Enjoy bone broth, it’s good for you

Home cooks and chefs all over the world have traditionally boiled leftover bones to make rich, flavourful broth. Now, bone broth is a rising health trend that may become as popular as fresh vegetable juice and smoothies in some circles. Why is this simple soup gaining superstar status?

• Bone broth is a staple stock made from the cracked and slowly simmered raw or cooked bones of poultry, fish, or almost any type of meat.

Heal and seal your gut. The gelatin in the bone broth (found in the knuckles, feet, and other joints) helps seal up holes in intestines. This helps cure chronic diarrhoea, constipation, and even some food intolerances.

• Protect your joints. Taking glucosamine supplements to help with joint pain has been common knowledge for years, but it turns out that bone broth has glucosamine too. But unlike pills, the broth also includes a host of other goodies that help keep your joints happy, healthy, and pain-free. The chondroitin sulfate in bone broth has been shown to help prevent osteoarthritis.
• Look younger. Bone broth is a rich source of collagen. Drinking it can make your skin, hair, and nails look radiant.

• Sleep better, and feel better. The glycine in bone broth has been shown in several studies to help people sleep better and improve memory.

• Immune support. People actually call bone broth a super food, thanks to the high concentration of minerals in the bone marrow, which can help strengthen your immune system.
• Stronger bones. The phosphorus, magnesium, and calcium in the bones seep out into the broth, leaving you with the essential building blocks for healthy bones.

• Don’t take too much of it, though, as you may end up with excess vitamin D derivable from the fatty portion of the beef bones (the marrow) used to make the broth.

Sources: qualityhealth.com; shape.com