Experiences with

Collagen

Hi, has anyone any experience with taking a collagen supplement? I suffer from IBS C and would like to try collagen for joint pain etc, but am nervous of it making my IBS worse. Any advice gratefully received.

taking collagen as it is not good for people with liver disease as the liver has to process it.

I was wondering if anyone else in this forum who exercises and/or takes Collagen II has found their liver enzymes elevated as a result? I'm trying to find the cause! Thanks!

I’m looking at Bone Balance and wonder if anyone has other recommendations or can share if taking collagen makes a difference? Thank you and hope everyone has a great weekend!

I have been told that essential amino acids are useful and I now take grass fed, no hormone, organic beef collagen to obtain these. (Collagen types 1 and 3) Many thanks, Jill

I’ve been taking marine collagen 3000mg tablets from Holland and Barratt which are difficult to swallow. I messaged another supplier asking if they had easier to swallow pills. They said they don’t, but they don’t recommend the marine collagen for bone strengthening.

Hi, I have searched the site re the above and most concerns relate to cost and getting collagen from diet rather than paying large sums for a packaged preparation. The main reason i want to take it is the hype regarding bloating, gut healing and digestive issues.

I wanted to know has anyone tried collagen supplement it is supposed to be good for hair and nails. Will this have any effect on steroids or my PMR. I don’t want to make this worse. Thank you

It was new to me as well and I am hopeful that my body will produce enough collagen to support this new shoulder. I’m on so many supplements for collagen building and I can tell you my stomach is revolting. But this surgeon is the guru of the world(literally) for shoulder surgery.

I've just started taking bovine collagen powder but read it increases estrogen. Anyone had any issues or know more about this please? Don't want to do anything that could make things worse 🤔

Unsurprising really, as it's important for collagen formation. Here is a nice little article outlining the role various nutrients have in maintaining bone health: https://www.webmd.com/osteoporosis/osteo-fracture-diet

"As proline and collagen are widely available and don’t rely on chains of hydrocarbons like previous methods, the team hope to sustainably scale up their current production in the lab." https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1046102

I reduced that after my last scan 15 months ago, but more recently have started taking a hydrolysed bovine collagen peptides supplement, which, together with a bit more resistance training, has maintained the gains. My z-scores are now -1.1 hip and 0 spine! I'm a very happy bunny!

Also my type 3 pro collagen n peptide is 5.0. probably nowt I should be worried about but my health has been very bad since the start of the year and I'm worried something is being missed. Anyway sorry for rambling on x

Collagen (1+3) appears to be an aid to bone health. So, as I take Levo+T3 first thing and a further two doses during the rest of the day+evening, will the same length of time after taking T4 or T3 be required, ie 2 hours or 4 hours dependent on the particular supplement?

I’m wondering if anyone takes a collagen supplement for your skin (wrinkles) I’m not sure if anyone with scleroderma is able to…does it hurt us more ? thanks in advance …

Well seems there’s a few things that have added to this monumental moment ⭕️ I’m on day4 of taking my Protein, Creatine and Collagen in my water ⭕️ I’ve eaten a few hours before this run and drank my water ⭕️ I’ve been to work so my legs and body are well warmed up GO FIGURE I must now be

Taking collagen, vit d, magnesium and calcium. I’ve previously posted about duloxetine which I’ve now stopped taking because it hasn’t made any difference to my pain. I don’t know what to do with myself anymore

My question is tho does anyone have experience of taking collagen for fatigue in particular and general just not feeling so crap basically!! I have a friend with fibromyalgia who takes liquid collagen and she says that she has found it really good had had felt so much better with her fatigue.

I have been following the “comb study” taking collagen peptides along with a handful of prunes on a daily basis I do powerwalk daily cannot do much of anything else because of frozen shoulder and a slight tear in my rotator cuff🙄hopefully when that wears off, I could add more exercises in the future