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collagen

i quit three collagen powders before i started drinking this

Three tubs, two of them still in my cupboard, one thrown out. The problem was never the ingredient.

third party tested means nothing until you ask three questions

Third party tested is on nearly every supplement website. It is also unregulated, and there are three questions that reveal whether it means anything.

what sugar does to collagen, which is the part that annoyed me most

I found out that sugar physically damages collagen at roughly the same time I noticed most collagen drinks are full of it.

what grass fed actually means on a collagen label

Grass fed is on our can, so I owe you a straight explanation of what that phrase does and does not guarantee.

marine or bovine, and why we went with the cow

Marine collagen gets talked about like the premium tier. Here is what actually separates it from bovine, and why we still chose bovine.

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.