Everyone is sick today.Not because of “bad luck” or "bad genetics" but because recovery is broken.
Recovery = 2 parts: • Repair signalling • Substrates for repair
Most people fail at both.
Repair signalling = your body’s way of telling cells, “fix this.” Biggest disruptor? Poor sleep.
No deep sleep → no proper growth hormone pulses → no repair signals → no recovery.
Substrates = the raw materials your body uses to repair.
Even if the signal is strong, without the right building blocks, repair stalls.
Modern Western diets are missing one of the key repair substrates: collagen.
Collagen makes up ~30% of body protein. Yet most people eat muscle meat only, not connective tissue, broth, or skin.
Without enough collagen, your tissues weaken over time.
Studies show people with hernias often have reduced collagen quality and variability. Translation: their tissues literally can’t hold together.
Our ancestors likely consumed 10–30 g/day of collagen peptides through regular ingestion of skin, tendons, cartilage, and bone broths. This is at least 3–10 times higher than modern Western averages.
Poor sleep + poor collagen intake = impaired signaling + impaired substrates.
And that causes a recovery collapse which shows up as: • Chronic injuries • Joint pain • Slow healing • “Random” health issues
So if you want to actually recover: • Fix your sleep → deep, consistent, regular • Fix your diet → collagen, gelatin, broths, organ meats
The body can’t recover without both the signal and the materials.
Everyone wants the newest hack. But the truth is simple:
Recovery is biology. Sleep is the signal. Collagen is the substrate.
Mess up either, and you stay broken.