Bone Broth: A Super Food That Everyone Should Be Consuming!

Bone broth has become pretty popular in the alternative health and paleo world. Most of us stop consuming soups and broths in the spring and summer. However, bone broth is a superfood and should be consumed all year long.

Bone broth is an incredibly healing superfood. Here's why:

1. It contains vital amino acids like proline, arginine, glycine, glutamine: These amino acids help with stress, inflammation, building blocks for RNA, DNA, collagen, energy production, healthy skin, tissue repair, cardiovascular health, small intestinal cellular nutrient assimilation and many other whole body benefits.

2. Helps to heal your gut: The collagen from the bones turns into gelatin, which helps heal the intestinal and digestive tract lining. It specifically supports the mucus membranes and holds and binds digestive juices, which helps leaky guts heal. Before bone broth can be optimally effective, it is important to clear out the bad guys like Candida, parasites, and microbial imbalance first so the gut can heal properly. If you have microbial imbalance, bone broth will have a limitation.

3. It contains glucosamines and chondroitin sulphates: These help with joint health and reducing overall inflammation in the body.

4. It contains tons of minerals like calcium, magnesium, silica, and phosphorus: Important for bone health, cell function, neurotransmitters, body regulation, inflammation, mood, energy, organ and gland function, stress, and many other benefits.

5. You get a boost from it: It must be that it is so nutrient dense because one may feel a sense of uplift each time they consume bone broth.

Making it is quite easy. Here's how:

Combine one gallon of water, 2 pounds of either grass fed/organic knuckle bones or marrow bones in a stock pot. (Do not use conventional bones for the recipe, or you will be making a toxic broth). Add in two tablespoons of either organic apple cider vinegar or organic white vinegar. Cover the pot.

These next ingredients are optional. Add a good amount of rosemary (3 tablespoons) and some sea salt (1 teaspoon). Other recipes that want to go for more flavor call for 2 stalks of celery, 2 carrots, an onion, and other herbs of your choice like thyme and sage. You can experiment with the taste.

Bring the broth to a boil, and then reduce the heat to the lowest setting. Let it simmer on the stove for 12 to 14 hours. You can strain the broth (discard bones, etc.) and keep it in the fridge for up to 5 days, reheating portions at a time. Protein, as found in bone broth, is very good to consume in the morning hours, so drinking it with breakfast is a great plan. If that doesn't feel right to you, then choose any time of day to drink it. This should be consumed all year round. Of course, it feels more intuitive to consume during the winter, but should be considered as an option throughout the year.

So what kind of bones are the best to use? Well, this depends upon the individual. Most broths are made from chicken or beef bones. If someone has a sensitivity to chicken, then obviously do not use chicken bones, and vice-versa for beef bones. If you are unsure, you should be muscle tested by a licensed Holistic Chiropractor and Nutrition Response Testing Practitioner. If beef and chicken are sensitivities, many people do well with turkey bones, as this is not as common a sensitivity.

Dr. Louis Granirer is a leading Holistic Chiropractor in NY and Nutrition Response Testing Practitioner specializing in holistic remedies for good health maintenance and prevention of disease. Visit his website at HolisticChiropracticCenter.com to learn more.