The Strength Log Will Collagen Keep Your Joints Healthy and Your Skin Young?
Aug 11, 2025
They dig into whether collagen drinks or bone broth actually help tendons, joints, and skin. The biology of collagen, age-related decline, and vitamin C’s role get explained. A recent Dutch study and its methods are broken down, including blood responses and protein synthesis results. Practical takeaways about diet, supplements, and real-food vitamin C finish the discussion.
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Collagen Enhances Food Flavor And Texture
- Philip Wildenstam says collagen-rich foods give the best mouthfeel and flavor in stocks and reductions.
- He enjoys those cuts and notes modern diets use fewer collagen-rich parts than historically.
Collagen Is Structural Scaffolding
- Collagen is the body's most abundant protein and provides structural scaffolding in skin, bones, tendons, cartilage and blood vessels.
- Natural collagen production declines from about age 25, which contributes to wrinkles and connective tissue changes.
Vitamin C Is Required For Collagen
- Collagen is built mostly from non-essential amino acids that the body can synthesize.
- Vitamin C is essential for forming stable collagen even though the amino acids themselves are non-essential.