Notes From the Trailhead
Deep dives on animal-based nutrition, hormones, training, and eating like your great-grandfather.
Unflavored Protein Powder: What to Expect and How to Use It
Unflavored protein powder is sold without a named flavor, but it is not tasteless. Whey tastes faintly milky, beef and egg blends can lean savory, and pea protein is often...
Read the Article → Jul 27, 2026How to Make Collagen-Rich Bone Broth (or Skip the 24-Hour Simmer)
To make collagen-rich bone broth, start with collagen-dense bones — knuckles, marrow bones, oxtail, or feet — add a splash of vinegar, cover with water, and simmer low and slow...
Read the Article → Jul 27, 2026Beef vs Chicken Bone Broth: Which Has More Collagen?
Both have collagen — but beef bone broth is generally the richer source. Big, dense beef bones like knuckle, marrow, and oxtail are loaded with collagen and give you that...
Read the Article → Jul 27, 2026Best Bone Broth Collagen Powders (2026): What to Actually Look For
The best bone broth collagen powder states its collagen source, gives you a measured dose, lists every added ingredient and fits the way you will use it. First decide whether...
Read the Article → Jul 27, 2026Bone Broth vs Collagen Peptides: How to Choose
Bone broth is a prepared food whose collagen has become gelatin during cooking. Collagen peptides are collagen proteins broken into smaller fragments by hydrolysis and sold in measured servings. Neither...
Read the Article → Jul 27, 2026Does Bone Broth Have Collagen? (And Exactly How Much)
Yes. Bone broth has collagen. When you simmer bones and connective tissue, the collagen inside them breaks down into gelatin and dissolves into the water, along with minerals and amino...
Read the Article → Jul 15, 2026Beef Organ Supplements for Men: Testosterone, Performance & the Honest Truth
Beef organ supplements support men's health by supplying nutrients tied to male vitality — zinc, selenium, B12, and iron — in whole-food form. But the popular claim that beef organs...
Read the Article → Jul 15, 2026Beef Organ Supplements for Hair and Skin: What Actually Helps
Beef organ supplements support hair and skin indirectly — by supplying nutrients these tissues depend on, including vitamin A, iron, zinc, copper, and B vitamins. They aren't a topical treatment...
Read the Article → Jul 15, 2026How Much Beef Liver Should You Take Per Day? (Dosage Guide)
A common daily serving of desiccated beef liver is about 3,000mg — roughly six capsules — which keeps you well within safe limits for a supplement. Because liver is very...
Read the Article → Jul 15, 2026Beef Liver for Iron and Energy: How It Works (and Its Limits)
Yes — beef liver is a rich source of heme iron, the highly absorbable form found in animal foods, along with the B12 and copper your body needs to actually...
Read the Article → Jul 15, 2026The Best Ancestral Supplements Alternative (2026): An Honest Comparison
Ancestral Supplements and Paleovalley are two of the best-known grass-fed organ brands. Ancestral offers a five-organ blend and a liver-only capsule (both 3,000mg, freeze-dried); Paleovalley offers a three-organ complex (3,600mg)....
Read the Article → Jul 15, 2026Primal Queen vs Glowing Goddess: An Honest Comparison (2026)
Primal Queen and Glowing Goddess are both female-optimized beef organ supplements built around reproductive organs. Glowing Goddess includes more organs (10 vs 6) at a slightly lower price; Primal Queen...
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