22. Dr. Axe’s Top Tips & Tricks for Optimal Nutrition+Boosting Your Immune System- with Dr. Josh Axe

Collagen Basics

Dr. Josh Axe emphasizes the importance of collagen for overall health, highlighting its critical role in various bodily functions. He explains that collagen is essential for skin, hair, nails, bones, joints, and even the gut lining, yet most modern diets lack sufficient collagen intake 1. Dr. Axe advocates for consuming bone broth and collagen supplements to address this deficiency and improve health outcomes 2.

90% of the areas I'm about to mention, most of them are made up of almost purely collagen. Your skin, hair, nails, bones, discs, ligaments, tendons, connective tissue, fascia, gut lining, and vascular walls, like for your arteries and veins, those are almost all completely made up of collagen.

--- Josh Axe

   

Bone Broth

Bone broth is highlighted as a superior source of collagen, containing additional nutrients like glucosamine, chondroitin, and hyaluronic acid. Dr. Axe explains that different types of bone broth provide various forms of collagen, each beneficial for specific parts of the body 3. He also shares that bone broth cleanses have shown remarkable results in boosting immune and gut health among his patients 4.

Bone broth is the most collagen-rich superfood on the planet by far.

--- Josh Axe

   

Collagen Intake

Dr. Axe recommends incorporating collagen into the diet through bone broth, collagen powders, and vitamin C-rich foods. He also suggests adaptogenic herbs like ashwagandha and reishi mushrooms to support the body's collagen production 5. Additionally, he shares his seasonal approach to smoothies, using warm ingredients in fall and winter to maintain nutritional benefits 6.

The ideal way to get collagen is through consuming bone broth, whether it's as a liquid or doing it as a powder and a smoothie, or through a multi-collagen protein supplement.

--- Josh Axe