As many of you know, in the past I’ve taken a critical stance on dietary collagen protein and recommended against it as a supplement. Science evolves, however, and given the new research that has come out since I first took my stance, I thought it an appropriate time to revisit the topic and potentially reevaluate […]
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The Importance of Proper Controls
In his book Bad Pharma, Ben Goldacre talks about how placebos often do not make good controls (he also talks about this briefly in one of his TED Talks starting at 7:50). The reason is that placebos are equivalent to no treatment, which isn’t helpful when the condition we’re exploring already has an established treatment. What we want […]
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4 Things That Won’t Help Your Tendons and 4 Things That Might
After I finished writing my glucosamine and chondroitin supplement guide and follow-up executive overview, I realized that what I had written could be disheartening. I don’t want to be solely the bearer of bad news, and I’ve also experienced firsthand how presenting only the negatives can fail to inspire change. Since one of the foremost goals […]
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