“Proteins make you pretty”- Delna Pooniwala.
Along the years, some of my friends used to go on a drastic fruit and salad diet to lose weight and get a ‘size zero figure’ that was considered to be the wow thing a few years back.
Little did they realise the importance of proteins in their diet, or the impact the lack of it causes on the skin. With a lack of sufficient Proteins, the skin starts sagging and fine wrinkles may soon appear beyond what would be normal for the chronological age.
Elastic supple skin is a sign that a person has ample ‘Collagen’ which is the strong cement-like material that binds together the cells of your body. Collagen is a structural tissue that gets replaced very slowly and is made of fibrous protein.
Collagen comprises 30 percent of the total body protein. Its strong white fibers are stronger than steel wire of the same size, and a yellow elastic networks, called ‘elastin’, forms the connective tissue that holds our body together.
Collagen strengthens our blood vessels, bones, hair, teeth & brings youthfulness to the skin so it is essential to fuel it with a daily supply of proteins so that you look younger.
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