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Understand your ingredients. Choose with confidence.
Clear answers for the questions behind your daily routine. Get to know collagen and glycine, learn what to look for in a formula, and follow the sources as far as you like.
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The essentials, explained
Useful answers. A little more understanding.
Practical reference
How to read a Supplement Facts label
Compare serving size, active amounts, collagen source, elemental minerals, other ingredients and cost per stated serving without confusing them with scoop weight or marketing claims.
Use the label-reading guide →The collagen field guide · By Dayspan
Five reasons to rethink your daily scoop.
Morning rituals, collagen and aging, the hydrolyzed difference, topical care and active living. Explore the complete story, short lifestyle films and original research behind a more purposeful routine.
Read the complete collagen field guide →Collagen · Guide
What are collagen peptides?
Follow collagen from its three-strand structure to a scoop of peptides, and understand gelatin, glycine, digestion and collagen types along the way.
Read the guide : What are collagen peptides?Collagen · Guide
Collagen types I, II, III, V and X explained
Learn what five common collagen types mean, how source and processing change the material, what human studies show, and why Dayspan uses a focused formula.
Read the guide : Collagen types I, II, III, V and X explainedCollagen · Guide
How to choose a collagen powder
Build a useful shortlist with a step-by-step label comparison, worked cost examples and a clear way to investigate ingredient research and testing.
Read the guide : How to choose a collagen powderCollagen · Guide
Collagen peptides vs bone broth protein
Understand how collagen powder, dried broth and a cup of broth differ, then compare protein, concentration and ingredient amounts with clear examples.
Read the guide : Collagen peptides vs bone broth proteinGlycine · Guide
What is glycine?
Learn how glycine moves from an amino acid to part of proteins, why the body makes it, and how collagen, glutathione and creatine fit together.
Read the guide : What is glycine?Glycine · Guide
Glycine vs magnesium glycinate: read the difference
Understand free glycine, magnesium chelation and elemental amounts, then practice with serving-size and Daily Value examples.
Read the guide : Glycine vs magnesium glycinate: read the difference
The thinking behind the choices.
Formulation Journal
Why these ingredients, together?
Explore the practical decisions behind Dayspan formulas, from ingredient identity to the shape of a daily routine.
Read the journal →Our selections
Know what makes a useful recommendation.
Our approach to choosing products, evaluating exact formulas and explaining personal preferences.
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