A Timeline Of Your New Lifestyle: What Collagen Can Do For You And When
It can be so exciting to start your collagen journey that you find yourself wanting results yesterday, and we get that. While your body’s best response will come from consistency, there’s quite a few milestones to look forward to along the way. Naturally every body is different, so it’s not an exact equation, rather a general guide to goodness. Let’s get into it.
2-4 Weeks
In as little as 14 days, your body is going to start thanking you.
You may notice
- Hydrated Skin: There’s a subtle glow, a softness to the touch. Your body is feeling nourished, and is starting to show it.
- Healthier Nails & Hair: Less brittleness, less breakage, and far more shine. Like most, this benefit only gets better with time.
- Mental Clarity: It’s a little switch that flips. Research from MDPI, 2019, shows just 4 weeks taking 5 grams of hydrolysed collagen daily assists in improving memory and cognitive function.
- Energy & Sleep: Get used to feeling a little more awake in the AM, and a little less so in the PM. The European Journal of Nutrition, 2024, gives us a collagen supplementation study that found reduced awakenings and improved cognitive function in participants with sleep complaints.
6-10 Weeks
Results include
- Skin Plumpness & Elasticity: Let the volume return and the clock rewind.
Cosmetics Journal, 2024, conducted a controlled trial showing that after just 6 weeks, participants receiving collagen supplements noticed improvements in biometric skin wrinkle parameters.
- Gut Health: Here’s to a calmer stomach, and better digestion.
JMIR, 2022, published a two-phase collagen supplement study, where between 6 and 8 weeks, 93% of participants experienced a reduction in digestive symptoms, including bloating.
- Improved Mobility: Joint relief, reduced muscle soreness, and faster overall recovery are coming your way. Our Beyond The Surface post has all the details and data for you.
3-6 Months
The goodness continues
- Mobility & Muscles: Those earlier improvements were just a teaser. In the coming months, you can find more comfort, and less impediment.
- Mental Sharpness: The clarity you have been feeling is here to stay, and only strengthens with time.
- Heart Health: Yes, even your heart. Tripeptide collagen can reduce cholesterol, and inhibit plaque formation in the arteries. The Journal of Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis, 2017, additionally concluded that collagen supplementation contributes to the prevention and treatment of atherosclerosis.
6-12 Months
Why stop now?
- Head-To-Toe: You’re loving your routine, and it’s loving you back, with every benefit you’ve been seeing and feeling. While we’re all about optimal results in optimal time, consistency is a great way to keep and continue with all the progress your body has made.
- Bones: As a bonus, Nutrients, 2018, published a study showing how 5 grams of collagen hydrolysate supplementation daily for a period of 12 months has proven to significantly increase bone mineral density of the lumbar spine and the femoral neck.
All this to say, collagen, particularly pure collagen, can get right to work, and builds its benefits even more so over time. Moreover, your body is ready to reward you for providing for it. Our pure bovine tripeptide collagen, at just 500 Daltons, is five times more bioavailable and powerful than that of the hydrolysed options on the market, meaning lower doses, and faster uptake. If you needed a sign to try a supplement that supports you back, this is it.
