Collagen and Vitamin C: Why They Are Paired, How Much You Need and When
Vitamin C is the cofactor your body needs to build collagen fibres. How much you actually need (less than you think), whether to take it with your collagen, and what the Shaw trial used.
Does Collagen Break a Fast? The Straight Answer for Intermittent Fasting
Yes. Collagen is protein, it has calories and it triggers an insulin and mTOR response, so it breaks a strict fast. When that matters, when it does not, and how to fit collagen into 16:8 without lo...
Does Collagen Actually Work? The Evidence, Graded Honestly
Skin: strong evidence. Joints and tendons: moderate, with exercise. Muscle and bone: moderate. Hair and gut: weak. What the trials show, the sceptic's argument answered, and how to tell if it is wo...
Bovine Collagen Benefits: What It Does, Who It Is For and How It Compares
Bovine collagen provides type I and III collagen, the two types in skin, tendon, ligament, muscle and gut lining. The benefits with trial doses, how it compares to marine, and what to look for.
Collagen for Men: Strength, Joints, Skin and Hair, Without the Beauty-Aisle Marketing
Men lose collagen at about 1% a year from their twenties. What collagen actually does for men: the strength, tendon, joint and skin trials, honest hair evidence, and the dose that matters.
Hydrolysed Collagen vs Collagen Peptides vs Gelatin: What the Labels Actually Mean
Hydrolysed collagen and collagen peptides are the same thing. Gelatin is not. What each term means, how to read a UK collagen label, and which one the studies used.
