Explains how to lose weight, prevent disease, improve your digestion, and renew your youth by taking advantage of dietary collagen. Includes meal plan, recipes, and advice.

Introduction: The missing link to modern health -- Part 1. The truth about collagen. The essential nutrient that disappeared from our diets -- The smart new way to think about dietary protein -- The cool new breakthrough science on collagen -- How to get more collagen in your diet, starting today -- The six habits that supercharge (or sabotage) collagen -- How stem cells repair and restore cartilage and skin -- Part 2. What collagen can do for you. Collagen can create luminous skin, hair, and nails -- How collagen and other remedies can heal your gut -- Collagen secrets to eliminate pain and inflammation -- Ten other surprising, transformative benefits of collagen -- Part 3. The collagen diet plan. The 3-day collagen cleanse -- The 28-day collagen diet meal plan -- The collagen diet recipes -- Your simple, one-step guide to basic collagen-related info -- The collagen diet for life.