But collagen production decreases with age, hence wrinkles and sagging skin.
What are the benefits of collagen?
Collagen is also supposed to help with joint pain.
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If drinking collagen would ease this pain, then I was game.
Collagen may also prevent weight gain.Collagen peptides are low in calories and high in protein.
This one-two punch is the perfect recipe for weight loss.
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My collagen power of choice wasVital Proteins Unflavored Grass-Fed Collagen Peptidesin the blue tub.
When I started this experiment, I was curious about how long it takes for collagen supplements to work.
Boy was I wrong!
The following are a few significant changes I noticed by the end of my experiment.
I also talk about some hyped-up results that I did not notice after my two-week experiment.
(So maybe it does take a little longer for collagen supplements to work to their full potential.)
I felt full all morning.
However, I found I didn’t need my morning snack after I had collagen.
The 9 grams of protein from the collagen kept me satisfied until my next meal.
Taking collagen peptides long-term could theoretically mean collagen power may help with weight loss.
My nails were stronger.
How could I tell?
It left the bottoms of my nail beds exposed.
Although it was annoying having to get my nails redone, it wasn’t a bad problem to have!
My complexion was better.
It wasn’t a replacement for my tinted moisturizer, but I’ll take it!
My wrinkles did not go away.
I’m going to keep drinking collagen every morning and hope it willhelp my fine lines disappear.
I didn’t notice a difference in my joints.
However, nothing really changed; my knees still had their routine soreness a couple of times a week.
Collagen powder doesn’t dissolve well in cold liquids.
The Vital Proteins Collagen Peptides that I used claimed that it could dissolve in hot or cold liquids.
For the majority of the two weeks, I put my peptides in my morning iced coffee.
Instead of dissolving nicely, however, it ended up clumping into gelatinous pieces throughout my coffee.
Although the peptides eventually dissolved with frequent stirring, I sometimes ended up slurping up chunks of the peptides.
