The Truth About Collagen Supplements

It's not all it's cracked up to be

Having been in the fitness space for a little over a half-decade now, I’ve seen trends in nutrition come and go. Keto, paleo, intermittent fasting, the carnivore diet — all have been all the rage at some point. After a while, however, they aren’t necessarily shunned or spoken about as being wrong. Rather, they simply disappear into a void. No one talks about them anymore and everyone stops following these protocols out of the blue.

Another candidate to enter into this void is collagen supplementation. In my article on testosterone boosters, I wrote that if a company is selling a testosterone boosting product, you probably should not trust them. Another product that falls under the exact same category is collagen, and specifically, collagen protein.

Last year, I interviewed Kurtis Frank, the current Director of Research at Legion Athletics and the Co-Founder of Examine.com. Kurtis probably knows more about supplementation than most scientists ever will, considering he has sifted through several thousands of scientific papers in order to develop the most comprehensive supplement-science database on the internet.

When I asked Kurtis which supplements are overhyped for purposes of recovering from injuries, this was his response: