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Sliced Bread

Collagen (2026 update)

Sliced Bread

BBC

Health & Fitness

4.6695 Ratings

🗓️ 9 April 2026

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

What's the latest on Collagen?

The new series of Sliced Bread kicks off with an update on one of the wonder products most-requested by listeners. Presenter Greg Foot first looked at Collagen in 2022 and returns to the subject to find out what has changed in the scientific landscape since then. Could there be new evidence that it really can do what the manufacturers claim: rejuvenate skin, nails and hair - and even help with joint and bone health?

To find out, Greg is rejoined by the expert from that original episode four years ago, dermatologist Dr Emma Wedgeworth, alongside Professor Jayne Tierney from University College London who specialises in reviewing evidence.

Together they do a deep-dive on the latest science, including a new study from one of the brands featured in 2022, Absolute Collagen. Does it stand up to scrutiny?

If you’ve seen an ad, trend or wonder product promising to make you happier, healthier or greener, email us at sliced.bread@bbc.co.uk or send a voice note to our WhatsApp number, 07543 306807.

RESEARCHER: PHIL SANSOM PRODUCERS: PHIL SANSOM AND GREG FOOT

Transcript

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts.

0:07.3

Their company's success helped build a nation.

0:10.9

The company is such a big part of Korea's economy.

0:13.5

But who are the family behind one of the world's tech giants?

0:17.2

They often say, look, we built the nation.

0:19.2

And without us, South Korea as it exists today,

0:22.6

would simply not be here. Inheritance, Samsung, explores the real-life dramas of the Lee family

0:28.3

and their company. They are the equivalent of royalty. Listen first on BBC Sounds.

0:36.4

Hello, I'm Greg Foote and welcome to a new series of sliced bread, the show that

0:40.8

investigates the wonder products promising to make you happier, healthier or greener. Each

0:45.6

episode, we follow the crumbs of evidence to find out if one of your suggested wonder products

0:49.6

is indeed the best thing since sliced bread or marketing BS. And to kick off this new batch of

0:55.8

investigations, we are doing something a little bit different. An update episode on a product

1:00.7

that we have looked at before, collagen supplements. Now, we first looked at these back in November

1:06.2

2022, but as their popularity has continued to rise, and as so many of you have been in touch about

1:12.6

them, we wanted to see how the products, the claims and the science have changed.

1:17.6

One of the listeners who dropped us an email was Cass Sanders from Hertfordshire, who wrote,

1:21.6

Collagen seems to be everywhere in the news. Could it now be SB or is it still possibly BS?

1:27.4

Well, let's find out, shall we? Welcome to

1:29.0

the studio, Cass. Thank you for having me. Pleasure. You've been seeing a lot of adverts for these

1:33.2

then. Yeah, it's been all over my social media and ads online as well. Marine collagen,

1:40.0

bovine collagen, stick it into a milkshake and drink it, and sometimes you've got pills as well.

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