Bone broth is an amazingly delicious food with loads of health benefits and nourishing goodness! Bone broth is often suggested for those with autoimmune conditions, leaky gut, and almost any gastrointestinal issue. Broth made of chicken bones helps block the migration of inflammatory white cells, improves digestion, and boosts metabolism. It also proves to be an invaluable recipe for optimizing immunity during cold and flu season.
If you feel run down, you can make some bone broth and drink 8 ounces about two to three times per day for recovery. Bone broth can also be used as a base for various stews and soups.
Benefits of Bone Broth
Minerals are crucial for stress responses, better cardio functioning, and enzymatic reactions going on in our bodies. We usually lack such vital minerals in our diets, drinking a well-prepared bone broth is full of nutrients and can redeem the minerals which are useful for our bodies.
People who don’t use dairy products are often concerned about not intaking enough calcium; the good news is that bone broth provides minerals that support bone health. Silica is one such nutrient! You can also find many other minerals in it such as phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, glucosamine, chondroitin, collagen, and various trace minerals.
There are two fantastic healing components, collagen, and gelatin, found in bone broth. Collagen helps nourish tendons, skin, ligaments, joints, and bones. There are two critical amino acids present in collagen which are glycine and arginine. Glycine is essential for muscle recovery and improves digestion because it increases gastric acid secretion. Arginine improves metabolism hence helping in weight loss. The gelatin in bone broth revamps hair, nails, joints, and skin.
Leaky Gut Syndrome can be helped by drinking bone broth because it contains glutamine which is used by the body to repair leaky gut. Bone broth nourishes the digestive tract and reduces intestinal inflammation caused by foods such as gluten, and sugar. The high mineral and nutrient content of bone broth helps combat sugar cravings.
The Beauty Benefits of Bone Broth
Bone broth is a traditional food that has been used for hundreds of years and is now making a comeback with the popularity of the Autoimmune Protocol.
Bone broth is helpful in improving skin elasticity, makes skin supple and smooth, and mitigates cellulite. Phosphorus in bone broth helps in healthy bone formation, hormone balance, cell repair, and improved digestion. Silica strengthens collagen which in turn improves hair, nails, and the regeneration of skin.
Bone broth impacts our bodies in the best of ways, making our bodies healthy and beautiful.
HEALing Bone Broth
Equipment
- 1 Slow Cooker
- 1 Strainer or Mesh Sack
Ingredients
- 1 Whole Chicken Carcass (about 2 lbs. of bones)
- 1 Carrot (peeled and chopped)
- 1 Yellow Onion (diced)
- 2 stalks Celery (chopped)
- 3 cloves Garlic (halved)
- 1 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
- 1 tsp Sea Salt
- 1 cup Parsley (chopped)
- 6 cups Water
Instructions
- Place the bones in the slow cooker.
- Add all remaining ingredients.
- Set slow cooker to low and let cook for at least 12 hours.
- After 12 hours, strain the broth through a strainer or mesh sack.
- Discard the vegetables that you strained out.
- Allow broth to cool.
- Once cool, remove the layer of fat that forms on the top and discard or save it for future cooking.
- Freeze broth until ready to use
