Product Info - Collagen with L-Glutamine

Key Benefits

  • Assist in gut healing and rebuild the functional intestinal lining.
  • Reduce intestinal inflammation.
  • Maintaining a healthy gut.
  • Helps to assist joint health and joint inflammation.
  • Helps to assist in muscle repair after exercise.
  • Helps support immune system health after periods of physical stress.

Warnings & Precautions

Reported side-effects of Sfera Collagen are mild gastrointestinal disturbances.

Take special care with Sfera Collagen:

  • If you have liver or kidney disease.
  • If you have been instructed to follow a low protein diet.

Children and adolescents: Children and adolescents under the age of 18 years should not take Sfera Collagen.

Pregnancy and breastfeeding: Do not take Sfera Collagen if you are pregnant, or you are breastfeeding your baby, please consult your doctor, pharmacist, or other health care provider for advice before taking this medicine.

 

Sources:

[1] SAHPRA Complementary Medicines – Health Supplements Safety and Efficacy. (7.04 June20)

[2] Sfera Collagen Patient information leaflet

[3] Canadian Monograph: Hydrolyzed Collagen

[4] Kleinnijenhuis, A.J., 2019. Non-targeted and targeted analysis of collagen hydrolysates during the course of digestion and absorption. Anal Bioanal Chem. 2019 Dec 24. doi: 10.1007/s00216-019-02323-x.

[5] Ichikawa, S. et al., 2010, Hydroxyproline-containing dipeptides and tripeptides quantified at high concentration in human blood after oral administration of gelatine hydrolysate. International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 61 (1):52-60

[6] Shigemura, Y. et al., 2014, Dose-dependent changes in the levels of free and peptide forms of hydroxyproline in human plasma after collagen hydrolysate ingestion, Food Chemistry, 159:328-332