Behind the buzz: collagen.

Protein is the building block of the skin. The most abundant protein in your body, is the scaffolding – it’s what’s holding your skin up and helps make it plump and bouncy.

Women especially start losing collagen at the rate of about 1% a year from the age of around 26-28, which leads to drooping and hollowing of the skin. So keeping your skin as topped up with collagen as you can, for as long as you can, may help slow visible aging.

Chicken, fish, beef and eggs are good sources of protein – and therefore collagen – as is bone broth, which you can make yourself or buy ready-made.