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Is It Safe To Take Collagen During Breastfeeding?
Hi! I m 30 years old mom & breastfeeding my 5 month old daughter. My question is, it is safe to take collagen during breastfeeding? I took one liquid collagen today with collagen (4.000 mg) , biotin ( 2.000mcg), Silica( 6000 mcg) , I tried before knowing that maybe affect my milk. Would this supplement affect my milk?
Fri, 9 Dec 2016
Hi & Welcome.
Incomplete data like purpose of taking Collagen?
There are no clear evidences about the risk of taking Collagen supplements during breast feeding.
Collagen is a protein (like your meat or chicken protein) and would be broken down in the digestive tract in the same manner that meat or chicken is digested.
It will not affect the production and secretion of milk during lactation.
So it is not likely to prove helpful as long as you take the non-vegetarian foods or if you have some real therapeutic indication for that.
Hope this will be helpful to you.
Incomplete data like purpose of taking Collagen?
There are no clear evidences about the risk of taking Collagen supplements during breast feeding.
Collagen is a protein (like your meat or chicken protein) and would be broken down in the digestive tract in the same manner that meat or chicken is digested.
It will not affect the production and secretion of milk during lactation.
So it is not likely to prove helpful as long as you take the non-vegetarian foods or if you have some real therapeutic indication for that.
Hope this will be helpful to you.
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