Collagen for bone health

[SpaghettiIsGood]

I researched it and found that it's helpful for bones, but no one talks about it like we talk about calcium. Should we be taking collagen?

[MWZ3]

My daughter bought it for me so I have been having it and, like you, I had not considered it until now. It is not cheap which is a bit of an issue. Apparently we begin to lose collagen after a certain age which was a long time ago for me. It has support so it can be included in the fight against ageing for our bones and other health. It is a choice.

[Akiki in reply to MWZ3]

Hi- I have been taking Collagen for 2 years or so. It was mentioned on the healthy Chef website in Aus.that you need to take it with Vitamin C for absorption. Very good for joints and connective tissue as well. Along with Calcium (Hydroxypatite), vit D ( I take 5000iu because of MS ) Prof George Jelinek's recommendation on OMS site and K2 for calcium absorption. Gets expensive but I look at what is important for my health and perhaps forgo other costs. But hard when on a low income. ☺️

[SpaghettiIsGood in reply to Akiki]

Maybe the doc can write a script for those. I had a skin doctor who wrote a script for over the counter lotion. I guess so my insurance would pay instead of me.

Adding this: glad you posted that vitamin c is needed to absorb collagen. I couldn't remember what I read about pairing vitamin c.

[Akiki in reply to SpaghettiIsGood]

HI I know not enough info sometimes when we look at absorption. Vit C also needed with iron supplements. But need to absorb iron supplements, but need to keep calcium separate from iron supps as interferes with calcium absorption ! A lot to consider and why my Naturopath/Nutritionist gives a script for the best time of day to take most vitamins. Vit D is fat soluble so needs the good fats to help it to assimilate and do its thing. Must be why Vit E is included in sprays and drops. I think if we over complicate it, it gets overwhelming -but eating well and arming ourselves with the knowledge (and advice from Health professionals) it establishes a routine for the day's nutritional needs that we can stick to and adapt,as we research and talk to the wonderful people contributing to this forum.

Thank you for the advice on getting a script. I have gone to the purest form of each supplement I can find but always inform the my Naturopath etc of all I'm taking so they can guide me. But am always learning and oversharing Ha Ha . Take Care Hope this makes sense.

[beckyiswell]

Last year when I went to buy what I was using, Bone Up by Jarrow, the woman at my health food shop who is trained in supplementation, handed my e a new supplement to try and said it is better because it has collagen in it. It is by Solaray, collagen bone complete. Has collagen, plant calcium and magnesium, vit D3 and K2.

[beckyiswell in reply to beckyiswell]

I also have powdered collagen by Dr Axe, which I add to smoothies.

Collagen is very good for your skin also. I think I read somewhere that it's in every cell of our bodies.

[SpaghettiIsGood in reply to beckyiswell]

Do you take that for your bones?

Good that you mix it with cold, and not hot. Heard that if mixed with hot, one may just not take it at all, because the hot destroys the properties we use it for.

Solaray sounds like a powerhouse of good things.

[Akiki in reply to beckyiswell]

HiCollagen sounds like an all rounder for people with OP. & OA and on Prolia which Mum ( 90 this year) and I am on. Prolia can make your skin susceptible to infection etc so a good quality Marine Collagen is what I take, but Mum in Aged Care unfortunately. Very hard to go through protocols of Naturopathic recommendations in that circumstance unless approved by GP. She does take Calcium and Vit D but not what she was taking before she went in. Have to give reasons they need to check her level of Vit D and Calcium before taking next Prolia. But seems to have a good GP there for now and they are making sure it is checked each time before next Prolia injection. Have a look at Healthy Chef website in Australia as they give you a lot of Nutritional info on all their wholefood powders. Teresa Cutter also a Heathy Chef/Nutrionist.

Will check out Dr Axe-sounds ominous

🙂

[HeronNS in reply to Akiki]

Be careful of Dr Axe, among other things he practices quackery. Not saying anything about the quality of supplements he sells, because maybe they are perfectly fine, I wouldn't know.

[Akiki in reply to HeronNS]

Thank you . Just checked the site but the supplements have dairy which I have to avoid for MS. Will stick to what I am on as trust the sources I have in Aust.

[FearFracture]

The only things doctors say are calcium, vitamin D, walking, and light weights. None of which are enough.

I have read many posts from people taking collagen supplements. Additionally, some doctors recommend drinking 1 - 3 cups of bone broth daily (you get collagen from bone broth). I have recently added 1 cup of bone broth to my daily diet. I plan to increase the amount I drink daily but I don't want to increase it until I start making my own bone broth.

[SpaghettiIsGood in reply to FearFracture]

I've got some chicken bones in my freezer, to make bone broth. I read an article recently that had a detailed scientific explanation of why bone broth won't work the way we want it to, but I'm not accepting that. Everything else I read says the opposite (that it is helpful).

[FearFracture in reply to SpaghettiIsGood]

Ugh! It seems like all advice is contradicted. One expert says drink bone broth and another says don't.

For now, I think I'm going to go with "drink bone broth"--for one thing, drinking water all day gets old and I rather enjoy my cup of bone broth--but, in the future, I will do a little more research to determine if I should count on it for collagen and protein, etc.

[HeronNS in reply to FearFracture]

Probably because people can make their own bone broth (hopefully from healthily-raised animals) some experts can't sell as many supplements as they'd like. She says cynically