Dr. Anthony Youn
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So the fourth one, so that was a fourth one where the antioxidants and then the fifth one is collagen, collagen supplements.
So are you taking a collagen supplement?
You can't out-supplement a bad diet.
So doing it that way is definitely better.
You're not on a carnivore diet, are you?
I mean, so we have 70 to 80% of our skin is basically made up of collagen.
And so one of the things I really encourage people to focus on if you're looking at the aging process is really focusing on that collagen.
Collagen, basically, they're like the logs of a log cabin.
And the collagen is what caused our skin to feel tight and firm and smooth and youthful.
And like everything in life, we start losing it.
It starts getting thinner, starting at 1% a year when we're in about our mid-20s.
And then women, once they go through menopause, it goes up to about 2% a
And that's why you may see women who are in their 60s or 70s and they've got tissue paper thin skin and they get scratched and it literally can tear their skin.
So that's one thing, you know, if you can tolerate collagen supplements, I do recommend them.