Supplementing Collagen

#1

Those of you who supplement collagen, how much do you take and how often? How long have you been taking it, and how have you noticed it benefiting you?
Also, if anyone has any unique ways to incorporate it, or recipes using collagen powder, please feel free to share :slight_smile:

(Laurie) #2

For the past few months I’ve been taking a collagen powder that combines Type I and Type II collagen. I get Type III collagen from pork rinds. I don’t keep close track of daily amounts. I don’t know whether I’ve received any benefit from collagen.

I put collagen powder in my homemade yogurt dip and other soft foods that will be eaten cold (e.g., egg salad, liver pâté). One scoop of powder for every 500 g (1 pint) of mixture.

Don’t overdo it. If you use too much collagen, the food you add it to will become too stiff/solid. And you might feel a bit constipated.

(Robin) #3

I keep a big canister of it on my kitchen counter. I add it to any hot beverage. I probably put a heaping tablespoon in each time. And I probably do that an average of 4-5 times a day. I have for sure noticed my nails are harder and grow faster, and my wrinkles seems to have filled in…?

#4

Use whatever the dose is, people like to overdo collagen thinking they’ll get more out of it, it doesn’t work that way. Don’t forget whenever you’re getting in complete protein you’re getting in all the same stuff (plus the tryptophan that collagen is missing).

If your diet is protein deficient you’d probably notice a little more out of dosing it more than once, but if not it’s unlikely. Same boat as BCAAs, if you’re getting adequate protein in it’s unlikely it’s doing too much.

(Michael - When reality fails to meet expectations, the problem is not reality.) #5

In my current keto coffee mix I use 10.2 grams of Progressive Complete Hydrolyzed Collagen. I view it as just another protein source. It mixes easily and is flavourless. I’ve only noticed faster finger and toe nail growth. As an older male I’m hoping it has additional benefits that aren’t so obvious. Yes, I know it’s an incomplete protein, missing tryptophan. But it contains more proline and glycine than other sources of protein that provide the tryptophan. It’s proline and glycine that most interest me in preventing overall degeneration related to aging.

You may find this of interest.

#6

I’ve used Neocell and Garden of LIfe brands. Both, I believe are grass fed bovine collagen. One of them contains two types of collagen (or 3) plus hyralounic acid. Most of the time, I use one scoop in my morning coffee. Other times, I use the Neocell tablets. I tend to only use the supplements when I’m out of bone broth.
Bone broth is the best source, according to Dr. Berry. He’s gone so far as to say that the powdered ones are a waste of money. (I saw the video one day after I’d found a great sale and purchased 2 canisters of the powder, plus two bottles of the tablets.Ugh.) Anyways, since we raise grass fed beef, and get soup bones with every order, I feel fairly well stocked. Though, I am plowing through alot of the bone these past couple of weeks.

For me, the combination of fasting, then having bone broth has done wonders for my skin and wrinkles.

(Allie) #7

I’ve been using it daily for the last five months and am nearly at the end of the latest pack, and not getting another as I’ve not noticed any changes.

(Central Florida Bob ) #8

I’m more like Allie (@Shortstuff)

I did collagen supplements for about six months ending about a year ago. I was specifically trying to strengthen my nails, because I was emphasizing what’s called fingerstyle guitar playing, where you play with your nails and not a plastic pick. My nails break very easily along obvious ridge lines that are thinner than the rest of the nail. I combined the collagen with biotin that’s supposed to help as well.

I started in late October knowing it would take until January or February before I might be able to tell if it was working. I kept taking collagen until the following April. I couldn’t tell any difference.

(Butter Withaspoon) #9

I buy a lot of more fibrous hard to chew cuts of meat and chew all the tendony ligamenty bits of the bones. When well cooked I find some softer parts of bones I can chew too. Am I weird? :joy: No collagen supplements needed yet and I felt very robust yesterday when I twisted my ankle on a loose rock and hit the deck. Nothing broken except bit of skin on my hands and I could walk again within half a minute. N=1 experiment.

#10

I’ve started harvesting all the bones from steaks, ribs, etc, and throwing those into the broth I make with soup bones. I figure, why not? The more, the merrier.

Sometimes, I’m just not able to stomach the really rich broth, especially early morning. So, I do a 50/50 mix with black coffee. It works well for me.

@Hallie Nope. not weird.I save everything that falls from the soup bones, and gobble it up for my OMAD. Also, I poke the marrow out of the middle of the bones, and whiz them with the immersion blender while in the bone broth. I’m not crazy about using supplements, but there are times when the making of the bone broth doesn’t get done when it needs to, so I use the supplements to fill in those spaces of time.

When I was 100% carnivore last year, I went unscathed for quite some time. I noticed that any dings in my skin healed very quickly.

(Bob M) #11

I, for one, prefer to take your word for this. :wink:

(Butter Withaspoon) #12

Except I had another accident today- got taken down by a kangaroo and no, I’m not joking.
I don’t think gnawing my bones is causing this :pleading_face:

(Butter Withaspoon) #13

I’ve just started putting all my steak and chop bones in the freezer too, then adding to the soup making. It’s just got colder here so I’m making broth soup and stews more. Why waste! And I’ve discovered that marrow is quite delicious. Vaguely remember sucking it out as a kid

#14

I’ve just ordered a couple of month’s worth of Marine Collagen (1 & 3) to see if it helps with skin and hair.

I’m not saying I’m suffering problems, because I’m not…well, bit of dry scalp at times, but I’d prefer to to pre-empt and try something, just in case.

I lost a quarter of my bodyweight in record time under keto (6 months 25kgs). Rapid change, although positive, will take its toll somehow in other ways.

It’s a major constituent of our our human protein production which reduces with age…so I’m going to try supplements. I’ll tell you how it goes.

R.