Why you need collagen in midlife, with Jo Woodhurst
The Liz Earle Wellbeing Show
Liz Earle
4.6 • 1.4K Ratings
🗓️ 29 October 2024
⏱️ 21 minutes
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Summary
Dealing with creaky joints, lacklustre hair and skin that's lost its bounce? Jo Woodhurst, Head of Nutrition at Ancient + Brave, joins Liz to reveal why collagen supplements are a midlife must.
Liz and Jo discuss how collagen declines with age, the physical signs we may notice, lifestyle choices that can affect production of this protein, and the significant connection between oestrogen levels and collagen.
In this episode brought to you in partnership with Ancient + Brave, Liz and Jo talk through how collagen may benefit our blood sugar balance, metabolism, heart and gut health, and share advice on selecting a high quality, effective supplement that is right for you.
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| 0:00.0 | People struggle throughout those menopausal years for many different reasons and one of them is because of this reduction in collagen in such a short space of time. |
| 0:07.5 | So not only is that quite a shock visibly for some people, but how that feels physically and mentally is also you know quite a hard road to to go along so because |
| 0:17.2 | we've got collagen all across our body it affects multiple aspects of our health so some of those |
| 0:22.4 | key areas are our joint and bone health, heart health and our gut health. |
| 0:27.0 | Well that's Joe Woodhurst. She is the head of nutrition at Ancient and brave and believe supplementing with |
| 0:34.6 | collagen is one of the most important things we can do in midlife to support our |
| 0:39.5 | skin, hair, joints and bones. I'm Liz Earl and this is the Lizel Well Being Show, the |
| 0:46.1 | podcast that looks at ways for all of us to thrive in later life by investing |
| 0:51.2 | in our health and our well-being today and this episode is brought to you in |
| 0:55.2 | partnership with Ancient and Brave. Now do you know about collagen? Maybe you've heard the word on |
| 1:00.9 | a TV advert for the latest sk care product but aren't entirely sure what it does. |
| 1:06.4 | Well, collagen is actually the most abundant protein in our body and it does indeed provide structure and elasticity to our skin but also to our |
| 1:17.1 | joints, bones and connective tissues so important in midlife and beyond. Well I've been taking ancient and brave's wild |
| 1:26.8 | collagen for a couple of months now and I really do feel like it's adding a tangible benefit |
| 1:31.9 | to my daily routine. |
| 1:33.6 | I actually started taking it to up my protein levels, |
| 1:37.4 | as well as support my own production of collagen, |
| 1:39.7 | something that we know declines with age. I've looked at the label it has a really good amino acid |
| 1:46.3 | profile with things like arginine and lysine. These have properties able to influence bone health especially, so although we might associate collagen, |
| 1:56.2 | more perhaps with ageing skin, it has so many more benefits too. |
| 2:01.2 | Ancient and Brave harness wonderful ancient rituals, practices and ingredients |
| 2:07.7 | that have literally been thousands of years in the making to act as an antidote to modern health challenges. |
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