Re: Sick and need bone broth advice ... Summer?

[Guest guest]

i am but a poor copy of summer ;o)

even tho

a four foot box did impress me

i have axed quite big green (before cooking) marrow bones on a

chopping block on the lawn, you hit down with the back of an axe and

have protective eyeware of some sort, bone splinters can be very sharp

i used to split them to get the marrow out and fry it

>

> I finally found a source of grass-fed beef bones and buffalo bones.

> But they are HUGE! The buffalo femur arrived in a 4 foot box, I

can't

> fit it into my fridge and I have it packed in ice in the box til I

can

> cut it up to fit in the cookpot. How in the world do I cut these

> things up in order to cook them?

>

[Guest guest]

Suzanne,

I forwarded your message to Summer, in case she's not reading the list right

now. I know she doesn't get online much on weekends.

Sorry I have no idea what you should do with that buffalo femur! That must have

been a shock! Maybe a chainsaw?? I seriously have no idea.

You said:

<<I think his immune system is in the process of crashing - he's getting sick a

lot and he

didn't used to do this,>>

Others may have some input for you... but from what I have read and observed

with other kids, I think the fact that he is now getting sick a lot... but

didn't used to... *could* possibly be a sign that his immune system is now

RESPONDING, when before, it was not.

I used to say that my daughter, despite all of her multiple problems, was the

healthiest of my four kids.... she never seemed to get sick! She never seemed to

get sick, even when the rest of the household was going through the latest bug.

But someone pointed out to me that this can actually be a sign of an immune

system that is out-of-whack, underreactive and not responding appropriately.

That was news to me, but really made sense.

They said that people who " never get sick " need to beware... of more serious

conditions that may be creeping up on their other body systems. You WANT to see

the body responding to common viruses and such... with fever and other symptoms

that show the body is actually FIGHTING off invaders, instead of just letting

them hang out in the body doing who-knows-what... despite how uncomfortable they

can be.

Of course, being ill is very hard to deal with, and can wear a person down in

other ways... but it was really interesting to me to start looking at it that

way.... as a somewhat positive sign. Very ironic. Anyway... I just wanted to

pass that along. It may not apply to Tom, of course.... just wanted to share.

Patti

Sick and need bone broth advice ... Summer?

I finally found a source of grass-fed beef bones and buffalo bones.

But they are HUGE! The buffalo femur arrived in a 4 foot box, I can't

fit it into my fridge and I have it packed in ice in the box til I can

cut it up to fit in the cookpot. How in the world do I cut these

things up in order to cook them?

Today I am boiling the beef bones - a large joint and some pieces of

legbones. They are about 2-3 inches in diameter, but at least they fit

in my big soup pot. They should have some nice marrow. But once they

are cooked, how do I crack them?

IO haven't posted recently as Tom and I have been sick with a bad

virus for nearly a month. Fortunately we had some frozen lamb bone

broth that he could eat 3 days out of each week, and some frozen

breastmilk. He didn't lose too much weight but I think his immune

system is in the process of crashing - he's getting sick a lot and he

didn't used to do this, and his food allergies have gotten more

severe. He's getting random hives daily and is showing signs of

chemical sensitivity. Small things push him over the edge, healthwise.

I think bone broth is one of the things that I hope will help.

If Summer's not around, I welcome advice from anyone.

Suzanne

Tom, 3.8. ASD and severe food allergies. SCD Feb '06

[Guest guest]

Thanks for sending to Summer, Patti.

The reason I think Tom's undergiong an immune crash is that he's

always been hyper-reactive (highly allergic and fought off most bugs

easily). Now, he's more reactive than ever but to tiny stimuli that

wouldn't have bothered him before, and he has difficulty fighting

off things that would have been no problem in the past. Often this

precedes an immune crash where a person goes suddenly from an

unsustainable hyper-reactive state to a hypo-reactive state where

they appear to never get sick (like your daughter). If you measure

immune function in such a state, you'll find an immunosuppressed

individual - most of their immunoglobulins will be zero or lower

than normal. They appear not to get sick because their body lacks

the equipment to fight off diseases. This is what happens in AIDS

for instance.

Suzanne

With

>

> Suzanne,

>

> I forwarded your message to Summer, in case she's not reading the

list right now. I know she doesn't get online much on weekends.

>

> Sorry I have no idea what you should do with that buffalo femur!

That must have been a shock! Maybe a chainsaw?? I seriously have no

idea.

>

> You said:

> <<I think his immune system is in the process of crashing - he's

getting sick a lot and he

> didn't used to do this,>>

>

> Others may have some input for you... but from what I have read

and observed with other kids, I think the fact that he is now

getting sick a lot... but didn't used to... *could* possibly be a

sign that his immune system is now RESPONDING, when before, it was

not.

>

> I used to say that my daughter, despite all of her multiple

problems, was the healthiest of my four kids.... she never seemed to

get sick! She never seemed to get sick, even when the rest of the

household was going through the latest bug. But someone pointed out

to me that this can actually be a sign of an immune system that is

out-of-whack, underreactive and not responding appropriately. That

was news to me, but really made sense.

>

> They said that people who " never get sick " need to beware... of

more serious conditions that may be creeping up on their other body

systems. You WANT to see the body responding to common viruses and

such... with fever and other symptoms that show the body is actually

FIGHTING off invaders, instead of just letting them hang out in the

body doing who-knows-what... despite how uncomfortable they can be.

>

> Of course, being ill is very hard to deal with, and can wear a

person down in other ways... but it was really interesting to me to

start looking at it that way.... as a somewhat positive sign. Very

ironic. Anyway... I just wanted to pass that along. It may not apply

to Tom, of course.... just wanted to share.

>

> Patti

>

>

>

> Sick and need bone broth advice ... Summer?

>

>

> I finally found a source of grass-fed beef bones and buffalo

bones.

> But they are HUGE! The buffalo femur arrived in a 4 foot box, I

can't

> fit it into my fridge and I have it packed in ice in the box til

I can

> cut it up to fit in the cookpot. How in the world do I cut these

> things up in order to cook them?

>

> Today I am boiling the beef bones - a large joint and some

pieces of

> legbones. They are about 2-3 inches in diameter, but at least

they fit

> in my big soup pot. They should have some nice marrow. But once

they

> are cooked, how do I crack them?

>

> IO haven't posted recently as Tom and I have been sick with a

bad

> virus for nearly a month. Fortunately we had some frozen lamb

bone

> broth that he could eat 3 days out of each week, and some frozen

> breastmilk. He didn't lose too much weight but I think his

immune

> system is in the process of crashing - he's getting sick a lot

and he

> didn't used to do this, and his food allergies have gotten more

> severe. He's getting random hives daily and is showing signs of

> chemical sensitivity. Small things push him over the edge,

healthwise.

> I think bone broth is one of the things that I hope will help.

>

> If Summer's not around, I welcome advice from anyone.

>

> Suzanne

> Tom, 3.8. ASD and severe food allergies. SCD Feb '06

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thank you , especially for the part reminding about protective

eyewear

Though Summer is my bone broth guru I am always delighted to hear

your advice. I can't imagine either of you a copy of the other, I

surely don't want to visualize it ;->

Suzanne

> >

> > I finally found a source of grass-fed beef bones and buffalo

bones.

> > But they are HUGE! The buffalo femur arrived in a 4 foot box, I

> can't

> > fit it into my fridge and I have it packed in ice in the box til

I

> can

> > cut it up to fit in the cookpot. How in the world do I cut these

> > things up in order to cook them?

> >

>