WHY IS BONE BROTH A SUPERFOOD?

THE TOP TEN BENEFITS OF BONE BROTH THAT MAKES IT A SUPERFOOD:

1. Bone broth beautifies your skin with the building blocks of collagen and hyaluronic acid found in many high-end wrinkle creams.

2. Bone broth heals your gut---the key to fast weight loss and a healthier immune system. How does bone broth help to heal your gut and chronic inflammation? It’s loaded with gelatin, which is basically cooked collagen. This gelatin soothes and heals your gut. In addition, bone broth is rich in glycine, an amino acid with powerful anti-inflammatory effects.

3. Bone broth quells your cravings—another weight-loss bonus! Because it’s loaded with amino acids and minerals like magnesium and phosphorus, as well as healthy fatty acids and iron from the bone marrow, it feeds your body deep nutrition that keeps hunger at bay for hours.

4. Bone broth heals your joints. Bone broth is loaded with glucosamine and chondroitin—the same nutrients that many doctors prescribe to ease joint pain. In addition, that hyaluronic acid mentioned earlier doesn’t just smooth your skin; it also helps to lubricate your joints, keeping them healthy and pain-free.

5. Bone broth cleans out toxins. We are constantly bombarded by everything from smog to pesticides to second-hand smoke—and as a result, our bodies have to work hard to “take out the trash.” Bone broth is packed with glycine, and glycine plays a direct role in this detoxification process. In addition, glycine is a building block of glutathione, one of the body’s most powerful detoxifying agents.

6. Bone broth helps fight cellulite. As you age, you lose firm muscle mass and replace it with jiggly fat. In addition, your skin loses collagen, so it can’t rein in your fat as tightly as it once did. The result: those cottage-cheese thighs you hate. How can you fight cellulite? By combining muscle-building exercise with bone broth. Those same collagen building blocks that erase your wrinkles will also strengthen the skin on your butt and thighs, keeping them firmer and smoother.

7. Bone broth makes your hair and nails strong and beautiful. Your grandma is right: If you want beautiful fingernails and shiny hair, gelatin is the answer! What’s more, research backs her up. Research shows that gelatin can make your nails stronger and improve defects.

8. Bone broth helps relieve anxiety. The glycine bone broth contains can lower anxiety, apparently by countering the effects of norepinephrine. In addition, bone broth is an excellent source of magnesium, which has powerful calming effects.

9. Bone broth can help you get over a cold. Research shows that chicken soup helps fight the inflammation that makes you miserable when you have a cold, by inhibiting the movement of cells called neutrophils. One important note: It appears that it’s not just the broth in the soup, but the combination of broth and other ingredients such as onions, carrots, celery, and spices. So if you’re coming down with a cold, load up your bone broth with plenty of veggies and spices for extra sniffle-fighting power!

10. Bone broth helps you sleep better. Are you troubled by insomnia—or do you toss and turn, waking up feeling tired and blah? Then try a mug of bone broth before bedtime. The glycine in it can help you sleep better and awaken more refreshed.