What is Collagen and Why Is It Good For Me?, Natalie Woodman

Today I want to talk to you about collagen, why it's important and the role it can play in protecting your brain by making sure your gut lining is impermeable to food particles

The evidence states that we have 3 brains:

The first brain: is your actual brain

The Second brain: your stomach

The Third brain: your heart

The stomach (the second brain) makes more serotonin than your brain.

There is a large network of nerves that connect your brain and stomach.

There is so much information out there on this but one of the key things is that if you have a leaky gut, toxins or food can have direct access to your brain via your blood.

This is something that I have become fanatical about, ensuring optimal gut health. And whilst it can take a while, I believe it is totally worth it!

95% of our body’s serotonin in created and used in the stomach and 5% is made and used in the brain so your gut health is vital to your serotonin levels, health and your immune system.

Did you know that as you age; you lose collagen? this affects your hair, skin, nails, joints and muscles.

Collagen improving your skin elasticity especially as your age. It can also help with repairing the gut lining. It also contains 3 amino acids that are important in the body and one of these (glycine) helps with the synthesis of creatine. creatine helps to give your muscles energy during exercise. I have been using this for a few years and I have found that it helps to give me energy, I maintain lean muscle and it helps with fat loss and most importantly, it helps with repairing and maintaining a healthy my gut lining as part of an anti-inflammatory diet

So here are a few ways I use Collagen in my diet:

Collagen Powder in drinks
Bone Broth

The marrow in the bones has nutrient rich collagen in it. By boiling the bones we can extract the amazing bone broth that is healing for the gut, helps you increase your skin's elasticity.

The better your gut health, the more you protect your brain. The better your collagen levels, the better you protect your joints, skin and possibly muscles.

This has been a great adjust to staying healthy, fit and strong for me and may help you through your rehabilitation.

Nowadays you have so many options:

Make it yourself,
Buy it ready-made or,
Buy the collagen protein powder that you can add to drinks or shakes.

I have tried them all and when I have time, I make my own. when I am really busy, I buy the ready made organic bone broth and use the collagen powder as well.

For me, working and balancing a busy life and aiming for a good work-life balance, if it's not easy to do or use, it is unlikely to be implemented into my daily or weekly health regime. So you will need to figure out which works best for you.