How do you take your collagen powder?

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Posting here because I'm peri menopausal, on HRT and a consultant has recomended collagen to heal a tendon issue.

I'm guessing that there is a good distribution of people in the meno board who also take collagen...

So, how on earth do you mix collagen powder so it isn't lumpy and doesn't make you gag?

I bought the unflavoured one from Elevate. They sent a little whizzer thing.

I've tried whizzing it into slightly warm water - omg the smell, I gagged and tipped it down the drain.

I've tried tipping it into my coffee and it just formed lumps even when I mixed it. Went down the drain.

This morning I tried one of the sample chocolate sachets they sent, mixed with some cold milk using the whizzer. Still full of lumps, but also frothy which I dislike, and tasted like one of those diet hot chocolate sachets. Bleugh.

I am committed to taking this stuff to help with my tendon healing as per medical advice, but I really struggle to drink stuff that isn't 'normal'. I also had to give away my protein powder as I couldn't bring myself to swallow it 😬

Please lovely menopausal people, how do you take your collagen?

I take the Beauty Pie collagen powder. It dissolves in water and is not unpleasant- a vague strawberry taste.

@HandsFaceTeeth how funny, I've just used up the last sachet of collagen that came with the big tin today.

Totally abandoned it. Useless. Made no difference and a hideous expense. The physio is making more difference than collagen ever could I think..!