Natural Factors Natural Factors - Total Body Collagen Powder - Chocolate, 430 grams

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Why people keep reordering it

Best suited to: you mix collagen into coffee or milk, you want the full 10 g collagen dose, fruit flavoured powders taste synthetic to you.

What the research supports

One scoop is 10 g of Verisol collagen, four times the skin-trial dose. It's cocoa based, sugar-free, and 430 g is about 36 scoops.

Skin trials use 2.5 g; joint trials use 10 g a day.

Skin elasticity (evidence: moderate, from randomized controlled trial)

Collagen peptides give skin the building blocks it uses to rebuild its own structure. Verisol at 2.5 g daily raised measured elasticity over eight weeks, and one scoop here is four times that.

Joint comfort (evidence: moderate, from randomized controlled trial)

Hydrolyzed collagen supplies raw material joints use for connective tissue repair. Trials on active adults used 10 g daily, exactly one scoop, though results are not consistent across every study.

Collagen formation (evidence: strong, from mechanistic studies, human trials)

Vitamin C is required by the enzymes that cross-link collagen's structure. The 60 mg in one scoop fully covers that role, so the body can properly use the peptides it is given.

Skin moisture (evidence: limited, from randomized controlled trial)

Oral hyaluronic acid trials on skin moisture mostly used 120 to 240 mg daily. One scoop gives 50 mg, under half the lowest dose those studies tested, so it is a minor addition.

Read the literature: Skin elasticity on PubMed, Joint comfort on PubMed, Collagen formation on PubMed, Skin moisture on PubMed.

Is it right for you

Worth it if

You mix collagen into coffee or milk

There is no citric or malic acid in this flavour, so it will not curdle dairy the way the citrus and berry versions of this formula can.

You want the full 10 g collagen dose

One scoop is 10 g, the amount the connective tissue research used, against the 2.5 g a full day of the tablet version delivers.

Fruit flavoured powders taste synthetic to you

Alkalized cocoa covers the bovine collagen base more completely than a fruit flavour does, and the sweetening is monk fruit and stevia rather than sugar.

Look elsewhere if

Anyone who tastes stevia strongly

The unflavoured version of this formula. Same 10 g of collagen, no sweetener at all, added to something you already like the taste of.

You take your collagen last thing at night

The salted vanilla or unflavoured version, neither of which contains cocoa. Alkalized cocoa brings theobromine with it, which is mildly stimulating for some people.

Someone counting this toward a protein target

A complete protein. 10 g of collagen is low in leucine and short on essential amino acids, so it is connective tissue material rather than muscle fuel.

What to expect

Nothing in the first week or two. The skin elasticity work at collagen doses like this measured changes around 8 weeks, and the label asks for at least 5 months before judging joint comfort. Collagen has no acute effect you can feel, so treat it as a slow build.

How it compares

Compared with Plain unflavoured collagen peptides

Adds the 60 mg of vitamin C collagen synthesis actually requires, plus 500 mcg biotin, 50 mg hyaluronic acid and 100 mg tryptophan, which is the one essential amino acid collagen itself is missing. The tradeoff: About 1 g of every 11.7 g scoop is cocoa, flavour and sweetener rather than active, and the cofactor doses are fixed at whatever the formula chose.

Compared with The tablet version of this same formula

One scoop is 10 g of collagen against 2.5 g from a full day of tablets, and it goes down in one swallow instead of six pills. The tradeoff: Hyaluronic acid drops from 120 mg in the tablets to 50 mg here, and you have to mix and drink it.

Product details

Medicinal ingredients

Hyaluronic acid, L-tryptophan, L-glutamine, Vitamin C (calcium ascorbate, dihydrate) and 1 more

Ingredient form

grams

Suggested use

1 scoop (approx. 16 g) daily or as directed by a health care practitioner. Mix product well in 1–2 cups of liquid (water, juice, etc.) immediately before consumption. For Joint pain associated with osteoarthritis: Use for at least 5 months to see beneficial effects.

Country of manufacture

Canada

Independent testing

ISURA

Certifications

Non-GMO, Made in Canada

Storage

Store in a cool, dry place

Brand

Natural Factors

How to take it

1 scoop (approx. 16 g) daily or as directed by a health care practitioner. Mix product well in 1–2 cups of liquid (water, juice, etc.) immediately before consumption. For Joint pain associated with osteoarthritis: Use for at least 5 months to see beneficial effects.

• Store in a cool, dry place away from direct light.
• Keep out of reach of children.
• Consult a practitioner if you are pregnant, nursing or on medication.

Ingredients

Non-medicinal ingredients

Alkalized cocoa powder, natural flavours, salt, monk fruit extract, purified stevia leaf extract.

Free from

Contains no artificial colours, preservatives, or sweeteners; no dairy, starch, sugar, wheat, gluten, yeast, soy, egg, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, or genetically modified genes or proteins.

Interactions and cautions

Medications

May interact with certain prescription medications. Review with your pharmacist if you take daily medication.

Timing

Separate from medications by 2 to 4 hours unless directed otherwise by a healthcare practitioner.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding

Consult a healthcare practitioner before use if pregnant or breastfeeding.

General

Use only as directed. Discontinue and consult a practitioner if you experience an adverse reaction.

This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. Consult a healthcare practitioner before use. Free certified advisors are available at 1-888-386-1211, Mon to Fri, 9am to 5pm PT.

Questions about Natural Factors - Total Body Collagen Powder - Chocolate

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