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I won't comment on topical collagen as there is indeed reasons why it may work but we can be pretty sure oral supplementation is unnecessary, since it is just a
by zipy124 1y ago
I won't comment on topical collagen as there is indeed reasons why it may work but we can be pretty sure oral supplementation is unnecessary, since it is just a protein, so if you get sufficient protein intakes (of the respective amino acids) then your body will just make it. Your body when digesting collagen (and other proteins) in almost all cases will just convert it into it's amino acids anyway. The supplement industry is just EXTREMRLY profitable and so distorts modern media and occasionally science.
- pcthrowaway 1y ago> so if you get sufficient protein intakes (of the respective amino acids) then your body will just make it. I don't think everyone produces amino acids as efficiently as everyone else. For some people, perhaps supplementation is beneficial.
- IAmBroom 1y agoThat's an unscientific opinion. Any data?
- theoreticalmal 1y agoIs it any more or less unscientific than the parent comment?
- hagg3n 1y agoAssuming we're in the unscientific realm, and that scientificity exists on a spectrum, I'd say the parent comment is more scientific, because at least it provides a description of a logical causal chain (collagen is a protein, we digest proteins indiscriminately, therefore ...).
- pcthrowaway 1y agoI'm not inclined to do a bunch of research and I'm not claiming to be the best to interpret the studies, as I don't have a background in biology, but a cursory search shows many results like this https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10545-017-0063-1 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10545-017-0063-1 I didn't claim I was certain of this however, only that I'm under the impression that amino acid synthesis doesn't work as well for all people, for all amino acids.