bone broth

[Shannon]

Bone broth is a great non-dairy source of calcium. The longer you cook it, the higher the minerals, and if you add something acidic (vinegar, lemon juice, kombucha...) that will also get more minerals out.

If you start with bones that have some connective tissue (chicken wing tips, chicken feet, knuckle bones, shanks) you will get a lot of gelatin, which is good for digestion and for the villi in your small intestines.

If you use marrow bones, the fat at the top will have lots of vitamins, including vitamin K2.

I like to use bone broth to cook things like rice, and to make gravy. I'm in love with gravy right now :) What are other good places to put it?
http://www.westonaprice.org/food-features/515-broth-is-beautiful.html

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[Johanna]

I have thought about making a second infusion wit the leftover nettles and putting that in the bath with epsom salts. What do you think if hat idea. Would it clash with the epsom salts?

Pat Robinson said:

For Nettles:
From Nutritional Herbology by Mark Pedersen
Per 100g dry weight:

Calcium - 2900mg
Magnesium - 860mg
Potassium - 1750mg
Selenium - .22mg
Zinc - .47mg

Thiamine - .54mg
Riboflavin (B2) - .43mg
http://www.amazon.com/Nutritional-Herbology-Reference-Guide-Herbs/d...


Not sure how much 100g is in cups, though?? So, maybe a cup of nettles = 100g. But, not all of the calcium in the nettle leaf is infused into the infusion. So, not sure how much calcium remains in the final product.

Pat

[Pat Robinson]

Huh, I never thought of that. I know that people do herbal baths. So, I can't see why not. The only issue might be bits of nettles stuck all over you when you climb out of the tub. Maybe use some sort of infusion bag for the nettles. Or, strain them!(duh) I'm thinking out-loud here. LOL

Sounds like a great idea, I think! I'd just use the infusion that day, as the infusion gets a bit 'off' after just sitting a day in the refrigerator, ime.

I hate to think what all is absorbed through our skin at the public swimming pool...



Pat

[Kelly Armstrong]

I know- That's why I haven't taken the kids to swimming classes yet, which seem to be the rage.

[Jennifer Lynn]

Is it important to use organic beef bones, id really have to search out a source and id like to start making these broths asap...

Pat Robinson said:

I never get anything to skim, either.

Pat

[Pat Robinson]

I just get a whole organic chicken. They put arsenic in non-organic chicken feed!!, so I would not be comfortable eating that.

Costco has organic chicken the cheapest anywhere, ime.

Organic beef bones are hard to find and cows are not meant to eat grain. We get 100% grass-fed bones for $5 a (huge!) pot of bones locally. Check Local Harvest for a source of 100% grass-fed beef. They practically give the soup bones away. http://www.localharvest.org/

Pat

[Jennifer Lynn]

Ok thanks for the link and info. I just stoped by my local meat center and got 3 beef bones...they are not organic or even all natural....this will be my first broth, so im gonna go ahead with them. (Unless you think the risk of using them will out way the benefit????) In the mean time I will seek out a source of 100% grass fed beef bones. I live in New Haven County, CT and I know of a few local beef farms that are all natural/organic grass fed....

Pat Robinson said:

I just get a whole organic chicken. They put arsenic in non-organic chicken feed!!, so I would not be comfortable eating that.

Costco has organic chicken the cheapest anywhere, ime.

Organic beef bones are hard to find and cows are not meant to eat grain. We get 100% grass-fed bones for $5 a (huge!) pot of bones locally. Check Local Harvest for a source of 100% grass-fed beef. They practically give the soup bones away. http://www.localharvest.org/

Pat

[Pat Robinson]

It will be fine. But, I'd seek out grass-fed or organic, like you are.

There are other foods which also offer glutathione: http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/glutathione-101

And Nettles infusions provide minerals too: http://heal-thyself.ning.com/profiles/blogs/nettles-leaf-herbal-infusion


Pat

[Kathleen Toback]

What do you think about using a pressure cooker?

[Shannon]

Kathleen Toback said:

What do you think about using a pressure cooker?

I've been doing mine in a pressure cooker for a while, but am trying to get back to the crockpot lately. It goes faster, decreasing amines (if you're sensitive to amines) but increases glutamates. Crockpot broth has a much richer flavor, and I get better gel. The clincher for me is that the bones are way more crumbly in the crockpot, so I can only assume there's better nutrition there. But if a pressure cooker makes it happen, having the broth around is number one priority for me.

[Pat Robinson]

Bone broth is wonderful for healing colds and flus!

Pat

[Gabraela]

That is a really great article!  Thank you for sharing!

Pat Robinson said:

This is an amazing article about the extensive nutritional benefits of bone broth!!


Pat

[Sarah Cortes]

Just want to add that I read somewhere that non organic bones do not produce a jelled broth.  That's not true.  Mine jell, though I definitely give preference to  organic bones/meat.  Sometimnes I even throw away non organic bones.