The Claim

Serum procollagen type 1 N-terminal peptide (P1NP) increases by approximately 10% after 3 weeks of eccentric resistance training in fit young males, and this increase is not enhanced by collagen peptide supplementation.

Source: Partly Substituting Whey for Collagen Peptide Supplementation Improves Neither Indices of Muscle Damage Nor Recovery of Functional Capacity During Eccentric Exercise Training in Fit Males.

What the research says

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In plain English

After three weeks of eccentric resistance training, levels of a specific bone and tendon marker called P1NP rise by about 10% in healthy young men. Taking collagen peptide supplements does not make this increase any larger.

See the scientific wording

Serum procollagen type 1 N-terminal peptide (P1NP) increases by approximately 10% after 3 weeks of eccentric resistance training in fit young males, but this increase is not enhanced by collagen peptide supplementation.

What the research says

1 study
  1. Study: Partly Substituting Whey for Collagen Peptide Supplementation Improves Neither Indices of Muscle Damage Nor Recovery of Functional Capacity During Eccentric Exercise Training in Fit Males.

    The study found that doing eccentric exercises made a specific protein marker in the blood go up by 10%, just like the claim said. Adding collagen supplements didn’t make it go up any more than just doing the exercises alone.

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