You can’t sit on your couch and binge netflix all day, eating processed, fatty foods and then expect collagen to work as a magical elixir to help you shed weight.
However, if you are currently following a healthy eating plan and you workout a few times a week, then adding a collagen supplement into your routine may help in your quest to shed any excess weight. Here are 3 ways a collagen supplement can aid in weight-management.
Marine collagen has better satiating properties compared to other popular proteins such as whey protein or soy protein. In fact, it was found to be 40% more filling than these other types of proteins. This is thanks to its unique amino acid profile that aids in keeping you full and promoting lean body mass.
By adding ProPlenish marine collagen into your post workout drink, you’ll find yourself feeling full and far less likely to reach for a potentially unhealthy snack after a sweat fest.
As we age, our bodies naturally lose muscle mass, and this loss of muscle is often replaced with fat. In elderly people this may be due to increased dietary protein needs as well as a loss of nitrogen in urine.
Fortunately, collagen can help to replace fat with muscle (1), therefore improving and maintaining lean body mass and preserving nitrogen balance.
This is why collagen is excellent for all ages, as it helps to preserve lean body mass as you age, so you can age gracefully and prevent sagging skin as a result of loss of collagen.
Everyone is prone to cellulite, no matter what weight you are, and we are sure you can relate!
Cellulite appears as a natural result of collagen loss as we age, when our skin stretches, thins and sags. By adding collagen into your daily diet, you can help to reduce the appearance of cellulite as collagen increases the dermal density (thickness) of the skin, improving its elasticity helping to reduce the dimpling effect.
A quality marine collagen supplement such as ProPlenish can help to promote weight-management, as long as you are following a healthy lifestyle. If you have yet to add a ProPlenish into your healthy routine, we highly urge you to give it a try, you won’t be disappointed!
(1) (Veldhorst, Margriet AB, et al. “A breakfast with alpha-lactalbumin, gelatin, or gelatin+ TRP lowers energy intake at lunch compared with a breakfast with casein, soy, whey, or whey-GMP.” Clinical Nutrition 28.2 (2009): 147-155.)
