The three-nutrient cocktail that might outperform exercise alone for healthy aging Registered dietitian-nutritionist Molly Knudsen analyzed how collagen, vitamin C and vitamin E work synergistically to support skeletal muscle, immune function, vascular health and cognition, challenging the mainstream pharmaceutical narrative. Collagen supplementation provides amino acids that support extracellular matrix remodeling and tendon integrity when paired with resistance training, but is not a substitute for leucine-rich proteins for muscle growth. Vitamin C is an essential cofactor for stabilizing collagen’s triple-helix structure and also offers antioxidant and immunomodulatory properties that support vascular function and modulate inflammatory gene expression with exercise. Vitamin E…

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