Homemade Collagen Powder, drinks for healthy skin & joints
Collagen is a kind of protein that provides strength and structure within our body. As we age, collagen production decreases in our bodies and becomes loosely distributed. Due to that our skin loses its elasticity and bones become weak. We will experience hair loss, joint pain, wrinkles, dry sagging skin, muscle loss, and more.
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Why Collagen is important?
Collagen is found in the body’s various connective tissues. It plays an important role in holding the body’s cells together. Collagen has four amino acids namely proline, glycine, arginine, and hydroxyproline. It is vital for many structures like bones, connective tissues, tendons, skin, cartilage, digestive tract, intervertebral disc, and blood vessels. Collagen is essential in replacing dead skin cells, which is crucial for healing wounds and helps the skin to regenerate.
Apart from aging, smoking, alcohol consumption, and eating too much sugar, UV exposure can also damage collagen production. Collagen is produced naturally in the body by combining amino acids, the building blocks of proteins found in food.
It is impossible to prevent collagen loss, but we can slow the process by changing our diet, and lifestyle. Nowadays many oral and topical collagen products like supplements and face creams are available on the market which is expensive. They are available in powder, capsule, and liquid forms also.
In this article we are going to prepare homemade collagen powder and juices that will help to improve skin health, relieve joint pain, prevent bone loss, gives healthy hair and nails, improves gut health and brain health, and boost muscle mass.
Make your own homemade collagen powder
Follow the below steps to prepare collagen powder at home easily.
Ingredients
- Amla or Indian gooseberry powder — 100 grams.
- Dried rose petals — 100 grams.
- Oats — 100 grams.
- Badam — 100 grams.
- Peanuts — 100 grams.
- Chia seeds — 100 grams.
- Flax seeds — 100 grams.
- Pumpkin seeds — 100 grams.
- Mung beans — 100 grams.
- Orange Peel powder — 100 grams.
- Dried Mint leaves — 100 grams.
- Licorice root powder — 50 grams.
Preparation
- Roast the ingredients 3 to 9 each separately.
- As we are going to store this powder for 3 to 4 weeks, we need to roast it.
- After cooling, grind the roasted ingredients in a blender.
- Now add the rest of the ingredients and grind them.
- Now your collagen powder is ready to use.
- Store the powder in a glass container.
Dosage and duration
- Take 1 tablespoon of collagen powder and mix 1 tablespoon of organic honey with it.
- Eat it on an empty stomach every morning if you are having gases or gut issues.
- Otherwise, if you need a good night’s sleep, take this with warm milk before going to bed. Stay away from sleep disorders, using these potent tricks — friendlyyours
- You can also mix this powder in warm water and drink it.
- As we age each day, minute, and second and our body produces less and less collagen every year, we need to repeat taking this powder as much as we can.
- But give a month break between two months of consumption.
Best homemade Collagen drink #1
Ingredients
- Spinach — 1 bunch
- Drinking water — 2 glasses.
- Honey — 1 tablespoon.
Preparation
- Put a bunch of spinach leaves in a vessel.
- Add 2 glasses of water to it and boil them till it becomes one cup.
- Filter it and allow it to cool.
- Add a pinch of salt to it.
- Now mix 1 tablespoon of honey and drink it on an empty stomach in the morning.
Best homemade Collagen drink #2
Ingredients
- One glass of lukewarm milk.
- One tablespoon of almond oil.
- One tablespoon of honey.
Preparation
- Take a glass of lukewarm milk.
- Add one tablespoon of almond oil and one tablespoon of honey to it.
- Mix it well and drink it before going to bed.
Best homemade Collagen drink #3
Ingredients
- Carrot — 1 no.
- Pomegranate — 1 no.
- Beetroot (small) — 1 no.
- Ginger — ½ inch.
- Amla — 1 no.
- Water — ½ cup.
- Roasted jeera powder — 1 teaspoon.
Preparation
- Wash the ingredients and peel the carrot, beetroot, and ginger.
- Take pomegranate seeds.
- Cut beetroot, carrot, amla, and ginger into slices.
- Put all the ingredients in a blender with little water and grind them well.
- Filter it and your collagen drink is ready to drink.
- If required you can add roasted jeera powder to it.
Best homemade Collagen drink #4
Ingredients
- Cucumber — 1 no.
- Orange — 1 no.
- Beetroot (small) — 1 no.
- Carrot — 1 no.
- Red cabbage — half.
- Ginger — ½ inch.
- Mint leaves — 1 bunch.
- Lemon — ½.
- Water ½ cup.
- Honey — 1 tablespoon.
Preparation
- Peel orange, beetroot, carrot, and ginger.
- Chop beetroot, carrot, red cabbage, ginger, and cucumber.
- Grind ingredients 1 to 7 and a half cups of water in a blender.
- Filter the content and squeeze half a lemon into it.
- Add one tablespoon of honey and drink it before breakfast on an empty stomach.
Best homemade Collagen drink #5
Ingredients
- Ripen mango — 1 no.
- Turmeric root — ½ inch.
- Ginger — ½ inch.
- Dates — 3 nos.
- Almonds- 3 nos.
- Cashews — 3 nos.
- Chia seeds — 1 tablespoon.
- Water — 1 cup.
Preparation
- Peel and chop mango, turmeric root, and ginger.
- Add ingredients 1 to 6 with one cup of water in a blender and grind it.
- Soak one tablespoon of chia seeds with 5 tablespoons of water for 15 minutes.
- Add soaked chia seeds to the prepared drink.
- Take this drink in the morning before breakfast.
Health benefits of collagen intake
- Maintain skin hydration.
- Helps to get stronger bones.
- Relieves osteoarthritis pain.
- Prevents hair loss and provides thicker hair.
- Increase the muscle mass.
- Healthy nails.
- Improves skin elasticity and gives glowing youthful skin.
- Make your skin plump and supple.
Bottomline
Collagen can help to reverse aging signs by repairing damaged skin and improving elasticity. It reduces joint pain that commonly occurs after the age of 40 as it is an essential component in connective tissues throughout the body. Along with collagen powder, be sure to add lean proteins to your diet that will preserve muscles. Take bone broth, chicken and fish skins, eggs, and vitamin c fruits. Expose yourself to the sun to get vitamin D and do exercises. Stay healthy and youthful.
