Dr. Rhonda Patrick

So you're not really big on recovery supplements.

I got two more to ask you about.

One, and we can kind of lump them together as well, but the hydrolyzed collagen powder for joints and tendons.

And this is where I get into, you know, it's high in arginine.

It's actually really high in arginine.

I take it mostly for skin because I've been pretty convinced by the skin data.

But I was, you know, what are your thoughts on that?

The study that convinced me of that very question that you were asking was actually published a while ago, over a decade ago.

And it was an animal study where hydrolyzed collagen powder was radiolabeled and intact peptides were making their ways to the tendons.

And I was like, okay.

I mean, yeah, it's a rodent, but...

Are we really going to say that, you know, an intact peptide is going to make its way to the tendons?

I mean, maybe, maybe it's not going to happen in a human, but it seems encouraging.

It's got a very different amino acid profile than protein, though.

Proline and hydroxyproline, yeah.

Reasonable.

There's enough competition now that there's quality brands that you can find.

What are your thoughts on glucosamine chondroitin for tendon joint?

Kind of makes evidence as far as I last saw.

Sometimes I'll like, if I have an issue, it's like, okay, let's try to throw it.