Have any ISTizens regularly taken collagen peptides for a long time (1 year+) and what were their experiences?
I'm wanting to support my ligaments, tendons, and joints. I also have eczema and was thinking it could help with my skin also.
Thoughts on collagen supplements
I take it because I started minoxidil on my beard. Haven't gotten any of the dry skin side effects I was told I was gonna get and my skin health is just generally better.
>not as pale
>less acne
>less dry
I'd recommend
I'm curious about this myself but I was wondering how effective it is for tightening loose skin after weight loss.
u need to do extended fasts
I think it works? I take a comical amount of skin supplements.
They're a scam
>literally just overpriced gelatine
>all the same amino acids can be found in whey in a better balance
>in a better balance
What's the glycine ratios of both?
The only amino acid collagen is missing is Tryptophan.
Double on the extended fasts. Fasting spares muscle and your body will catabolize your skin, while also magically increasing collagen production. Think of it like Eeyore's house. You pull out a stick to burn for the day, his house falls a part, and Eeyore rebuilds his house. Overtime his house gets smaller and smaller.
I take Biotin (10,000 mcg) and Vitamin E (4 gel capsules) per day for skin, nails and hair with noticeable improvement in all areas.
I’ve taken it for years. My skin looks good I guess? In all honestly I can’t really notice any difference
your body breaks proteins you eat down and then reassembles them into whatever proteins it needs. you're better off just eating complete proteins
collagen is like 1/3 of the protein mass in your body, and muscle meat doesn't provide enough glycine to synthesize collagen fast enough
In vivo studies show atheletes supplementing collagen have a significantly lower probability of getting injured.
>supplementing collagen
The problem is if you do the same result with protein powder (or a million other things) you'd get the same result. If it's not a well designed replacement study it's basically worthless.
So, plants
No, I only take joint supplement for racing horses.
Does nothing dont need it stop spending money on meme trash
Buy gelatin instead
Collagen happens to be one of the oldest, and thus most researched, beauty/health supplements around.
A lot of people online like to say that collagen is just overpriced proteins, and that all proteins are the same because they can't pass the intestine-blood barrier intact, so only the basic aminnoacid matter, so the source protein doesn't matter.
This has been proven to be BS in numerous studies, collagen seems to have an almost hormone like effect in stimulating your own collagen production that other proteins don't have, and collagen CAN in very small doses make it past the intestine barrier without being taken apart into amminoacids.
However, despite it objectively having a positive effect unique to it, it's especially worth nothing that this effect is pretty fucking minimal, like single digit % levels of minimal, is that possible small improvement worth the high cost?
Eh
If you've already exhausted every other low hanging fruit sure, go ahead I guess?
For eczema supplement zinc, be very careful with any products that claim to help it and shower/wash/immerse face in ice water regularly
what are some good collagen brands? want to see if it will help with hair loss and balding
You can take gelatin instead of collagen. Its basically the same thing but way cheaper. Get beef gelatin in powder form
I take collagen in the morning because I hate cooking and I wanna reach my protein goals easily. Just dump a spoon in my oats and I'm good.