Journal

Plain answers about what changes after forty

Short pieces on what's happening underneath — what these formulas are actually doing, how long any of it takes, and what a supplement can't do. Useful whether or not you buy anything.

  • Why a real collagen dose won't fit in a capsule

    3 min read

    A serving of the collagen is 4,500 mg of peptide. A capsule holds a fraction of that. The powder isn't a packaging preference — it's the only shape the dose fits in.

  • What twelve weeks actually looks like

    3 min read

    Nothing is visible in week one, and anyone promising otherwise is selling something. What's happening in the weeks before anything shows — and what to judge it on instead of the mirror.