Bone Broth 101
- Primal Motherhood
- Jun 8, 2019
- 4 min read
Bone Broth 101. I had the opportunity to teach how to make Bone Broth at Sweetwater Organic Community Farm in Tampa this afternoon. This was such a great opportunity and I had a chance to share something that I love to do for my family and I want to be able to share that with all of you.
What is Bone Broth?
Bone Broth is nutritious broth made from animal bones. Bone Broth is made by slowly simmering the bones to break down the bones and pull the nutrients out of the bones. If you are making broth it is usually around a 24-48 hours process.
Why is Bone Broth Healthy?
Due to the long simmer of the bones, the bones release powerful nutrients including; collagen, gelatin, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, and potassium. Consuming these nutrients helps boost health.
Well you ask, how does it help with boosting health? Let’s talk about some of the benefits that Bone Broth and how they can affect your overall health.
Personally I have seen the following benefits as a result of drinking Bone Broth regularly.
Benefits of Bone Broth
Protects joints, relieves joint pain, and strengthen bones
Bone broth is one of the world’s best natural sources of Collagen. Collagen can be found exclusively in animals, Collagen is found in the bones, vertebrae, ligaments, and tendons of animals. As we get older, our joints naturally experience wear and tear and become less flexible and our cartilage diminishes as it gets attacked by antibodies, which are all related to age. When we are drinking the bone broth it is readily absorbable to help restore the cartilage that is naturally diminishing over time. Another valuable component is gelatin. Gelatin is one of the building blocks that are needed to maintain strong bones. Gelatin helps supports mineral bone density.
Good for Gut Health
The gelatin found in the bone broth is good for lining the gut and fighting food sensitivities. Bone broth has been shown the help with Leaky Gut Syndrome. According to Harvard Medical School Health Publishing Leaky Gut Syndrome can be described as:
Inside our bellies, we have an extensive intestinal lining covering more than 4,000 square feet of surface area. When working properly, it forms a tight barrier that controls what gets absorbed into the bloodstream. An unhealthy gut lining may have large cracks or holes, allowing partially digested food, toxins, and bugs to penetrate the tissues beneath it. This may trigger inflammation and changes in the gut flora (normal bacteria) that could lead to problems within the digestive tract and beyond.
For our family, bone broth was one of Daxton’s first foods. Dax was in the NICU after he was born and had to be treated with IV antibiotics. When babies are born their guts are not fully developed and we had to give Dax antibiotics, which really didn’t help with his healing. Well, Dax had a milk-protein allergy, very colicky, and had a lot of digestive issues. I think that bone broth has helped Dax overcome these allergies and he now has a happy gut. Also, I give this to him when he is teething and he doesn’t eat much to get nutrients back into his body. Bone broth is also easy to digest and soothes the digestive system.
Maintains Healthy Skin
The collagen forms compounds within the skin that are responsible for maintaining skin’s youthful tone. It also helps with cellulite.
Boost Detoxification
Today we are exposed to so many toxins, weather that is in the environment, pesticides, artificial ingredients, and chemicals of all sorts. Bone broth is considered a powerful detoxification agent since it helps the digestive system expel waste and promotes the liver’s ability to remove the toxins. Bone broth contains potassium and glycine which supports both cellular and liver detoxification.
Improves quality of sleep
The glycine in bone broth is an amino acid that supports the Central Nervous System. When taken before bed as a supplement it has been proven that it promotes healthier sleep.
Ways to incorporate bone broth into your diet
Soups
Drink it
Protein powder - I use Ancient Nutrition Bone Broth Protein Powder
Supplement for chicken stock/broth- 1:1 ratio
Swap for water when cooking grains
Black beans
(Tidbits: I always soak my beans, it helps with digestion. I use this recipe and just swap out the 6 cups of chicken stock for my homemade bone broth)
Chicken taco
Let’s Make Bone Broth
Tips of Making Bone Broth
If you are cooking with an instant pot, I would recommend purchasing another seal just for bone broth. Since bone broth is a stronger scent, it’s hard to get it out of the seal. Instant Pot Seal 3 Pk
Freeze your vegetable scraps. I personally have a freezer ziplock bag in the freezer that I put in all my vegetable scraps and when I want to make my bone broth I have those scraps available.
If you don’t have enough bones to make a batch of bone broth, you can always freeze your bones.
ALWAYS! Do your research on your buyer when purchasing bones. You want to always purchase bones or meat that is grass fed, non GMO, organic, and/or free range. The reason why it is so important is because you are extracting all the nutrients from the bones to replenish your deficiencies. If you are replacing them with an animal that was not fed organic and fed with pesticides you are putting those pesticides in your body.
Bone broth is something that my family using almost on a daily basis. This is something that helps our overall health and something that I really enjoy making for our family.
I would love to hear from all of you. Do you make bone broth? Do you make it on the stove/crock pot or in the instant pot?
If you are interested in trying my bone broth and you are in the Tampa area, I would love to share it with you, feel free to reach out via email, it's $5.00/pint for chicken and $6.00/pint for Beef
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