Are Collagen Supplements A Waste Of Money? (Plus Foam Rolling Myths Busted!)

And let's just kind of backtrack a little bit to what collagen actually is.

So collagen is a protein and it's found in our skin, it's found in our tendons, it's found in our ligaments, it's found in our bones, our cartilage.

It's the most abundant protein in our body, actually.

And when we consume collagen, and before, yeah, it naturally declines as we get older.

I just wanted to say that before I went on to meat.

When we consume collagen, it doesn't travel necessarily straight to our face or our knee and present itself as collagen.

It's when we take collagen in as a supplement, it gets digested down into amino acids and peptides.

And the body can use that protein as building blocks where required.

So you may take collagen from your skin thinking, if I take collagen, my skin's going to look great.

But your body will decide how it's going to use that collagen.

It comes in as collagen, your body's going to strip that down and break it down into amino acids.

It may then build it into collagen, it may also not.

So as in like to use it for what we want it for, is what I'm trying to say.

Now there are some studies that have found small improvements in hydration and elasticity of the skin.

I've seen it for several weeks.

But the studies vary massively in the dose, in the quality, and the actual product.

And to be honest, they're all funded mainly by the companies who are trying to send the products.

So I would just really think about the context.

So yeah, think about the context when you're looking at these things as well.

Some of the kind of things, the joints, there's some evidence of modest improvement in pain and function, particularly with people with osteoarthritis.

But, you know, it's not going to be groundbreaking, really.

There isn't enough evidence right now to say, yes, it absolutely definitely works.

It definitely is not good for a protein supplement.

It's not a complete protein, so I won't be using it as a protein supplement.

And beer may be potentially a nice to have, but after you've done all the basics.