alt Hacker NewsAmong endurance athletes collagen supplements have become increasingly popular the past couple years -- from what I understand the evidence is kind of mixed though
e.g. https://thefeed.com/products/pillar-performance-collagen-1?v...
Among endurance athletes collagen supplements have become increasingly popular the past couple years -- from what I understand the evidence is kind of mixed though
e.g. https://thefeed.com/products/pillar-performance-collagen-1?v...
I don't get what's the supposed mechanism of action here. Collagen is a hard to digest protein and it has to get digested to be processed and then it's no longer collagen. Why not just eat any other protein source instead?