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LIFE HEALTY BEAUTY
In Search of Youth, One Bowl at a Time
From a collagen ramen to the secret of beauty
Some time ago, my husband and I were sitting at a small ramen shop. Next to me were two middle-aged women eating ramen. I could see that the soup was so thick, almost like melted gelatin.
The owner looked at me and said, “This is good for your skin.” She was an energetic mother with skin smoother than a girl in her 20s. I smiled, then thought: Could collagen be the secret to eternal youth from within our bodies?
That was the first moment I became interested in digging deeper into collagen. Not because I wanted to pursue a certain beauty standard, but because I was curious: if our bodies produce collagen naturally, why are people flocking to buy it in expensive supplements?
Collagen in the human body
Priorly, I have heard the term collagen when doing facial treatments. A beauty therapist said that this is a good ingredient for anti-aging.
According to collagen is on of protein which which is produced from animal pigments or skin. In addition, we can also consume collagen through supplements..
