The Benefits of Bone Broth
The list of benefits from consuming bone broth is almost endless. We highly recommend adding this as a staple to your diet. Its versatility is vast and you can make bone broth from just about any type of bone. There are many ways to prepare and enjoy.
Gelatin [from bone broth] keeps the body in what researchers called 'nitrogen balance' by permitting less complete proteins to be consumed with no loss of health observed. The protein in bone broth comes from the gelatin. It is true that gelatin is not a substitute for meat as it is not a complete protein. It contains only the amino acids proline and glycine in large amounts and others like methionine, histidine, and tyrosine in very small amounts. The amino acid tryptophan is completely lacking in gelatin.
Despite containing only 2 amino acids in sufficient quantity, gelatin does indeed act as a remarkable protein sparer. This means that much less meat is needed to maintain health when gelatin in the diet is present.
In addition to the remarkable bone broth nutrition, probably the most exciting thing about bone stock is its role in detoxification. This is due to the large amounts of the amino acid glycine which assists the liver with its housecleaning duties. The simplest of all the amino acids, glycine can be produced by the body and is therefore not considered essential, although the ease of the body in manufacturing glycine as needed is probably highly contingent upon whether a person is in radiantly good health!
The ability of the liver to do its job sufficiently is limited by the amount of glycine that is available so it makes sense to provide the body with all that it could possibly need! Given the toxicity of our world today and the high level of chemicals in our air, water, and food, large amounts of glycine in the diet is one way to assist the body with the nearly constant detoxification that is required to maintain health.
There are many videos on how to make bone broth on Youtube and we have listed some below. We encourage you to listen to several to help you decide which method works best for you.
A tip on storage - Bone broth can be frozen for future use and some of the videos suggest freezing in 1 pint jars. You can also chill the broth until gelatinous, then spoon into muffin tins; freeze, then remove 'muffins'; put into plastic bags and store in freezer. When you want a cup, take a few muffins from the bag and heat up. You can also add miso to your cup for extra nutrition and flavor.
'Bone' Appetite!