Guest guest Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 The amino acid glycine which is present in broth really helps with protein digestion. So IMHO, you should be eating broth every time you eat a protein source. How much you would benefit from consuming would rely on how much protein you consume and how bad your protein digestion is. Just drinking broth between meals isn't necessarily going to help this, so it is best to use broth in your cooking. In terms of protein digestion, legumes are best cooked in broth instead of water (and grains too, but I note you're SCD) and meats are best accompanied with reduction sauces (broth where the water has been cooked off so it gets thicker) or as soups and stews, although something like aspic might be better suited to the summer. -Lana On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:51 PM, scdkat <scdkat@...> wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering, how much bone broth should I be aiming to have in a > day? I really have no idea, 1/4 cup? Over 1 cup? A few tbsps? > > I make chicken broth with chicken bones and meat, and beef broth with > marrow bones and meat. Into both I put carrots, celery, onions and > mushrooms. I haven't been having too much broth lately since the > weather got warmer but want to start having more. I'm currently > healing from digestive problems, so I guess I'm asking what is a > healing amount of broth? > > Thanks, > Kat > Following the SCDiet and Weston Price guidelines > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2008 Report Share Posted April 30, 2008 Not to disagree with Lana's technical analysis, because she knows FAR more than I will ever know! But, I have a different ( and much simpler :-)) take on bone broth. I try to drink a cup each day, usually in the evening. I always try to keep a quart in the freezer. Because if I get sick, or start feeling bad, I'm 24 hours away from the most important tool in healing, in my opinion. On the rare occasion that I get sick, I try not to consume anything but bone broth and drink 3-5 cups per day. My goal is to give my body as many nutrients as possible and conserve energy so that my body can use it for healing. In December, I got the flu, and for 3 days I consumed nothing but bone broth, grapefruit or grapefruit juice, and the oscillistuff homeopathic remedy for flu. My flu lasted three days, everybody else's lasted a week or more. My theory on not eating anything else when I'm sick is kind of like sick wild predators. If a big cat or wolf get sick, they don't try to go out and get a kill so they have food for energy. They lay by a stream and consume just water, conserving their energy for healing. I think taking it at night helps me sleep, I think no one knows your body better than you and you should trust your intuition and do what your body tells you, Kathy Re: Bone broth Question The amino acid glycine which is present in broth really helps with protein digestion. So IMHO, you should be eating broth every time you eat a protein source. How much you would benefit from consuming would rely on how much protein you consume and how bad your protein digestion is. Just drinking broth between meals isn't necessarily going to help this, so it is best to use broth in your cooking. In terms of protein digestion, legumes are best cooked in broth instead of water (and grains too, but I note you're SCD) and meats are best accompanied with reduction sauces (broth where the water has been cooked off so it gets thicker) or as soups and stews, although something like aspic might be better suited to the summer. -Lana On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 10:51 PM, scdkat <scdkat@...> wrote: > Hi, > I was wondering, how much bone broth should I be aiming to have in a > day? I really have no idea, 1/4 cup? Over 1 cup? A few tbsps? > > I make chicken broth with chicken bones and meat, and beef broth with > marrow bones and meat. Into both I put carrots, celery, onions and > mushrooms. I haven't been having too much broth lately since the > weather got warmer but want to start having more. I'm currently > healing from digestive problems, so I guess I'm asking what is a > healing amount of broth? > > Thanks, > Kat > Following the SCDiet and Weston Price guidelines > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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