Drink This Anti-Inflammatory Beverage For Better Skin & Sleep

January is the perfect month to kick-start new habits. Personally, I've hopped aboard the meal-prepping train these past couple of weeks (lots of overnight oats), but if you're looking for a new ritual to help you wind down before bed, I have two words for you: golden milk. 

The warm, ancient Ayurvedic beverage is the perfect addition to any relaxing evening regimen. As integrative neurologist Kulreet Chaudhary, M.D., previously writes for mbg: "Once you've tried golden milk, you'll be hooked on the way it settles your mind and body at the end of the day and invites your entire being to relax and let go of any worries as you drift off to sleep."

We can attribute most of golden milk's beauty-related benefits to turmeric (the main ingredient in the sunny-hued beverage). Turmeric root, and its main bioactive compound, curcumin1, has been found to possess loads of antioxidant properties, which help protect the skin from free radicals2, like environmental pollutants. 

Now, if you want to level up your skin-loving golden milk even further, you can add a scoop of collagen powder to the mix, namely one with hydrolyzed collagen peptides. Studies show that these collagen peptides are able to support skin elasticity and dermal collagen density4 by promoting the body's natural production of collagen5 and other compounds that make up the skin, like elastin and fibrillin. Of course, we'd recommend snagging mbg's beauty & gut collagen+, which features 17.7 grams of grass-fed collagen peptides, vitamins C and E, hyaluronic acid, turmeric (!), and more.