid, which is a disease fighting phytochemical.

Skin Benefits
Helps support collagen for firmness and elasticity, smooth skin, and helps protect against free radicals that contribute to aging.

Recommended Supplements
Multivitamin
Potassium
Vitamin C
Vitamin E

Beauty Foods
Strawberries are high in antioxidants, B vitamins, potassium, and fiber for overall health and wellness.

Skin Benefits
Helps support healthy collagen, the skin’s natural support structure, essential for the structure of collagen and elastin, which assist in the firmness and elasticity of the skin and also provides and environmental defense system for the skin.

Recommended Supplements
Vitamin C
Vitamin A
B-complex vitamins

Beauty Foods
Apples have quercetine, and anti-inflammatory property and pectin, which is a soluble fiber that helps, control blood cholesterol levels.

Skin Benefits
Helps maintain water balance and distribution, pH balance, muscle and nerve cell function, heart function and kidney and adrenal function in the body. Helps stop cellular damage.

Recommended Supplements
Multivitamin
Vitamin C
Potassium

Beauty Foods
Pecans provide adequate levels of vitamin E, zinc, and magnesium, which help promote healthy skin.

Skin Benefits
Helps protect skin cells from oxidative damage, provides nourishment to the skin, helps smooth skin texture. And helps fight free radicals in the body that increase as you age.

Recommended Supplements
Multivitamin
Vitamin C
Zinc

Beauty Foods
Squash is a great source of vitamin A, which helps fight free radicals

Skin Benefits
Plays an important role in cell activity that can help maintain the health and youthful beauty of the skin. Protects skin cells from oxidative damage that can lead to signs of premature aging, helps relieve dry skin and uneven skin tone. And can enhance and regulate sluggish skin cell regeneration.

Recommended Supplements
Vitamin A

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