I Keep Hearing About Collagen Powder Everywhere. What’s the Deal? Ashley Mateo
You’re probably most familiar with collagen in terms of skin in the sense that losing it as you age is what causes your skin to get saggy or wrinkly.
But collagen is about so much more than aesthetics. It’s the most abundant protein in the body, and it’s not just in your skin but also your blood, bones, muscles, cartilage, and ligaments. “Collagen acts as a structural scaffold for the majority of the soft tissues of our body,” explains Natasha Trentacosta, M.D., a sports medicine specialist and orthopedic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Kerlan-Jobe Institute in Los Angeles. “When collagen breaks down or is defective, that scaffolding is weakened and structures such as skin and ligaments weaken and stretch out.”
Nigeria: Tackle Malnutrition, Add Soybeans to Your Staples - Experts allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Tackle malnutrition, add soybeans to your staples Experts
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By Gabriel Olawale
Nutrition experts have called for the inclusion of soybean to wheat flour in the production of staples such as bread, pasta, and noodles to tackle malnutrition, noting that the intake of Soybean in Nigerian diets was inadequate.
They also noted that Nigeria is the largest Soybean producing country in sub-Sahara Africa.
The experts spoke during a Protein Challenge Webinar Series 7 with the theme: “Nigeria’s Protein Deficiency Challenge: Soybeans To Rescue”.
A nutritionist and a member of the Nutrition Association of Nigeria, Mrs. Josephine Chukwunweike stated that children’s (usually between the ages 0 to 5years) growth is usually dependent on diet and way of life, not solely on genetics; adding that protein was a vital nutrient needed for development, upkeep and repair of all the cells in the human body.