Well, hello, hello, guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K. Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon, and it's time for a

five-minute Friday. Let's talk all about collagen supplementation. And collagen, you must know,

is one of my favorite conversations. Collagen is so critical to the structure and function of the

skin, the largest organ of the body, as well as your

bones and skeletal infrastructure. Colgiene is the main structural protein in animals, and there are over

28 types of collagen. Did you know that type 1 collagen makes up about 90% of the collagen that's

found in the human body.

And why are we talking about collagen? Because I think we need to take collagen supplements.

I think our bodies degrade and change at such a quick rate that if you don't keep up with

collagen destruction, you are definitely going to have changes, wear, and tear,

and weathering. Colgiene gives your skin its strength, its flexibility, structure, and durability.

It's a triple helix molecule, and it's made of three coils of amino acids that are wrapped around

each other. And because it's coiled, that makes for a very springy and stretchy molecule.

So collagen fibers can be stretched without breaking.

Collagen comes in form of animal protein and also comes in vegan proteins.

It doesn't matter what form you're going to take,

but because you need the building blocks of collagen to build more collagen, you're going to need lots of amino acids in your collagen

supplements.

Remember the main amino acids that make up your collagen molecule are glycine, proline, hydroxyproline, lysine, and hydroxylycine.

And type 1 collagen is the kind that's most abundant in the skin and the human body.

There's also type 1, 3, 4, and other ones that are found in the skin.

Multiple strands of collagen have to bind together in collagen fibroles to build an

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