The one supplement I won't give up!
"When I start a new supplement I try to make no other changes. I also try to be very patient when expecting changes. I was trying to fix my skin, joints and nails from the inside and had read that nutrition is 90% of the battle. I'm 60 years old and had been losing collagen for years. Dry skin, old hands, achy joints for way too long, dry eyes, (dry everything), bumpy alligator skin, receding gum lines, split nails. All that. After about three months of taking 1 scoop a day of the Double Wood Collagen Peptides I realized my joints felt much better. At six months the dentist remarked, after taking measurements twice, that not only had the receding of gum lines stopped - they had improved!! That's not super sexy, but teeth are important. At a little over a year I now have improved finger nails. One nail had been split for over 10 years and is about 75% improved. Wound healing has improved, my skin is smoother and continues to improve. I no longer wake up with eyes that are so dry that it hurts to open them. As other reviewers have noted - fine lines and pores are smaller. My jowls are starting to tighten up and any signs of crepe skin are gone. My cat no longer draws blood every time he tries to play. Joint pain is minimal. I'm starting to experiment with more than a scoop a day and might update my review down the road. With results like I've seen it really doesn't matter what it tastes like, though there isn't much taste. In the beginning I would put a touch of cinnamon in my coffee also to mute the flavor but now it's fine. The powder dissolves well. I also thought this was a great value compared to some other brands and also like that it is made in the United States."
Mixes well in cool water
"I mix this in tap water, then add flavor and ice. If I put ice first and then add the collagen, it just congeals and makes a mess. So try to mix with cool but not cold water. If I do that and then some crystal light or a few squirts of mio or something I can’t even taste it. Or sometimes I’ll just toss it in a Powerade as long as it’s not been in the fridge"
