Bone Broth

This was something I found looking for ways to nourish Layla because she is allergic to dairy (not tested yet) and knew if we were to ever to get off of formula without milk and still get the nutrients she needs we had to do something. Bone Broth is the answer. I have only recently learned about bone broth or had the ability to make it with high quality grass-fed, pastured bones so we are on our second large batch at the moment. I wish I would have known about it when she was too nauseated to eat.  We used coconut water and muscadine juice for those periods and that worked quite well. I have read to add a pinch of salt to coconut water to make it a complete electrolytic drink, by the way. I currently alternate with coconut water or a basil/green tea with her juice and Fiji water for breakfast and using the broth in the place of the coconut water or tea at lunch or dinner. I will try and find studies about marrow broth and alklyglycerols that I have read showing how they boosted blood counts in leukemia patients. This was a very exciting find for me and I could tell after the first batch how much stronger she became. Personally, I would try to find bones of an animal that was raised without antibiotics and one that was pastured if possible, as we are dealing with a terrible disease and no expense or trouble is anything compared to chemo and/or radiation.


Research:

This is a long explanation of the makeup of broth with recipe
....Additionally, studies have shown that convalescing adults, who have lost weight because of cancer, fare better if gelatin is added to their diet. It is said to be tolerated when almost nothing else can be.28
....gelatin as feed supplement protected against ethanol-induced mucosal damages in rats."26 This directly supports the traditional thought that broth is healing and coating to the gastrointestinal lining, and gives a scientific explanation for broth's ability to calm and soothe. Gelatin has also been found to improve body weight as well as bone mineral density in states of protein undernutrition.2
http://www.townsendletter.com/FebMarch2005/broth0205.htm

Alkyglycerols boost white blood cell production and inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache%3AiMzjFoV2AsEJ%3Awww.doc-rbnavarro.net%2Fbone-marrow.doc+alkylglycerols%2Cbone+broth&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-a

Some Components of Broth- Proline, Glycine, and Gelation
...glycine is the limiting amino acid in children recovering from malnutrition, and it is the limiting amino acid for rapid growth.
...The human body requires copious amounts of glycine for detoxification after exposure to chemicals, and it conjugates directly with benzoic acid. In that individuals stressed with benzoic acid show inhibition of glutathione synthesis, and glycine is a precursor amino acid for glutathione, some researchers have concluded that glycine might improve the functioning of Phase II hepatic detoxification.
...(Glycine) is used in the synthesis of hemoglobin, creatine, porphyrin, bile salts, glutathione and the nucleotides DNA and RNA
..."Gelatin lines the mucous membrane of the intestinal tract and guards against further injurious action on the part of the ingesta,"
...Whatever form of gelatin is used, it should never be cooked or reheated in the microwave. According to a letter published in The Lancet, the common practice of microwaving converts l-proline to d-proline. They write, "The conversion of trans to cis forms could be hazardous because when cis-amino acids are incorporated into peptides and proteins instead of their trans isomers, this can lead to structural, functional and immunological changes."
http://www.westonaprice.org/food-features/513-why-broth-is-beautiful.html

Recipes:
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http://www.westonaprice.org/food-features/515-broth-is-beautiful.html