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"I recently read a fascinating post on a health blog about the collagen-rich foods that may do your body--and your skin!--good. Here&amp;#39;s a few you can enjoy for breakfast ...\nPinterestFacebookPHOTO: (c) Ralf NauSara Reistad-Long, a blogger I know over at SvelteGourmand posted something fascinating about collagen in foods recently: &amp;quot;A few years ago I wrote a short piece for Gourmet about &amp;#39;Collagen Cuisine,&amp;#39;&amp;quot; she writes. &amp;quot;Since collagen is what keeps our skin looking young (it&amp;#39;s what facial injectables are made of), the idea here is to eat it. Kind of like that obscure rock band, it&amp;#39;s something that&amp;#39;s, well, really big in Japan. There, they serve it up in fortified foods (marshmallows seem to be extra popular) as well as elaborately prepared natural sources (mostly pigs&amp;#39; feet). The crazy part is that research suggests this might have some benefit.&amp;quot;\nShe points to a few studies--one that shows a link between eating collagen and reversed effects of sun-related skin aging, and another that indicates that collagen could help fight osteoporosis.\nHere are a few collagen-minded foods that Sara points out:\n\nAnything with vitamin C (citrus fruits are in season, for example): Studies show it helps the amino acids lysine and proline convert to collagen, she says.\n\n\nEgg whites: Building off the vitamin C thing, egg whites are high in both lysine and proline. (They&amp;#39;re also high in collagen itself, which is why you may have put them, raw, on your face at a middle school slumber party or two, she says.)\n\nCheck out what other foods made the list, here.\n__\nInteresting, huh? __\nP.S. Got acne? There&amp;#39;s an app for that! And, the gadget that is improving my skin in major ways (talk about a self-esteem boost!).\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\nYou could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com!\nSign up for Glamour.com&amp;#39;s Style Tips of the Week and Beauty Tip of the Day newsletters!\nAdd Glamour to your iGoogle homepage. \nFollow us on Twitter!\nSign Up for Body By Glamour!\nPhoto: Ralf Nau"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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