Healing Benefits of Bone Broth

Ever wonder why chicken soup has been the staple meal mothers and doctors choose to prescribe when you’re feeling under the weather? Come to find out, the broth in the soup has amazing healing powers when it comes to boosting your immune system. Homemade bone broth is truly a super-food (not the stuff from a can or even the organic stock-in-a-box). It is not only beneficial for helping fight off the common cold, but also great for a number of amazing nutritional benefits. Bone broths are nutrient-dense, easy to digest as well as absorb and also rich in flavour.

Bone broth contains an excellent source of minerals, such as calcium, magnesium, phosphorus and potassium that can easily be absorbed by your body. It also contains chondroitin sulphates, glucosamine and collagen, which aid in the reduction of inflammation, arthritis and joint pain while supporting tendon and ligament health. The amino acids and natural gelatin produced in bone broth are important for muscle, tendon and ligament growth and repair in addition to promoting a healthy digestive system. Bone broths are essential to maintaining a balanced nervous system, bone density, reduced inflammation, a strong immune system and healthy skin, hair and nails.

One cup of homemade bone broth a day is highly recommend to maintain a healthy balanced system especially for those that suffer from inflammatory or autoimmune disorders or those that have joint pain and or arthritis.

Making your own bone broth may seem intimidating, but I promise it is much easier than you think and absolutely worth the small amount of time it takes to prepare it.

BONE BROTH  ::
4 quarts filtered water
1.5-2lbs bones (beef knuckle bones, marrow bones, chicken or turkey necks, chicken or turkey carcass bones. Baked a turkey or chicken for dinner then use the carcass to make bone broth)
2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar (organic, unfiltered such as Bragg’s brand)
Unrefined Sea Salt to taste (optional)
Cloves from 1 whole head of fresh garlic, peeled (optional)
1 onion, cut in half (optional)

PREPARATION ::
Place all ingredients in a crockpot and set heat to low. Allow the stock to cook for a minimum of 8 hours and up to 24 hours (the longer it cooks the better).

After the stock has finished cooking turn off the crockpot and allow to cool. Strain the stock through a fine mesh metal strainer, pour in glass jars and store in the refrigerator for a few days or freezer for later use.

Before using the stock discard and fat that has solidified on top of the stock. Drink the stock by itself or enjoy as the base for soups, stews or any recipe that calls for soup stock.

If you’re wanting another way to strengthen your body you can also add in gelatins as a regular treat. Plain gelatin, not Jell-O with all of it’s sugar and artificial colors. Knox gelatin is an old standby but can work wonders to strengthen tendons, ligaments, muscles and the body in general.

“Gelatin was found to be useful in the treatment of a long list of diseases including peptic ulcers, tuberculosis, diabetes, muscle diseases, infectious diseases, jaundice and cancer. Babies had fewer digestive problems when gelatin was added to their milk. The American researcher Francis Pottenger pointed out that as gelatin is a hydrophilic colloid, which means that it attracts and holds liquids, it facilitates digestion by attracting digestive juices to food in the gut.” (source: wapf.org)

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