Dear Mark: Glycine as Collagen Replacement; Debt as Disease of Civilization
For today’s edition of Dear Mark , I’m answering two questions. First, since glycine is often cited as the main reason to consume gelatinous meats and take collagen hydrolysate supplements, couldn’t we just take supplementary glycine? Are we missing anything if we go that route? And second, I riff off a great comment from last week’s post on financial security. Let’s go: Daniel asked: Any thoughts on isolated glycine vs collagen/gelatin for supplementation? You can get a kilo of glycine from BulkSupplements.com for about $20, so in terms of grams of glycine per dollar it’s much cheaper than collagen. Glycine is also very sweet, almost as sweet as sucrose, so it would seem to be an excellent healthy sweetener. That’s a good compromise, though. If I were really strapped for cash, I’d take glycine in a heartbeat. Pure glycine is great for things like balancing your intake of methionine . In case you’re not aware, muscle meat is high in an amino acid called methionine. Methionine ...
