Considering collagen is just a regular protein shouldnt it be digested into amino acids before being absorbed and have no medical/cosmetic effect beyond being a source of protein just like eating a steak or an egg?
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I went down this rabbit hole a while back. In theory, collagen should be no different than any other type of protein. Studies are consistently showing that skin is improved with collagen consumption.
But why? I haven’t even seen a plausible hypothesis.
Either the studies are flawed and there is no benefit from collagen or there is some part of the digestive process that isn’t fully understood.
There are people who are overstating these studies (which are all basic studies and may or may not be flawed) to sell collagen.
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