Jenn Simmons, MDThe Doctor with The Answer to Breast Cancer

Is Collagen Safe for Women?

Name: Is Collagen Safe for Women?
Uploaded: 2026-05-20T18:45:16+00:00
Duration: 1 min 17 s
Channel: Jenn Simmons, MD
Description: In this YouTube segment, Dr. Jenn Simmons, MD, reassures viewers that consuming dietary collagen does not cause, worsen, or spread breast cancer…

20 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this YouTube segment, Dr. Jenn Simmons, MD, reassures viewers that consuming dietary collagen does not cause, worsen, or spread breast cancer, dispelling a common fear among patients. She explains that the collagen that forms around a tumor is unrelated to the collagen ingested in the diet. Dr. Simmons also shares her personal experience using collagen to support skin, hair, nails, bones, and joints as she ages, emphasizing the importance of choosing high‑quality products. She endorses a specific Further Foods collagen supplement that includes reishi mushroom, describing how she adds it to her morning coffee to obtain the combined benefits of collagen and the “queen of mushrooms.” The overall message encourages women to feel confident incorporating collagen into their diet when selected carefully.

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Eating collagen does not cause breast cancer and does not cause breast cancer to worsen or spread. There are so many people that are concerned about using collagen if they have breast cancer, and they, they think that there is somehow a connection. I can assure you there is not, and there is absolutely no connection between collagen that you take in your diet and the collagen that forms around a breast cancer tumor. I actually think that collagen is very important and it's something that I have found has helped me as I have gotten older and needed more support for skin, hair, nails, bones, that joints, that kind of thing. But I'm very careful about the products that I choose and the products that I incorporate into my diet. And the one that I have found that I like the best is this Further Foods product. And not just because of the clean source of collagen, but because they also put reishi mushroom in. And reishi is the queen of all mushrooms. So for me, I get the benefit of collagen, the benefit of reishi, all inside of my morning coffee. So instead of fearing collagen, I actually welcome it in my morning coffee every day.