For years, the medical community has been deeply skeptical of collagen supplements. Unlike prescription drugs, dietary supplements are not required to be regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, meaning companies can make sweeping claims about their products without presenting any proof that those products actually work. Independent clinical trials have repeatedly struggled to…
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Body Collagen supplements are everywhere. Powders stirred into morning coffee, pills lined up next to vitamins and ready to drink formulas marketed with promises of smoother skin and pain-free joints have become fixtures in medicine cabinets and grocery store shelves alike. Americans are spending billions on these products every year, driven in large…

