As we age, collagen naturally depletes.
Collagen is found naturally in your skin and is a fibrous protein that keeps your skin strong and helps tissues withstand stretching.
Check out this info graphic on Young Skin versus Aging Skin
When our collagen breaks down, the epidermis becomes weak and shows up on our faces as wrinkles and sagging skin.
Does Sugar Break Down Collagen
Yes!
Sugar breaks down collagen in your skin because sugar increases inflammation — which in turn — breaks down the collagen and elastin in your skin.
To add to it, as we age, our bodies slow the production of collagen and elastin.
Loss of collagen and elastin leads to wrinkles and sagging skin.
Culling Down Your Sugar Intake
You can still eat some sugar and keep your skin beautiful/ reduce your collagen breakdown.
- Choose foods that are lower on the glycemic scale.
- High glycemic foods contain large amounts of sugar or break down more easily into glucose in your body.
- Low glycemic foods, are naturally low in sugar and also contain complex carbohydrates. Complex carbs break down at a slower rate.
- Eat healthy, complex carbohydrate balanced meals.
- Avoid fruit juices, eat high fiber fruits like apples.
- Cut down on your stress.
Get Help to Break Your Sugar Habit
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Summary for Does Sugar Break Down Collagen?
Eating sugar causes inflammation which breaks down the elastin and collagen in your skin.
You don’t have to cut out sugar completely, just become aware of any high glycemic foods you are eating and switch to low glycemic foods. Example, eating strawberries versus drinking juice.
To break the Sugar Habit, try JJ Virgin’s book The Sugar Impact Diet.
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