Delivery fast, product looks ok

The delivery was as always fast and the product looks as expected. Collagen can not write too much, I have been tested and me as a dietary supplement only concerned a few days, so I can not say anything to the effect.

// Addendum dated 25.03. 2014 It's been months now, I have purchased the product again. I use up my knee osteoarthritis and for the prevention of osteoarthritis in the ankle by a fraction solved daily 3x 10g in water. At the last check of my ankle is almost completely destroyed by the accident in 2009 cartilage had almost completely regenerated, which is also the Doc astonished. Within 5 years after such an accident usually osteoarthritis begins in the joint. My knee osteoarthritis has not improved since as of 2009 - but also not deteriorated despite a lot more activity. I am completely free of pain without painkillers. It took a while and of course the regular complement of collagen used but I am very confident of this product. So I can say in conclusion, I am very satisfied.

Solubility and taste

Hydrolyzate is in contrast to a simple gelatin readily soluble in water, I prepare it in a shake cup for shakes and sometimes out of laziness just in my water bottle for sport. I have also given 2 scoops (10g) hydrolyzate in water - usually 300-700 ml and shake it through well. In the bottle I have to shake for a while until it is lump free. In a shake cup with the use of egg white powder is uniform within seconds. The flavor is neutral, depending on the amount of liquid it tastes with less water, like having a flavourless gum berries in there, in 700 ml of water a taste is imperceptible, at most a very subtle Gummibäraroma (of course, only the gelatin flavor is not a flavor in it). I need because no flavor additives, it can be easy to drink. It can also be stirred into other fluids, if someone can not stand even the gelatin flavor.

For first-time buyers some more info

Those who opt for a collagen product, should definitely put a realistic expectation to the day. As damage caused by trauma nor (accident) - Damage which has arisen over many years, now time is not within a few months gone. The review previous speaker I find the product against very unfair for this very reason. Without question it concerns with collagen is not a miracle cure but a nutrient that we regularly had at earlier times on the plate, as we have also boiled by the animals, the bones, the skin, and also "not so pretty" to connective tissue structures had with on our menu, certain organs also contain much collagen. Today, we eat all prefer only lean meat and so have no natural collagen structure more. Collagen as a nutritional supplement replaced just what we would eat naturally, the abundance would not exist.

This alone results reveals that collagen just does not work overnight, the deficit has arisen in many of us for years and decades, it does not go away very fast. Meanwhile, the effectiveness of collagen hydrolyzate for osteoarthritis patients is scientifically proven (see also McAlindon TE et al (2011):. Change in knee osteoarthritis cartilage detected by delayed gadolinium enhanced magnetic resonance imaging Following treatment with collagen hydrolysates. A pilot randomized controlled trial osteoarthritis Cartilage 19 (4): 399-405) and Oesser S. et al., (1999): Oral administration of 14 C labeled gelatin hydrolyzate leads to accumulation of radioactivity in cartilage of mice (C57 / BL). J Nutr 129: 1891-1895)..

Therefore, I recommend patience and spit, although at the right dosage completely after a few weeks, a pain-relieving effect was felt with me. The above study worked with 10g a day, I use 30g a day because I have more weight. As our "protein" So muscles, connective tissue and Co. comprises about 25-30% of collagen, I consider a weight-based dose of sense. So, For me, who is fat, takes longer;) For this purpose, I do a lot of sports, especially weight training to build muscle to relieve the joints, and have it more 10g Extra doses. There are a lot of interesting study material also for individual amino acids, which are contained in collagen hydrolyzate, which make it more interesting groups of people, especially diabetics / insulin-resistant people with elevated triglycerides and could benefit from this product.

Collagen is no single solution for joint problems

I also advise them from seeing collagen as the sole solution for joint discomfort. Assuming that the complaints do not result from a cartilage damage or arthritis but of tension and knots of muscles, then hydrolyzed collagen is not as noticeable effect like someone who precisely has these problems, where it helps. This is logical, if I take a painkiller against rash, I can not complain if the rash does not go away. Painkillers especially inflammatory drugs inhibit the activity of collagen and also all other joint nutrients such as MSM, glucosamine, chondroitin. Who / takes plenty of meat and eggs from factory maintenance breeding, is also his joints do no favors because of the high amount of Archachidonsäure - just as it is not very helpful to carry a sedentary lifestyle. Some sports are a great way to improve joint pain - swimming, cycling, etc. and of course targeted toning to additionally support the joints. Collagen is one in a plan for improvement of joint pain, it is itself alone and certainly not the concept!