Does Collagen Cause Weight Gain? Calories, Bloating and What the Trials Show
No. A 20g collagen sachet is 85 calories and the training trials showed more fat loss with collagen than placebo. Where the weight-gain worry comes from, what causes collagen bloating, and how coll...
Collagen for Over 50s: Muscle, Joints, Bone and Skin After Fifty
By 50 you have lost around a quarter of your collagen and muscle loss accelerates. The trials in older adults: 15g with strength training for muscle, 5g to 10g for joints, 5g for bone. A practical ...
Collagen for Sleep: Does Taking Collagen Before Bed Help You Sleep Better?
A 20g collagen sachet contains about 4.5g of glycine, and 3g of glycine before bed improved sleep quality in trials. A 2024 study found 15g of collagen peptides before bed reduced night waking in a...
Can You Put Collagen in Coffee? Does Heat Destroy Collagen?
Yes, you can put collagen in coffee. Hydrolysed collagen peptides are stable well above brewing temperature. What heat actually does to collagen, when it matters, and the catch with collagen coffee...
Collagen for Plantar Fasciitis: Can It Help, and the Protocol That Makes It Work
The plantar fascia is type I collagen, the same tissue as the Achilles. No trial has tested collagen on plantar fasciitis directly, but the tendon trials give a clear protocol: collagen before load...
Collagen for Bone Density and Osteoporosis: The 12-Month Trial Explained
Bone is 90% collagen by protein. In a 12-month trial, 5g of collagen peptides a day increased spine and hip bone density in postmenopausal women while placebo lost bone. What it means, who it is fo...
