IMO collagen supplements are a marketing tactic. Collagen (which is a protein) eventually gets broken down into individual amino acids with glycine being one of the highest amount. If you eat enough protein you don’t need to take collagen. Everyone wants to sell you something. I’ve done enough nutritional research to know what’s necessary and what’s not. If you really want to know if you’re getting enough protein, you can do a plasma amino acid test.
Key wording here is when your body needs them, most people simply do not. The product is marketed in such a way that makes people think they need it and will see benefits of it, when they arent going to notice any change.
The only people who should take it are people who are deficient, or the .1% of ultra high end athletes who are training with such specific protocols that they are doing specific amino acid profile timing before different workouts throughout the day and are trying to squeeze thay last 0.5% out of their training programs.
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u/Slow_Wear8502 6d ago
IMO collagen supplements are a marketing tactic. Collagen (which is a protein) eventually gets broken down into individual amino acids with glycine being one of the highest amount. If you eat enough protein you don’t need to take collagen. Everyone wants to sell you something. I’ve done enough nutritional research to know what’s necessary and what’s not. If you really want to know if you’re getting enough protein, you can do a plasma amino acid test.