Are there any benefits to using oral hydrolyzed collagen capsules (1200 m.g. per day)?

They're a fair bit more expensive than MSM. On a similar note, would there be any advantages to taking more than 1 gm of MSM per day? I know MSM is pretty low on the toxicity scale (not far off water, apparently), but I'm not sure how useful extra MSM would be.

Milan Adam has studied positive actions of such collagen complexes. Adam also found that copper peptides increased bone rebuilding.

There is a photograph from about 18 years ago of Milan, my daughter Genevieve, and myself at
http://reverseskinaging.com/studies8.html



Oral Administration of 14C Labeled Gelatin Hydrolysate Leads to an Accumulation of Radioactivity in Cartilage of Mice (C57/BL)
Steffen Oesser1, Milan Adam*, Wilfried Babel and Jürgen Seifert

Surgical Research of the Department of General Surgery and Thoracic Surgery of the University of Kiel, Michaelisstrasse 5, D-24105 Kiel, Germany, * Rheumatism Clinic, Prague, Na Slupi 4, 12850 Prague 2, Czech Republic, and {dagger} DGF STOESS AG, 69402 Eberbach, Germany

What is claimed is:

1. A method of treating osteoporosis comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a composition comprising tasteless, enzymatically hydrolyzed collagen from gelatin or animal collagenic connective tissue having an average molecular weight of from 1 to 40 kD, as determined by HPLC with non-globular standard peptides from collagen.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein said composition is formulated as a paste, a syrup, a solution, granules, a compressed formulation, or instantized powder.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said composition further comprises flavoring agents, sweeteners, minerals and/or vitamins.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the amount of the enzymatically hydrolyzed collagen is 0.5-12 g.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the composition further comprises calcitonin, calcium salts, and/or progesterone
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6. A composition for treating osteoporosis comprising tasteless, enzymatically hydrolyzed collagen from gelatin or animal collagenic connective tissue having an average molecular weight of from 1 to 40 kD, as determined by HPLC with non-globular standard peptides from collagen, in combination with calcitonin, calcium salts, and/or progesterone.

7. The composition of claim 6 comprising 0.5-12 g of the enzymatically hydrolyzed collagen.

8. The composition of claim 6 packaged in a dosage form comprising 0.5-12 g of the enzymatically hydrolyzed collagen.
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