What's going on, everybody.

Welcome back to another episode of the Nutrition Science podcast.

I am your host, Dr. Adrian Chavez, and in this episode, we are going to be talking about collagen.

So quick review.

Last episode, we talked about artificial sweeteners.

If you haven't listened to that episode and you're interested in that topic, I recommend

checking out the last episode of the podcast.

We defined what artificial sweeteners were.

We talked about different data on artificial

sweeteners and its role in cancer, heart disease, weight gain, and more. So I highly recommend

checking that episode out as well. Today we are going to be talking about another very popular

topic right now, and that is collagen. So collagen over the last few years has exploded onto the scene and become one of the most popular supplements on the market.

This is probably the topic that I get the most questions about, surprisingly, is collagen?

Is it useful?

Are the claims that are made around this product true? And these are the

things that we are going to address today on this episode. So we'll discuss some primary claims around

collagen. Does it improve skin health? Does it improve bone health? Does it improve joint health? Does it

improve osteoarthritis? Gut health? and also whether or not it's a good

supplement for muscle building and muscle recovery. So we'll cover those things. But first,

what I want to do is introduce what exactly collagen is. So you have a little bit of background

and understanding exactly what this particular supplement is so that you'll understand why it may or may not be beneficial,

as I discuss some of the research that I'm going to present a little bit later in this episode.

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