I was never raised on deboned or fillet meats. My parents always cook meat with the bones. I can remember the soups, the stews, cooked with a lot of bones. Little did I know how beneficial those bones were to my health and wellbeing.
Today there is a buzz about Bone Broth. The very thing I grew up on. My father had an enormous appetite for the marrow in the bone. I never believed him that it was good for me. I just thought it was a lot of fat.
Living with ulcerative colitis I constantly research things that will nourish my body and help in healing my intestinal track and my digestive system. I discovered Bone Broth. Two cups per day is required in order to benefit from it. Having more will not hurt.
Ulcerative Colitis often flare-up. When I am having a flare-up, I usually go on a liquid diet until I am well enough to start on solids. Being able to have bone broth is comforting. It allows my body to rest and heal at the same time. It gives me the nourishment I need to function effectively until my symptoms are in check. On those days, I usually have more than two cups per day, and I try to have other things like jello, herbal tea (with or without honey) and of course I visit my doctor because most times it calls for added medication.
Ulcerative colitis causes a lack in many of the essential vitamins and minerals we need to function on a daily basis. With frequent diarrhea we lose electrolytes, our intestines becomes inflamed and our digestive track goes out of whack, and we get acid reflux. This is the reason we must eat foods that are rich in vitamins and minerals.
Ulcerative colitis patients usually have a break-down of their immune system, which prevent the immune cells from supporting the good bacteria and unable to fight off the bad bacteria. Ulcerative Colitis also affect our:
Eyes 
Skin 
Joints
This is why I am so hooked on Bone Broth and here to tell you all its benefits.
The Benefits of Bone Broth to Ulcerative Colitis Patients:
- Bone Broth contains minerals such as calcium phosphorous, magnesium, sulfate and fluoride.
- Including minerals such as sodium and potassium, which provide the electrolytes we frequently lack
- Vitamin C – Strengthens Immune system
- Collagen – for our joints, tendons, ligaments, mucus membranes skin and bones. It strengthens the lining of our gastrointestinal track including the stomach and intestines.
- It fights off inflammation.
- Bone Broth increases the gastric and acid secretion, reducing gastric ulcers and enhancing digestion
Now that I have you hooked on Bone Broth – It’s time to start sipping.
You can either do your own home brewed or you can have bone broth from the store or online
- Walmart
- Wise Choice Market (on line)
- www.draxe.com (on line)
- www.amazon.com – grass fed Beef Bone Broth (on line)
- www.paleoonthego.com – (on line)
- www.vitacost.com/bone+broth (on line)
It is more convenient to have store bought. I can’t promise you it will be as tasty as home brewed – but then, homemade stuff is usually better tasting.
Recipe for – Home Brew Bone Broth:
- 3 lbs. bone (You can mix beef bone and chicken bones)
- Water
- 1 tbsp. apple cider vinegar or dry white wine (adding this acid will pull the minerals from the bones)
- 2 large carrots diced
- 2 stalk celery
- 1 tbsp. chopped parsley
- 1 tsp. minced ginger
- 1 tbsp. minced garlic
- 1 large onion chopped
- 1 tsp. thyme
- Salt to taste (Do not over do your salt, we are not allowed pepper so NO PEPPER)
You can be creative with your vegetables and herbs
Directions:
- Place all ingredients in a crock pot and cover with water.
- Bring to a boil on high, then turn crock pot on low and let simmer for 12 – 48 hours.
- Chicken bones can go for 6 – 48 hours
- Beef bones can go for 12 – 72 hours
- I do 48 hours enough time for the nutrients to be extracted.
- After your set time turn off crock pot and let the broth cool.
- Strain and discard the vegetables and bones. Refrigerate the broth when fully cooled it will have a layer on top. The layer protects broth from going bad.
- When you are ready to start sipping remove layer.
- Refrigerate three days serving and freeze the rest for your other days.
- The broth will be gelatinous and that is what you want. It will become liquid when it is heated up.
On your last three servings START BREWING your next batch.
Things to Remember About Bone Broth:
- Rich in vitamins and minerals
- Strengthens immune system
- Helps repair dysfunctional gut wall and support digestion
- Contains collagen. Studies have shown that collagen helps to heal the lining of the gastrointestinal track
- Collagen also reduce wrinkles, cellulites, stretch marks and nourishes the other parts of your body that requires collagen
- Bone broth also contain glycosaminoglycan proven to be deficient
in ulcerative colitis and crohn’s patients. (among other things glycosaminoglycan regulate cell growth and the modulation of enzyme activities)
TWO CUPS PER DAY
References:
https://bodyecology.com/articles/bone-broth : https/womenshealthmagazine.com
https://www.healingwell.com :https://www.mangiapaleo.com https://www.linelibrary.wiley.com http://www.sciencewithme.com : www.eyeprojectforscienceblogpost.com
Thank you for coming to my website. If you have any questions or comment have a topic you would like to discuss you can leave me a message: Angella Gaskin: ulcerativecolitisliving@gmail.com
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