Hello, welcome along to Age Better with me, Lizar. Well, today I have lots of insightful questions from you, and I'm excited to answer them with some data-driven science-backed research. Now, if you have a question that you think I can help you with, do please get in touch. All the contact details are in the episode description and at

the end of the show. Well, coming up today, Isabel has a question about cholesterol. Tricy one,

that, isn't it? Yeah, I look forward to digging in. Well, Julie needs some help supporting her immune

system. Catherine's looking for some bridal beauty tips for her daughter and Nan has a question about menopause and neurodiversity.

I'm also going to be sharing some tips for deflating puffy skin.

Well, let's begin with a question from Catherine, and you say,

Hello, Liz, wedding bells in our house this year as my daughter is getting married in September. And I wondered if you had any recommendations to get her glowing from the inside out. She's 32, regular gym goer, eats healthily. She takes a few supplements from the Heights brand, vitals, which contains omigas, magnesium and probiotics. She would love your thoughts on supplements or treatments.

She can try for her skin, hair, nails, etc. She'd also love to banish dark circles under her eyes.

Thank you so much. Oh, Catherine, well, congrats. How lovely to have a wedding to look forward to in all those months' time. Just brilliant. And I think, you know, that glowing from the inside out really is exactly where bridal beauty starts. And at 32, exercising regularly, eating well, she's got a fantastic foundation, hasn't she? So it's not just about piling on

more products or supplements. I think it's about supporting our skin and our hair and our energy

at a cellular level and giving the body really what it needs to repair and renew. And she's got

several months to do it. So perfect timing. So current supplements, should she change them? Well, I think she's taking a

perfectly reasonable base. Omega-3s, great for the skin barrier, inflammation, glow, magnesium,

really helpful for stress. She might need to increase the dose as the months go by. Very good for

sleep as well, of course, and for muscle recovery. Probiotic, absolutely.

That can influence skin via the gut skin axis. So I don't think she needs to replace everything.

This is a moment in life perhaps where a few targeted additions could help elevate those

results, especially in the six to nine months before the wedding. So what I would consider adding in rather than swapping would be collagen peptides,

ideally with some vitamin C, because they're going to help support skin elasticity,

hydration, hair thickness, nail strength.

I think you can think of them as scaffolding to support the skin rather than a quick fix, but I do genuinely rate them.

Zinc, that's also a good one.

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