Here’s what Estée Lauder, Shiseido, and L’Oréal will never tell you: your collagen isn’t disappearing because of age alone—it’s being destroyed by a process called glycation.
Every time you eat sugar—even “healthy” fruits or whole grains—your blood sugar rises. Those sugar molecules latch onto your precious collagen fibers like rust on metal, forming Advanced Glycation End Products (AGEs) that degrade your collagen from the inside out, causing:
✅ Deep wrinkles and fine lines that won’t respond to regular creams
✅ Loss of firmness and that sagging look in the mirror
✅ Dull, tired-looking skin that makes you appear older
✅ That frustrating feeling that your best years are behind you