Beauty Broth

This video will show you how to create your own beauty broth (bone broth) which is great for your skin, joint, and gut health. Win, Win , Win!

Beauty Broth

One common healing food that is now being recognized for it’s incredible health benefits is bone broth.

This simmering causes the release of healing compounds like collagen, proline, glycine, and glutamine that have the power to transform your health.  The collagen in bone broth will heal your gut lining and reduce intestinal inflammation.  In addition, collagen will support healthy skin and can reduce the appearance of cellulite.  Also, the glycine in bone broth can detoxify your cells from chemicals and improve brain function.  It is great in fighting inflammation and supporting the immune system.

This broth contains minerals in forms that your body can easily absorb: calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, silicon, sulphur and others.  They contain chondroitin sulphates and glucosamine, the compounds sold as pricey supplements to reduce inflammation, arthritis and joint pain.

How to Make Bone Broth

There are a few important basics to consider when making good stock.  You can make bone broth with animal components alone but in his chicken soup study, Dr. Rennard found that the combination of animal products and vegetables seemed to have synergistic effects, working together to be more beneficial than either alone. 

Celery can help your body expel uric acid, balance pH, and reduce inflammation. It’s packed with nutrients, especially potassium. Carrots support liver detoxification and are high in antioxidants especially beta-carotene. Onions contain sulfur, great for joints and leaky gut. Garlic has similar benefits to onions.

Sally Fallon, author of Nourishing traditions, says that it’s important to use body parts that aren’t commonly found in the meat department of your grocery store, things like chicken feet and neck.

You’ll also want to buy animal products that you know are pasture-fed and free of antibiotics and hormones.

Fallon describes the essentials as bones, fat, meat, vegetables and water. If you’re making beef broth or lamb broth, you should brown the meat before putting it into a stock pot.  Fish and poultry are fine to put in a pot without browning first.  Add a bit of apple cider vinegar to your pot to help draw the minerals from the bones.

Cooking Suggestions

1.    Place bones into a large stock pot and cover with water.

2.    Add two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to water prior to cooking. This helps to pull out important nutrients from the bones.

3.    Fill stock pot with filtered water.  Leave plenty of room for water to boil.

4.    Heat slowly. Bring to a boil and then reduce heat to simmer for at least six hours.  Remove scum as it arises.

5.    Cook slow and at low heat. Chicken bones can cook for 24 hours. Beef bones can cook for 48 hours. A low and slow cook time is necessary in order to fully extract the nutrients in and around bone.

6.    You can also add in vegetables such as onions, garlic, carrots, and celery for added nutrient value.

After cooking, the broth will cool and a layer of fat will harden on top.  This layer protects the broth beneath.  Discard this layer only when you are about to eat the broth.