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The body's scaffolding protein, also the wellness industry's favorite thing to sell you back.
means A structural protein that holds skin, bones, tendons, and connective tissue together and firm.
from From Greek kolla (glue) plus -gen (producing) — literally the glue-maker, because boiling it yields actual gelatin.
Body shareRoughly a third of all your protein.
Gelatin linkCooked collagen becomes jelly and bone broth.
DeclineProduction drops about one percent yearly after twenty-five.
Skin scaffoldIts breakdown is what wrinkles actually are.