I see there’s a lot of people here using Collagen powder. Other than anecdotal evidence. Is there some scientific evidence people are going by that supports the use of daily collagen supplementation via powder?
Normally I get mine from boiling chicken carcasses but it’s a lot of work. Lol
Following. I am also very interested in whether or not I need collagen supplementation. I’ve been Keto over 6 months and am nearing my goal weight, but who wouldn’t love better hair, skin, and nails? 
I do not currently supplement with collagen, though I do make my own bone broth 1-2X/month (which is not a lot, I know). I would be willing to supplement with collagen if I had something more than anecdotes…
Lots of links to papers here https://www.selfhacked.com/blog/glycine-little-protein/ regarding the benefits of glycine. Glycine is what I’m after.
My understanding is that collagen (complex protein - think of a castle made from leggo blocks) gets digested down to individual amino acids (think individual leggo bricks) in order to pass through the walls of the digestive tract.
Once through, the body has a whole load of leggo bricks, but it will prioritise its needs and build those leggo bricks into what it wants.
So you can eat as many castles as you like but there is no guarantee that your body will build new castles with the bricks, once they are in your body. You may get a helicopter, or a bridge, or…
Happy to have my understanding corrected, but at the mo I see collagen supplements as a waste of time and money, and as much of a marketing con as those Raspberry Ketones were…
See…this was exactly what I was thinking. 
Where’s the scientific evidence that ingesting collagen results in increased collagen production? Couldn’t the same happen from just eating a complete protein source in general?
A LEGO presentation 
Omgosh
No Infographs, no PowerPoint needed
Love it!
So cool
True Real Old school, literally ( early childhood )
I’m SOLD on collagen now
I’m buying a life supply
Haha
All kidding aside, thanks for bringing back some great childhood memories!!
Appreciate it
Oh, if u have any science presentations
using Lincoln logs or an erector set🤔
Please post
Yeah. So old school in fact that I spelled the name of it wrong. Should be LEGO as you wrote it, not LEGGO as I did.
Mind you, back in my LEGO era, spelling really wasn’t my strong point…
this is an interesting post with a video included.
by searching for collagen on MDA I got 19 pages so…I’m not copying and pasting all that lol, but lots of info
I do buy his chocolate coconut collagen because it tastes amazing and if I’m going to consume it i want it to taste good
I personally believe it’s worth it to consume it, but I also have lost alot of weight and have more to go, I’m not super young, I worry about lose skin and I lift and want to reduce the chance of injury. I also want clearer skin and dont see how it could hurt.
I realize MDA is not a scientific study but just wanted to share as I remembered seeing information about it there.
EtA; per the comments googling Ray Peat and Chris Masterjohn would provide more info
https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/2017/12/26/collagen-workout-tendon-health/
1 more: https://www.marksdailyapple.com/10-reasons-to-eat-more-collagen/
Anyone have a view on whether just taking the glycine as a supplement has better/worse effects than taking collagen?
