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By age 40, skin collagen production has typically dropped by roughly 20-25% compared to your 20s, and it keeps declining from there. A viral thread on reversing this "from the inside out" lists seven strategies making the rounds: 1️⃣ Vitamin D for connective tissue support 2️⃣ Collagen-stimulating exercise, like planks and slow eccentric movements 3️⃣ Vitamin C for collagen synthesis 4️⃣ Cofactors like vitamin K2, magnesium, zinc, and copper 5️⃣ Quality protein 6️⃣ Fasting to support cellular renewal 7️⃣ Deep sleep to lower cortisol Of the seven, vitamin C is the one worth focusing on here, and not arbitrarily. Several of the others (protein, sleep, exercise) support collagen indirectly by supporting your body's general repair processes. Vitamin C is different: it's a direct, required input for the actual chemistry of collagen formation, not a supporting player. ❓ Why is vitamin C specifically required for collagen? Vitamin C is a required input for two enzymes, prolyl and lysyl hydroxylase, that stabilize collagen's structure. Without enough of it, those enzymes can't do their job, full stop, no amount of the other six strategies compensates for that specific gap. You'd think eating enough produce would cover this automatically, but government health data says otherwise. ▪️ About 6-7% of American adults are outright deficient in vitamin C ▪️ A much larger share, around 42% in one federal analysis, fall into insufficient territory, technically getting some, but not enough for optimal collagen synthesis. Good food sources still matter: citrus, bell peppers, strawberries, kiwi, and broccoli. But cooking, storage, and simply not eating enough of these daily chip away at actual intake. For a consistent daily amount, this liposomal supplement wraps vitamin C in a fatty layer, a delivery method generally used to help support better absorption. This one below provides 1000mg of vitamin C as ascorbic acid per two-capsule serving, plus coconut oil powder and sunflower lecithin. 👉 This is the liposomal vitamin C built around the enzymes your body actually uses for collagen → https://amzn.to/4yDsDXI #ad Food first is still the right instinct. But if your intake is falling short, supplementing closes that gap more reliably than hoping you ate enough citrus.