I Take Daily Collagen Supplements

After posting the collagen cookies some comments made me realize I should probably take a moment and post that super overdue “collagen” update I said I’d do.  :deco13:

I want to preface this by saying everyone is different can yield different results. I can only share my own personal results with using collagen supplements.:ok:

Think of collagen as being like vitamins. :deco11: Results will not be immediate. And also like vitamins, many people are skeptical of their benefits. Maybe collagen, like vitamins, are only ingredients for very expensive urine. :!?: And maybe you’ve already tried collagen and they didn’t do you any good and yielded no real results. :cry: Some people have told me collagen made them break out worse than before taking them. Though negative results are still results lol. :?: So, that’s that. Onto my thoughts….

I love collagen!

No, really. :) I have seen changes in my skin especially in my acne. :deco2: I already follow a strict regimen to keep breakouts under control. But there were some things I just could control. Like PMS zits! No matter my good habits I’d get a few, very large, deep, pimples during “that week.” But since taking collagen in January I stopped getting those zits! :deco9: Actually even the few zits I’d typically get stopped.

Oh, the biggest change was I had a bad breakout “zone” left over from November. :deco13: I had the deep zits suppressed but not gone. :mad: I just couldn’t get them to leave! After I started the collagen that patch of acne disappeared!!!!!  ^_^

So in January I started with the SHIBUGAL collagen jellies. I really, really liked these and think they yielded the best results. :deco8: Unfortunately they’re a bitch to find. :drops: I bought them at Don Quixote in Shibuya. :;_;: They seemed to control my appetite a bit too being jelly and everything.  :hungry:

Next I moved to DHC’s supplement tablets. Still liked them. Easy to take. Made from fish collagen so slight fish taste when taking them. You take 5 a day through the day a few at a time is OK. :ok:

I was happy with my collagen results. My face cleared up and that’s all I cared about most. 

So I’ve been buying the US brand of collagen supplements!! :) I even just recently bought my second bottle as I continue to take daily collagen supplements! :up: I buy mine at any local GNC store.

One thing to note.
I only take 1/2 the dosage of the US supplements. The bottle suggests 6 pills total a day.

take three (3) tablets twice daily preferably on an empty stomach

I instead matched the DHC dosage to the US brand dose which came out to only 3 a day instead. :deco8: I didn’t want to add unnecessary amount of collagen to my daily intake when I was already happy with the smaller dosage effects from DHC. :deco2:

This is the description from the NeoCell Super Collagen I now take.

Super Collagen + C™ Type I & III
* Hair
* Skin
* Nails
* Ligaments
* Tendons
* Bones
* Muscles
* Weight Control

COLLAGEN (Collagen Hydrolysate) is a complex structural protein that maintains strength and flexibility of skin, ligaments, bones, joints, muscles, tendons, gums, teeth, eyes, blood vessels, nails, and hair. SUPER COLLAGEN™ TYPE I & III is 100% pure collagen protein that provides building materials for growth and maintenance of a healthy body. Super Collagen™ is enzymatically processed into its amino acid form with a very low molecular weight, which can be utilized 100% by the body. SUPER COLLAGEN+C™ tablets are formulated with Vitamin C to provide optimum supplementation of your dietary collagen needs.

They sell other forms like powder and liquid drops but I prefer pills.

I’ll keep taking it for as long as I think it benefits me. :P And for me I like the pills best. Things like cookies or drinks with collagen are great for a little extra collagen boost but I don’t think they’re as good as daily supplements. 

Also I should note that I’ve recently been taking a Hair, Skin and Nails multivitamin that has a small amount of collagen in it too. :deco10: I find my nails grow crazy fast now hahaha! I’ve been taking them since early March I think.  :deco12:

So that’s my spiel on collagen! :)

PS: if you know what the vitamin comment is from (TV show) you get a special wink face reply lolol lolol

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