Stacy Sims on Collagen Peptides

“Now I take a combination of collagen and magnesium. The powder kind of started because the collagen was so disgusting, like it stinks like fish.”

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“Now I take a combination of collagen and magnesium... I take like a collagen powder as well.”

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“When people use type one and three collagen, they get strong nails and lustrous hair.”

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“Those small bits of peptides go to the target tissue and are used to regenerate some of the cartilage but also to trigger a response to stop degrading the cartilage.”

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“When we're seeing all the stuff that's coming out like collagen, yeah, it works for joint pain, but does it work for hair and nails, skin? Don't know.”

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“A native collagen when ingested has an interaction with your immune system to reduce the inflammation and the signaling to degrade your cartilage.”

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“If you're using type 2 collagen, which is joint specific, and you're using peptides, they can actually go and they can help attenuate the decline of some of the cartilage.”

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“The type of collagen has a huge play into what's happening. Most of them are type ones and twos, which is really just skin and hair and nails. It's not about joint. You want to look for a type two that's joint.”

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“If you have a family history or a diagnosis of osteoarthritis, it can be beneficial to use type twos, but you want type two peptide and native.”

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“If we're looking for skin in particular, we want type one and three. But if we start having lots of joint issues... then we want to look for a type two.”

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“If we're looking for skin in particular, we want type one and three. But if we start having lots of joint issues and joint pain and soft tissue problems, then we want to look for a type two.”

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“People think about collagen peptides as being dietary protein for muscle, but it's a specific structural protein that doesn't count towards your protein intake for the day.”

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“I get frustrated with Collagen because people think about Collagen Peptides and collagen protein as being dietary protein for muscle and neurotransmitters. It's not the same.”

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“Collagen does not count as our daily intake of protein because it's structural and only contains one of the amino acids.”

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“Just to be clear there, it doesn't count towards your protein intake for the day. No, it does not.”

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“Collagen, I can't use collagen, but I wanted to bring it up. As a plant-based individual, I don't use collagen.”

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“Walk away from vegan collagen because there's no such thing as vegan collagen.”

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