vitamin c is not a bonus ingredient, it is the tool that builds collagen
I assumed vitamin C was in collagen products as a marketing add on. It is not. The enzyme that finishes collagen physically will not run without it.
the skin research is the part that actually convinced me
Nineteen randomised controlled trials and skin biopsies showing more collagen precursor afterwards. This is the strongest evidence in the whole category.
my knees started talking to me at 31
Nobody warns you that your knees start editorialising in your early thirties. It turns out that exact complaint is where the collagen research is strongest.
three amino acids you will only really find in collagen
For a while I assumed collagen was just protein with better branding. The amino acid profile is the reason that is wrong, and it is genuinely unusual.
the glycine thing, or why i started drinking collagen at night
I went looking for why collagen tastes faintly sweet, fell into a stack of glycine sleep studies, and moved my can to the evening. It has stayed there.
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.