It’s fair to say the world of supplements is now so large that it is difficult to know where to look and more importantly, will taking them actually be of any benefit? Hopefully, having personally researched dozens of supplements over the last 20years, I’ve finally found a range of supplements that I believe ticks all the boxes and more importantly I feel comfortable recommending to others:

Proto-Col supplements are a range of top grade supplements developed over 30yrs and used by International Sports Personalities and Celebrities the world over, covering:

James Greenwell (Managing Director and Owner) founded Proto-Col in July 2003.  James Greenwell was the former Captain of the Great Britain Modern Pentathlon Team and he developed Proto-Col following what was believed by many experts to be a career ending injury. Since then Proto-Col has developed a range of products which not only enhance recovery and performance but also as an unexpected spin off has also developed a complete nourishing & revitalising beauty range. His company believes in producing products which deliver luxury formulations, made with the best quality ingredients at affordable prices. 

Developed in Bath England to assist with recovery from sporting injuries Proto-Col is now an international brand selling across the globe & to outlets such as Harrods & Harvey Nicholls, collagen skin care – health & wellbeing from the inside & beautiful skin from the outside. To view the full range of products available & to learn more about the benefits follow this link:

Ben McLean (Team GB)        

James Greenwell is the MD & founder of proto-col – James was a former international athlete & Captain of the Great Britian Modern Pentathlon team. His goal to compete in the European championships, however, was injured after suffering a tear to his right tendon. Having had the injury looked at by medical experts, James was told he had suffered a career ending injury. At the time James was in his early thirties and the diagnosed recovery period was 12 to 14 weeks he was also told nothing further could be done to speed up this recovery period.   Dismayed at the prospect of not competing again James who had a nutritional background & with the help of Professor Greg Wright, (International pentathlete and infamous for assisting David Walliams with his English Channel & River Thames 160mile swim as well as  climbing Kilamonjareo with Celebrities Chris Moyles,  Fearne Cotton, Denise Van Outen, Benn Shephard, Kimberly Walsh, Ronan Keating and Gary Barlow in aid of charities) James became the first elite athlete in the world to try Collagon hydrolosate as a supplement to aid the recovery of his injury.   Amazingly after only 3 weeks of taking a high dosage (9 capsules per day) of the Collagen supplements James felt strong enough to start back training and was even able to start to jog again.

Collagen Facts 

Collagen is a structural protein in abundant in whole body every single elememt of body, hair, nails, ligaments, tendons etc – about 76% of protein in body is collagen – this natural production of collagen starts breaking it down at approx.. 1.5% of body store per year after the age of 25, so by the age of 45 you have lost about 30% of the primary protein which holds / glues our bodies together. So by taking supplements from inside has better affect than taking externally – as it stimulates the body to start producing its own natural collagen at faster rate again & supply the body with pure collagen that the body can absorb & rebuild its original levels. As body gets older its connective tissues break down naturally, the ingestion of collagen will stimulate the natural growth & natural building process, however, the body will only recognise collagen with a very similar DNA to our body’s own collagen. It is during the first 2 hours of sleep, when the body goes into deep sleep known as Alpha sleep cycles, in this state the body go into its recovery zone / scavenger mode,. Whereby, all the vitamins, minerals proteins & carbohydrates ingested during the day are utilized to repair the body. So to maximize the recovery benefit it is best to take the collagen supplements last thing at night. 

Recommended Dosage 

3 capsules daily for vanity, up to 6 capsules daily for minor injuries and up to 9 capsules daily for serious injuries. 

Note: It is not possible to overdose, because the collagen is a naturally occurring product in the body, which is non-toxic, so you can take as much as you want, the body will assimilate it and only use as much as it requires. 

Vegetarians:  Collagen is a bovine derivative and therefore may not be suitable for vegetarians, although it is completely tasteless.