Collagen peptide experiences

unicornpickles
unicornpickles Posts: 30 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Hello
Can I get your opinions on collagen peptides. The good and bad. Was thinking of adding these in to see if they would help with some ongoing knee issues. Thank you in advance . Have a great day 😊

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  • unicornpickles
    unicornpickles Posts: 30 Member
    Great info . Thank you
  • jlscherme
    jlscherme Posts: 157 Member
    My esthetician suggested these as part of a regimen.
  • quiksylver296
    quiksylver296 Posts: 28,439 Member
    bpetrosky wrote: »
    Examine.com has good resources for evaluating supplements. You'll want to compare their entry to the ingredients claimed on the supplement.

    https://examine.com/supplements/type-ii-collagen/

    What I was going to say^^
  • pinggolfer96
    pinggolfer96 Posts: 2,248 Member
    won't increase collagen in the human body...thats a myth. maybe collagen itself is good to take but has no effect on natural collagen production
  • unicornpickles
    unicornpickles Posts: 30 Member
    Thanks for the information everyone. Just as a personal update my old bones didn’t notice any difference .
  • TrishSeren
    TrishSeren Posts: 587 Member
    I SWEAR by it for my calf pain. My other half is a strength and conditioning coach/biomechanist for professional/semi-professional athletes. He's been using it on a couple of his athletes and he recommended I try it for my ongoing calf issues (over a year of tests and physio did nothing).

    It settled mine right down, and whilst I still need to get to the root of the problem, it has helped with the pain and meant I can walk uphills again.

    Side benefit: it's made my hair grow super long.

  • TrishSeren
    TrishSeren Posts: 587 Member
    unicornpickles wrote: »
    Thanks for the information everyone. Just as a personal update my old bones didn’t notice any difference .

    I don't think it does much for bones. My understanding was it's good for muscles and tendons.
  • unicornpickles
    unicornpickles Posts: 30 Member
    I’m so glad it worked for you :),
    I was hoping it would help with some general aches and knee pain I have had.I did only use one container so maybe not long enough for me. It definitely didn’t hurt takin it.
  • TrishSeren
    TrishSeren Posts: 587 Member
    unicornpickles wrote: »
    I’m so glad it worked for you :),
    I was hoping it would help with some general aches and knee pain I have had.I did only use one container so maybe not long enough for me. It definitely didn’t hurt takin it.

    I personally noticed a difference pretty quickly, long before the end of my first tub. But some things don't work for everyone. For example, probiotics turn my tummy into a complete mess, but others swear by them.
  • MikePfirrman
    MikePfirrman Posts: 3,307 Member
    edited September 2018
    pinggolfer96 wrote: »
    won't increase collagen in the human body...thats a myth. maybe collagen itself is good to take but has no effect on natural collagen production

    Actually, you are right on the money. Eating collagen won't increase collagen in the body. Increasing absorbable silica seems to help immensely, on the other hand. Recent research has determined this is a much better way to increase collagen. Biosil is a nutraceutical that is growing in popularity for that reason. There are great, edible sources of silica that are very absorbable to make collagen naturally in the body (and don't cost a thing). Green Beans are fantastic for it. So is non-alcoholic beer. If people had these things a couple of times a week, they could help their joints immensely. Not sure why non-alcoholic beer and not regular beer is so effective. I think it's to do with the process they use in removing the alcohol.

    http://time.com/5034102/collagen-supplement-powder-benefits/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19356271/

    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4938278/

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