Do Collagen Supplements Cause Cancer?

Collagen makes up about 30% of the total protein in the human body, making it the most abundant protein we have. Collagen supplements are popular for smoothing wrinkles, improving gut health, building muscle, and easing arthritis pain, but is there a darker side? Someone asked me if collagen supplements could cancer. Does it? Let's examine the proof for collagen and cancer and try to figure out what's going on.

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Video Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Collagen Supplements & Cancer
00:30 Collagen Cancer Clinical Studies
00:58 What is The Extracellular Matrix
02:47 Collagen Supplements & Cancer
04:41 My Thoughts

References
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...
https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/c...
https://translational-medicine.biomed...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
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https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34485...
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https://www.mdanderson.org/newsroom/c...
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/...
https://www.mdanderson.org/cancerwise...

Key Takeaways
1 I could not locate any evidence that collagen supplements cause any type of cancer, such as breast or prostate cancer.
2 If you have cancer speak to your doctor (oncologist), who is likely aware of this controversy and can give you the most up-to-date advice on collagen supplements.
3 Concern this may be related to how some clinical studies are titled, giving the impression collagen supplements trigger cancer.
4 Cancer changes the extracellular matrix outside of cells such that it is stiffer and contains more collagen.
5 Some types of cancer promote a different kind of collagen to help it spread and evade the immune system.
6 Ironically, preliminary research in lab animals suggests collagen may help protect us from some types of cancer.

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