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I love my collagen coffee in the morning! ☕️ Plus it’s an easy way to boost your protein intake — 10-20g depending how much you ad. It can be a bit confusing how collagen works. 🤔 Collagen is a form of protein that is great for our skin, hair, joints, and fingernails. When you consume collagen, it doesn’t magically improve your skin and hair, but it gives your body the “raw materials” (aka amino acids), that allow your body to produce its own collagen. Pretty cool actually.

Vitamin C also helps your body absorb collagen, so why not have a clementine with your collagen coffee? 🍊

According to AI, the definition of “mothering” is: to treat someone with great kindness, affection, and protection. When you think about it, there are many wonderful people in our lives who “mother” us, who may not be our biological parent. So (a day late!) here is a shout out to all those who love and protect us—we moms couldn’t do it without you. 🩵

Late afternoon brain fog often follows a blood sugar crash, causing negative changes in the brain. A “refined-carb-heavy” meal can land you in a serious fog, at a time of day none of us can afford to be groggy and unfocused. 😣

A lunch of ham and cheese on a roll or whole wheat wrap with a small bag of Lay’s can land us there. How?
The gluten in the bread causes inflammation in the brain, and then the bread quickly converts to sugar. It’s a “one-two punch”. Processed foods (cold cuts) and foods high in saturated fat and sodium (chips) further negatively impact our brains — as in, reduced attention span and difficulty with memory. Yikes!

Switching to a low glycemic meal with nutrient dense greens, lean protein and healthy fats will give your brain just the boost it needs for a busy PM. Help is on the way! ✅