Everything You Need to Know About Bone Broth

Posted by david on January 30th, 2020

Have you heard about bone broth and are wondering what all the fuss is about? It’s true – bone broth has been taking the healthy eating world by storm due to the wide variety of benefits that you can gain from incorporating bone broth into your everyday diet. But what is bone broth, isn’t it like the regular broth that you buy at the grocery store? Bone broth is totally different from the stock and broths that you buy at the grocery store because it is made using bones over a longer period of time so that the nutrients from those bones can be drawn out into the broth.

A good bone broth can take over 24 hours to be made! Due to this fact, a good bone broth has a more gelatin-like consistency that the liquid soupy broths that you buy at the store. But what’s the point of spending 24 hours to make bone broth – what do you get out of it? Well here’s everything you need to know about bone broth and why you should incorporate it into your diet:

History of Bone Broth

While you may have only recently heard about bone broth there is nothing new about it. In fact, it has been consumed for thousands of years by past societies. It became popular in Europe in the Middle Ages but kind of died out once people increased their consumption of whole animals. In Asia, however, this has remained a popular diet staple that is made using many different types of animals and other ingredients. Each region and country has its own unique version of a bone broth recipe that has been around for generations.

Quality Matters

Like anything, quality is really important when it comes to bone broth. A good bone broth isn’t made by cutting corners. First, you need to start with good bones that come from healthy animals that were not factory-farmed and pumped full of unhealthy antibiotics or fed anything other than organic grass-based items. Depending on your preferences, you can use bones from different animals ranging from chicken to beef. Once you have your bones, you can incorporate other delicious ingredients into your broth like herbs and spices, vegetables, and apple cider vinegar. While apple cider vinegar has a ton of benefits on its own, incorporating this into bone broth helps transfer nutrients from the bones into the broth. 

Health Benefits

Now that you know more information about the history of bone broth and how to find or make a good one, you are still probably wondering what benefits you can gain from consuming it. The main thing that you can get out of bone broth is proteins as well as minerals. Collagen is a protein that can help your skin look and feel better – in fact, you can probably find this in some of your beauty products! 

Bone broth also contains gelatin and glucosamine that can help promote bone and joint health and prevent things like arthritis. Gelatin in bone broth can also help heal and protect your stomach from keeping microbes out of your system. Bone broth also contains a whole host of valuable amino acids like glycine, proline, and glutamine. 

Glycine is a particularly beneficial amino acid and it can protect against gastric ulcers, promote better digestion, help regulate your blood sugar, and can even reduce the size of heart attacks. Bone broth is also a great source of minerals like calcium, magnesium, copper, iron, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, sodium, and zinc. But the benefits don’t end there! Bone broth can also help your eye health, brain health, and liver and kidney health as well. The benefits are endless!