Title: Collagen, Bone Health, and Menopause: The formulation of the collagen you use matters!
Channel: Dr. Mary Claire Haver, MD
URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKqt4kW2Mmo
Views: 105,297
Upload date: 2025-12-31
Duration (sec): 134
Transcript source: YouTube captions via yt-dlp (android client); VTT file: zKqt4kW2Mmo.en-orig.vtt
Cue count (deduped): 122

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[0:01] When I started going through pmenopause, I started noticing a loss of collagen in I started noticing a loss of collagen in my skin. In fact, a woman will lose 30% my skin. In fact, a woman will lose 30% of the collagen in her skin in the first of the collagen in her skin in the first 5 years of menopause. So, I was looking 5 years of menopause. So, I was looking for natural ways to try to improve the for natural ways to try to improve the appearance of my skin and increase the appearance of my skin and increase the collagen levels. Being a doctor, I went collagen levels. Being a doctor, I went to PubMed to look for journal articles to PubMed to look for journal articles on what I could do and I found these on on what I could do and I found these on verol collagen. Randomized controlled verol collagen. Randomized controlled studies showing improvement in depth of studies showing improvement in depth of wrinkles and the appearance of skin when wrinkles and the appearance of skin when utilizing this specific bioactive utilizing this specific bioactive peptide. So, I tried it, loved it, and peptide. So, I tried it, loved it, and then decided to create it for my then decided to create it for my patients. And we've all been happily patients. And we've all been happily using it for years. Given my genetics using it for years. Given my genetics and my body type, I'm also very high and my body type, I'm also very high risk for osteoporosis and an risk for osteoporosis and an osteoporotic fracture. And knowing how osteoporotic fracture. And knowing how poorly tolerated the osteoporotic poorly tolerated the osteoporotic medications are, started looking for medications are, started looking for

[0:46] medications are, started looking for alternative ways to improve bone alternative ways to improve bone density. And I ran across these articles density. And I ran across these articles looking at a specific bioactive collagen looking at a specific bioactive collagen in the treatment of osteoporosis. So, in the treatment of osteoporosis. So, this article was published in 2021. It this article was published in 2021. It was small, only 31 patients, but try was small, only 31 patients, but try finding a massive study on finding a massive study on postmenopausal women. They did follow postmenopausal women. They did follow them for over 5 years. They did yearly them for over 5 years. They did yearly bone density scans and these patients bone density scans and these patients were average of 62 years old and they were average of 62 years old and they had either osteopenia or osteoporosis. had either osteopenia or osteoporosis. They had no chronic illness and they They had no chronic illness and they were not taking any bone building were not taking any bone building medication including hormone therapy. medication including hormone therapy. So, we know what menopause does to a So, we know what menopause does to a woman's bone density and that's clearly woman's bone density and that's clearly documented here and here in both the documented here and here in both the spine and femur. These patients took spine and femur. These patients took five grams of this specific bioactive five grams of this specific bioactive collagen called forbone and saw collagen called forbone and saw

[1:32] collagen called forbone and saw statistically significant improvement in statistically significant improvement in their bone density. A second article their bone density. A second article published in 2018 had similar findings. published in 2018 had similar findings. They only followed the patients for a They only followed the patients for a year, but it was a larger study. As year, but it was a larger study. As expected, the placebo group saw a drop expected, the placebo group saw a drop in bone density. And the group that took in bone density. And the group that took the same bioactive collagen saw a 3% the same bioactive collagen saw a 3% increase in spine and a 6.7 increase in increase in spine and a 6.7 increase in the femoral neck. So, I thought, I want the femoral neck. So, I thought, I want this. I want this for my patients. I this. I want this for my patients. I want these for my followers. I don't want these for my followers. I don't want a fallen fracture. And if this want a fallen fracture. And if this helps, it's going to be worth it. So, I helps, it's going to be worth it. So, I created a product and we're calling it created a product and we're calling it Skin and Bone. It has both verol Skin and Bone. It has both verol collagen and the forabone promoting both collagen and the forabone promoting both skin health and bone