What is liquid collagen?
Liquid collagen is the nutritional supplement du jour, thanks to a list of potential benefits that includes healthier-looking skin, more-flexible joints, stronger bones, and weight loss. Is it possible that one supplement can do all that? Maybe.
Collagen—the fibrous protein made by your body, not necessarily the supplement—is kind of awesome, says Robin Foroutan, RDN, an integrative medicine dietitian at the Morrison Center in New York City and a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
“It’s the most abundant protein in our body and provides structure and lubrication,” she says. “We are made mostly of collagen, and by the ripe old age of 25, this nutrient just falls off of a cliff.”
Sure signs that you’re in collagen-loss free-fall are wrinkles and sagging skin. Though you may still be eating collagen-boosting foods (like meat, fish, soy, and quinoa), your body will have trouble using the protein to make collagen. It makes sense that you’d look for ways to add it back into your body. That’s where collagen supplements come in (and why their popularity is on the rise).
Collagen supplements are primarily sold as powders, capsules, or liquids. Sometimes the protein is added
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