18/06/2020
|| Collagen ||
Credit :Smartbite - By Nazish Akhtar
Is collagen beneficial for pregnancy?
Collagen is the most abundant protein in the human body and glycine is the amino acid most abundant in collagen!
Collagen helps form the structure of your baby, their bones, connective tissue, organs, and also helps your uterus grow and placenta develop.
Collagen rich foods 🦴🍗🍤🦪🐟.
Bone broth
Chicken
Fish and any shell fish
Beans
Collagen Supplements are also available in case you are not able to make it through food sources.
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Food sources that help body to make collagen:🥝🍇🍋🥬🧄🍈🍅
Citrus fruits (vitamin c )
Garlic
Leafy vegetables
Cashew
Bell peppers
Tomato
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If you don’t get enough glycine from your diet, you can’t make sufficient collagen plus carry out other important functions glycine is involved in!
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Note: Sugar and refined carbs can damage collagen.
And if you don’t like the foods listed, remember there’s no one source. A diet full of protein-rich foods, whether from plant or animal sources, can help supply these critical amino acids.
To dig deeper into your glycine needs during pregnancy and how you can meet them to maintain a feel-good pregnancy, join My pregnancy nutrition plan.
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