Snack Your Way to Better Health 3 Tasty Ways to Boost Your Collagen Levels Without Supplements
Would you rather swallow a supplement pill every morning or chow down on a handful of sea salt and herb popcorn that had similar effects? If you picked the second option, you’re not alone. Thanks to an influx of innovative products, more and more people are turning to snacks to increase their levels of the body’s fountain of youth: collagen. Collagen is what keeps your muscles strong and your joints moving. It’s also the secret to healthy, youthful skin without deep lines or wrinkles. Luckily, your body produces collagen naturally, but the process starts to slow down when you reach your early 20s. You can give it a boost by eating high-protein foods like fish and legumes, taking supplements, or adding collagen powder to your diet. Right now, collagen-enriched snack foods are all the rage. Here are just a few of them. Grab-and-Go Collagen Popcorn Last fall, healthy popcorn giant SkinnyPop released a brand-new flavor of its signature snack at Whole Foods: SkinnyPop +Collagen. The popcorn is dusted with sea salt, herbs, and pasture-raised collagen peptides to keep your skin youthful. This is just the latest in SkinnyPop’s foray into supplements, which started with a +Protein flavor that debuted in 2018. Collagen-Enriched Drinks One of the fastest ways to get more collagen in your diet is by drinking it. You can buy collagen powder yourself to make protein shakes, but brands
like Skinade and Beauty & Go make it even easier with their signature drinks. Skinade is flavored with peach and mangosteen, while Beauty & Go offers a bold red grape, rosehip, and persimmon blend.
Homemade Collagen Marshmallows Yep, that’s right — you can make your own collagen-rich desserts with collagen powder, maple syrup, and a few other simple ingredients. Check out CleanEatingMag.com for a classic recipe. If you want to go wild, SageAndCelery.com even has instructions for chocolate-dipped collagen marshmallow lollipops that will knock your socks off. These snacks aren’t a replacement for a healthy lifestyle, but they can work together with diet and exercise to improve your muscles, joints, and skin. If you have a hard time remembering to take pills but still want a youthful collagen boost, consider adding these treats to your shopping list.
4 Ways to Reuse Instead of Recycle Delivery Boxes Piling Up?
Compost Clean corrugated cardboard — what most Amazon boxes are made of — is another great source of useful carbon. Cut your boxes into pieces and place them in your compost pile so the carbon combines with the nitrogen from food scraps. The process helps break the pile down into nutrient-rich humus for healthy soil. Toys or Art Supplies Kids tend to play with the box their new toy came in rather than the toy itself for a reason. Cardboard boxes spark creativity, and the possibilities are endless! Boxes can be used as forts, spaceships, building blocks, art canvases, and more. Empty boxes can provide hours of fun with a little help from a vivid imagination.
As more people opt for online shopping, the number of home deliveries is skyrocketing. Almost every item ordered comes in its own cardboard box, and nearly 20% of these boxes end up in landfills, while the other 80% require significant amounts of energy to recycle. Here are four ways to reuse those boxes instead of just tossing them out. Garden Bed Starters Because cardboard boxes are loaded with carbon and not contaminated by many other chemicals, they’re great for starting new plants or flower beds. They help reduce weeds and protect weak or young plants from the elements, and when the carbon in cardboard combines with the nitrogen in the dirt, a nutrient-rich soil emerges for plants to flourish in.
DR. HEMA GOPAL: 20+ YEARS IN PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE If you’re not sure how you want to use your boxes, just hold on to them until you’re ready. The beauty of cardboard is that you can break it down, store it easily, and reconstruct the boxes later when you find a use for them. Storage Boxes are meant for holding items, so use empty ones to organize a cluttered garage or attic or safely store less frequently used items like winter jackets or holiday decorations. If the brown cardboard aesthetic on a shelf just won’t cut it, paint the boxes or wrap them in eye-catching gift wrap, then label them.
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