Will Collagen Bonk Your Serotonin? | Chris Masterjohn Lite #104

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Will collagen supplements bonk your serotonin and make you depressed or anxious?

Tune in for my response to an article that Trudy Scott, author of The Anti-Anxiety Food Solution, wrote about this over at “Every Woman Over 29” blog.

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Here are links mentioned in this episode:

Trudy Scott’s article: https://www.everywomanover29.com/blog/collagen-gelatin-lower-serotonin-increase-anxiety-depression/

My episode on why collagen shouldn’t replace other protein:

https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/2018/11/06/do-you-supplement-with-collagen/

How GABA and glycine can sometimes have a stimulatory effect: https://chrismasterjohnphd.com/2018/12/25/glycine-gaba-wake/

Access the show notes, transcript, and comments here.

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