BONE BROTH
WARNING: Do not cook bone broth more than 4 hours. This is different from most bone broth recipes!
Bone broth is an excellent addition to any diet. It is tasty, inexpensive and simple to prepare, and it adds many minerals and perhaps other nutrients to the body easily.
BENEFITS
Bone broth helps supply the body with much needed forms of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and many trace minerals. It also contains a little protein and some cartilage components such as chondroitin and glucosamine that are found in many animal bones.
Some of the Physiological Benefits May Include:
1. Reduces joint pain and inflammation, due to its content of chondroitin sulfate, glucosamine, and other compounds extracted from the boiled down cartilage and collagen.
Amino acids such as glycine, proline, and arginine all have anti-inflammatory effects. Arginine, for example, has been found to be particularly beneficial for the treatment of sepsis (whole-body inflammation).Glycine also has calming effects, which may help you sleep better.
2. Inhibits infections caused by cold and flu viruses etc. Recent studies on cartilage, which is found abundantly in homemade broth, show it supports the immune system in a variety of ways; it's a potent normalizer, true biological response modifier, activator of macrophages, activator of Natural Killer (NK) cells, rouser of B lymphocytes, and releaser of Colony Stimulating Factor.
3. Promotes strong, healthy bones: This is due to its mineral content. Also, collagen fibrils provide the latticework for mineral deposition and are the keys to the building of strong and flexible bones.
4. Promotes healthy hair and nail growth, due to the gelatin in the broth.
5. Bone broth is a living food. This is very helpful for one’s health. Overcooking it, however, destroys this benefit! Only cook bone broth for 3-4 hours.
Bone broth is an excellent addition to any diet. It is tasty, inexpensive and simple to prepare, and it adds many minerals and perhaps other nutrients to the body easily.
BENEFITS
Bone broth helps supply the body with much needed forms of calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, and many trace minerals. It also contains a little protein and some cartilage components such as chondroitin and glucosamine that are found in many animal bones.
Some of the Physiological Benefits May Include:
1. Reduces joint pain and inflammation, due to its content of chondroitin sulfate, glucosamine, and other compounds extracted from the boiled down cartilage and collagen.
Amino acids such as glycine, proline, and arginine all have anti-inflammatory effects. Arginine, for example, has been found to be particularly beneficial for the treatment of sepsis (whole-body inflammation).Glycine also has calming effects, which may help you sleep better.
2. Inhibits infections caused by cold and flu viruses etc. Recent studies on cartilage, which is found abundantly in homemade broth, show it supports the immune system in a variety of ways; it's a potent normalizer, true biological response modifier, activator of macrophages, activator of Natural Killer (NK) cells, rouser of B lymphocytes, and releaser of Colony Stimulating Factor.
3. Promotes strong, healthy bones: This is due to its mineral content. Also, collagen fibrils provide the latticework for mineral deposition and are the keys to the building of strong and flexible bones.
4. Promotes healthy hair and nail growth, due to the gelatin in the broth.
5. Bone broth is a living food. This is very helpful for one’s health. Overcooking it, however, destroys this benefit! Only cook bone broth for 3-4 hours.
Making Bone Broth
1. Collect Bones. Begin with some leftover lamb, chicken, turkey, duck or beef bones. You can mix the types of bones, if needed.
It does not matter if the bones are not clean because you chewed the meat off the bones. Organic or free-range animal bones are best, but if they are not available, it is not too important.
Do not use pig bones, which may contain parasite eggs or ova.
2. Place the Bones in a Saucepan. For one person, one or two bones is enough. Use another bone or two if you are feeding more than one person.
3. Add Spring Water or Carbon-Only Filtered Tap Water. Use enough water to cover the bones. Less water will maker a stronger bone broth, while more water will make a weaker broth. Ideally, the broth should be a milky white in color and should tasty “boney”.
4. Bring the water to a boil, and then turn down the flame on the stove so that the water simmers.
5. Simmer the Bones for ONLY 3 to 4 hours.
6. Strain the Broth before Eating It. This is to make sure you do not swallow small bones that could become caught in your throat.
What if I don’t have enough bones? Ask for some bones in the meat department of your local supermarket. They often have them. Just ask that they not give you pig bones.
How often should one have bone broth? A small cup every other day is very good.
It does not matter if the bones are not clean because you chewed the meat off the bones. Organic or free-range animal bones are best, but if they are not available, it is not too important.
Do not use pig bones, which may contain parasite eggs or ova.
2. Place the Bones in a Saucepan. For one person, one or two bones is enough. Use another bone or two if you are feeding more than one person.
3. Add Spring Water or Carbon-Only Filtered Tap Water. Use enough water to cover the bones. Less water will maker a stronger bone broth, while more water will make a weaker broth. Ideally, the broth should be a milky white in color and should tasty “boney”.
4. Bring the water to a boil, and then turn down the flame on the stove so that the water simmers.
5. Simmer the Bones for ONLY 3 to 4 hours.
6. Strain the Broth before Eating It. This is to make sure you do not swallow small bones that could become caught in your throat.
What if I don’t have enough bones? Ask for some bones in the meat department of your local supermarket. They often have them. Just ask that they not give you pig bones.
How often should one have bone broth? A small cup every other day is very good.
Do I have to eat it plain? Many people like it plain. This is often best. You can also:
If you thicken it, then you can pour the sauce over your vegetables, meat or other dish.
- Add a few vegetables to it to make a small cup of bone/vegetable soup.
- Add a little Cold Mountain Yellow Miso paste to it (after it has stopped boiling) to make a miso soup.
- Thicken it by mixing in some arrowroot flour or agar-agar. Then it becomes bone sauce that you can put on your vegetables, meat or grain dish. Dogs would probably love this, and it would probably help them eat their food.
- Add the bone broth to something else you are cooking, such as a chicken soup. However, do not cook the bone broth any more. Add it after cooking the rest of your food.
If you thicken it, then you can pour the sauce over your vegetables, meat or other dish.
- The easiest way is simply to simmer lamb, beef, turkey, goat or chicken bones overnight in water on the stove. Bones from pigs may contain parasite ova, and are not recommended. Be sure to strain the broth before eating it to make sure you do not try to swallow small bones that could become caught in your throat.
- If you don’t have bones, ask for some bones in the meat department of your local supermarket. They often have them.
- Bone broth can be eaten all by itself as a cup of soup. It can also be added to many other dishes to enhance their flavor and nutrition. For instance, you could make a vegetable dish or casserole and then add bone broth to it. However, please do not cook meat overnight as this is not ideal. Cook the bone broth separately, and then add it to the other dishes.
What if I don’t like the taste of bone broth? Ideas are:
What about buying prepared bone broth? Some people report they can buy bone broth all prepared. Until I review it, please do not buy prepared bone broth. It is not hard to make yourself.
Sources: Lawrence Wilson, M.D.
- Try to develop a taste for it.
- Add a few vegetables to it to disguise the taste. Adding a little carrot is good, for example.
- Add a little Cold Mountain Yellow Miso paste to it (after if stops boiling). This can also disguise the taste.
What about buying prepared bone broth? Some people report they can buy bone broth all prepared. Until I review it, please do not buy prepared bone broth. It is not hard to make yourself.
Sources: Lawrence Wilson, M.D.
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