How to Increase Collagen Naturally: Foods, Nutrients, and Habits That Actually Work | EP 392.B
DR. GUNDRY PODCAST: GUT HEALTH, WEIGHT LOSS, AND NUTRITION
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🗓️ 26 February 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Collagen has become one of the biggest buzzwords in health and wellness — but there’s a lot of confusion about what actually works and what’s just clever marketing.
In this episode, we’re going beyond the hype to look at how your body really produces collagen, what modern lifestyles do to break it down faster, and the nutritional strategies that help you rebuild from the inside out.
If you want to age with stronger skin, better mobility, and a healthier foundation overall, this conversation will change the way you think about collagen and how to support it naturally.
On this episode, you’ll learn:
- Whether eating collagen actually helps your body make more of it (1:00)
- Why you should think twice before buying bone broth or most collagen powders (3:30)
- The key nutrients your body truly needs to build collagen naturally from the inside out (6:22)
- How the modern diet quietly sabotages your collagen production — and the simple shifts that can help reverse it (9:00)
- My three-step system for kicking off a collagen reset that supports stronger skin, joints, and healthy aging (15:00)
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| 0:00.0 | collagen it's in powders gummies even your morning coffee it promises glowing skin smooth joints thicker hair |
| 0:10.1 | but lately i've been seeing more and more patients spending hundreds of dollars on collagen and still |
| 0:17.4 | wondering why they don't notice a difference so today let's pull back the curtain on the truth about collagen |
| 0:24.2 | and what your body actually needs to look and feel younger. |
| 0:28.9 | Now, if you're new here, make sure to follow on your favorite podcast platform |
| 0:33.1 | or subscribe if you're watching this on YouTube. |
| 0:36.7 | I share simple science-backed ways to feel and look your best |
| 0:40.4 | every week. If you're enjoying the podcast, I want a chance to win free Gundry MD products to |
| 0:51.2 | support your health, I've made it incredibly simple. All you have to do is leave a |
| 0:55.6 | quick review on Apple Podcasts. Once you've left your review, take a screenshot and mail it to |
| 1:01.6 | podcast at Dr. Gundry.com. You'll automatically be entered for a chance to win free products |
| 1:08.6 | designed to support your gut, energy, brain, and overall longevity. |
| 1:13.5 | These are the same formulas I use myself and recommend to my patients. |
| 1:18.0 | Products built around real science, not fats. |
| 1:21.5 | So, if this podcast has helped you think differently about your health, leaving a review not only |
| 1:26.6 | supports the show, it could also help support you. Again, leaving a review not only supports the show, it could also |
| 1:28.9 | help support you. |
| 1:30.3 | Again, leave a review on Apple Podcasts, send a screenshot to podcast at Dr. Gundry.com, and |
| 1:37.4 | you could be our next winner. |
| 1:51.2 | Now, don't get me wrong, collagen itself is vital. It's the scaffolding that holds you together. But the real question is, does eating collagen actually help you make more of it? So here's the problem. Collagen is the most abundant protein in your body. It really |
| 2:05.2 | acts like rebar in your tissues, skin, joints, bones, tendons, ligaments, blood vessels. Now, |
| 2:15.0 | it's essential for the structure and strength of all of these various structures. |
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