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So let's talk about wrinkles.

So many people are applying all sorts of anti-aging creams,

lotions, cleansers, to rub off all the dead skin,

to hopefully have this new skin be replenished.

But let's first dive into exactly

what happens as you age in relationship to what happens with your skin. So number one, you have

a loss of elastin fibers. Alastin is a protein that helps to keep the tone of the skin there. So,

for example, if you were to have some type of elastic protein

that's overstretched, that's what happens as you age. So you lose that rubber band effect. Okay.

Number two, you actually have an overall loss of collagen. Not necessarily because you're not

eating enough protein or collagen. It's because of

growth hormone. And that's the next one. Growth hormone has everything to do with preserving

proteins. So as you lose growth hormone as you age, you lose that capacity to make collagen.

Now also realize collagen needs vitamin C, so you also need vitamin C

from the diet. A couple little side things you need to know about vitamin C. Smoking blocks the

absorption of vitamin C. Consuming sugar will block your ability to absorb vitamin C. As you age,

you have less retention of moisture. So the skin tends to dry out.

And so this is not necessarily just a matter of drinking more water. Just the skin itself has

less ability to retain that water. All right. And number six, less able to repair. And there's a lot we can do about this as far as slowing

down the process of repair and regenerate. Because you need certain nutrients to help that repair action.

And also you have the too much damage from sun, right? Take a look at any farmer that's out in the

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