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hydrolysed just means someone already did the chewing

Hydrolysed, peptides, hydrolysate. I assumed these were three different ingredients competing with each other. They are one ingredient with three names.

type i, type ii, type iii, and why anyone cares

I kept seeing type i and type iii on labels and nodding like I knew what that meant. Here is the version I wish someone had given me first.

what collagen actually does, in normal words

I bought my first collagen powder because someone I follow held a jar up on a Sunday morning. Then I found out what it actually does, and I stopped treating it as optional.