So much of our health starts in our gut! We can attribute the health of our digestive system, immune system, mental health, hormonal health and more, to our gut.
What Happens When the Gut Lining Is Damaged?
Damage to the gut lining can occur as a result of inflammation, indigestion, and dysbiosis. Prolonged periods of any of these symptoms reduces the production of digestive enzymes, increases the potential of other digestive disturbances, and overtime causes physical damage to the intestinal walls. When the intestinal barrier weakens, food particles, hormones, and toxins leak through into the body. If these particles pass through, they are identified as invaders and can trigger further systemic disruption.
How Bone Broth Repairs the Gut
Bone broth is an amazing example of gut supportive nutrition! It is made by slowly simmering animal bones in water to extract nutrients into easily digestible and absorbable nutrition. This amino acid-rich broth assists the regeneration and repair of the tissues lining the digestive tract due to a high collagen and gelatin content. Collagen is a protein that is rich in 19 easily absorbable amino acids, most prominently; proline, arginine, and glycine. These amino acids are vital for maintaining the integrity of the digestive tract.
Bone broth also contains the amino acid, l-glutamine. L-glutamine is especially good at rebuilding proteins and repairing the intestinal barrier, and is often supplemented on its own for this exact reason. Bone broth is known for it’s high l-glutamine content.
The nutritional profile doesn’t stop there! Bone broth is rich in gut supportive nutrients like calcium, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, selenium and zinc, as well as vitamins A, C and E. And it contains natural compounds, glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate and hyaluronic acid, which contribute to gut health by supporting the health of your microbiome. Bone broth is a great way to take in these nutrients due to its concentrated liquid form. And it is a clean source of protein, the essential macronutrient for cell regeneration!
Choosing the Right Bone Broth
Organika provides 3 delicious ways to support gut health. Our bone broths are clean, nutrient-dense and deliciously flavoured.
Beef Bone Broth
Organika beef bone broth comes in Original and Ginger flavours. It is a high protein, collagen-rich, low sodium alternative to regular beef broth. Always free of antibiotics and hormones, our beef broth comes from grass-fed cows in Sweden. We simmer the animal bones and connective tissues to extract the important gut supportive health benefits so that you don’t have to!
2. Chicken Bone Broth
Our chicken bone broth comes in Original, Ginger and Turmeric flavours. It is a clean, single-ingredient broth powder sourced from cage-free USA chickens that are exclusively fed organic grain and are tested regularly for hormones, antibiotics, heavy metals or pesticides. It is a higher protein and collagen-rich alternative to regular chicken broth!
As with our beef broth, it is rich in glucosamine, hyaluronic acid and chondroitin, compounds that reduce inflammation and joint pain, as well as support the repair of the digestive lining.
3. Veggie Broth
For vegetarians and vegans, we have our veggie broth that is packed full of real organic vegetables, adaptogenic tremella mushrooms and nutritional yeast! Nutritional yeast is a source of complete protein. Protein is an essential macronutrient vital for enzyme and hormone production, as well as the repair and regeneration of every cell in the body.
If you follow a vegetarian or vegan diet, you may be low in B vitamins. These water-soluble vitamins aren’t stored in the body and must be consumed on a regular basis. Our veggie broth is rich in B vitamins, vital for energy production, antioxidant action, and the building and repairing of DNA.
Just like our other formulas, veggie broth also contains the gut supportive amino acid, l-glutamine, to maintain and support a healthy gut barrier!
Heal Your Gut with Bone Broth
Consuming this nutrient-dense, amino-acid rich product in a variety of dishes, on a daily basis, can help reduce inflammation, digestive disruptions and allergies, and thoroughly nourish your body in one quick scoop!
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About our Guest Author
Alison Dowling
HBA, NNCP Certified
Alison is a Toronto actor and nutritionist. Through movement training and a love of food, she found holistic nutrition. When she's not writing or working with clients at the Clara Clinic in east Toronto, you'll find her catching up on auditions or brushing up her Shakespeare!
7 Reasons to start sipping on bone broth
You may have heard about the plentiful benefits of bone broth, or that it is a highly nutritious source of protein, or that it is your ticket to gut health.
Yes, to all the above.
Bone broth is so much more than a comforting soup. It is a versatile accompaniment to recipes and the start to whole body health.
If you have heard about it but are not sure if you should or need to have it in your pantry, let’s stir on that.
What is bone broth?
Bone broth is made by simmering animal bones and connective tissues for extended periods of time; typically made with cattle or chicken bones.
Through the process of simmering, bones release beneficial nutrients such as collagen, gelatin, and amino acids (such as glycine, glutamine, and proline, to name a few). Alongside those nutrients are many key minerals, including protein, that aid tissue, gut, skin, and joint health.
BONE BROTH NUTRITION FACTS
Bone broth contains 19 easily absorbable amino acids, which are the building blocks of protein. Protein is the essential macronutrient needed in the body for cell regeneration. Not only does it help with muscle growth, but it also prevents muscle wasting and breakdown (which occurs naturally as you age).
There is another incredible group of nutrients found in bone broth known as Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs). GAGs play a key role in building strong ligaments, cartilage, nails and skin firmness. Two of these includes glucosamine and chondroitin, both of which are well-studied natural compounds that help to decrease joint pain and inflammation.
Bone broth also contains hyaluronic acid (another GAG) which helps with collagen production and helps to lubricate joints, tissues, including the skin and gut lining.
7 Bone broth benefits — Why you should drink it.
Strengthens your joints and connective tissues
As a natural source of collagen (type 1 for beef bone broth type 2 for chicken) bone broth helps to restore your connective tissues as well as repair joint health.
A key component of bone broths is gelatin, which is the cooked form of collagen. Gelatin is easily digestible and provides protection from wear and tear to the joints. It’s also been shown to improve joint pain in people with osteoarthritis.
Fights inflammation
Amino acids such as glycine, glutamine and arginine, all found in bone broth, have all been considered to play a strong role in decreasing inflammation in the body.
Arginine has been helpful in fighting ongoing inflammation, which can lead to several conditions and health concerns over time. This includes metabolic syndrome, heart disease and others. Glycine, a main amino acid in collagen, plays a role in producing an antioxidant that helps improve cell health and prevent inflammation (in the liver and gut). Glutamine has also been shown to block the production of nitric oxide which causes inflammation in the body. Together these amino acids in bone broth can provide your body with less pain by blocking inflammation.
Helps heal your gut
Because bone broth’s nutrient profile helps to decrease inflammation, it does that throughout the body including the digestive tract lining. Glycine improves the integrity of your digestive tract and plays a vital role in the absorption of nutrients found in our foods, potentially helping with several conditions.
Because bone broth has collagen which supports tissue health, this also encourages strength in the tissues lining the gut, making it stronger and more resistant (no more “leaky gut”).
Improves immunity
There is a reason why warm broth or “chicken soup” has been touted as a remedy for cold and flus. Because of its immense nutrient profile, bone broth fights inflammation and supports gut health as you just read. In turn, when the digestive tract is healthy, it feeds to your overall health and boosts the immune system.
Sipping bone broth has been linked to improving symptoms of respiratory tract infections, soothing sore throats and stomachs.
Boosts skin health
Collagen helps form elastin and other compounds within skin that are responsible for maintaining skin’s textures, buoyancy, elasticity and glow. Because of bone broth’s composition being rich in collagen, it’s no surprise that skin health is inevitably a big benefit.
In addition, the hyaluronic acid component supports collagen production, as well as retains moisture within the skin tissues and its cells to provide a more “plump” appearance to the skin.
Helps in detoxification
Because bone broths (as we’ve seen) support your gut health, decreases liver inflammation and improves the body’s use of antioxidants, it also is helpful in supporting the body carry out toxins.
In addition to potassium and glycine, both of which support cellular health, bone broth provides glutathione. This has been studied to help remove fat-soluble compounds and heavy metals from the body and increase the use of antioxidants to help your liver function better.
Boosts metabolism
Bone broth has a high protein amount (12g or more in Organika’s Chicken and Beef Broth Powders). The complete protein profile includes all the amino acids that help the body to repair muscle tissues, increase bone health, boost nutrient absorption and maintain tissue health everywhere. It also helps the body to convert its glucose stores into usable energy. Protein, specifically amino acids like glutamine, helps the body maintain energy and increase nutrient uptake by cells. These play key roles in increased metabolism and why you may find yourself feeling “satisfied” after sipping on a whole cup of bone broth.
Bone broth made simple.
Traditionally, bone broth is made by simmering animal bones for hours (sometimes days!) to extract every single nutrient from the bones. Organika has made it easier with powdered bone broths.
Organika’s bone broth powders are extremely easy to use as well as digest. Simply add water or stir it into soups, sauces and more!
Try these recipes featuring our Bone Broth and Veggie Broth powders...
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Bone Broth Stuffing - Blog - Organika Health Products
A holiday feast is not a holiday feast without stuffing! In this Bone Broth Stuffing, a healthier take on the traditional recipe, old fashioned taste meets nutrient-rich Chicken Bone Broth: the best of both worlds! What nutrients will you be taking in from this recipe?
Gut-healing L-glutamine
Key minerals for strong bones
Collagen for sturdy joints and healthier skin
Plenty of protein!
Ingredients
½ cup Organika Chicken Bone Broth
1 ½ cup water
1 loaf of bread*
½ cup grass-fed butter
1 granny smith apple (tart)
2 free-run eggs
1 cup fresh cranberries
1 medium white onion
4 stalks organic celery
2 tbsp parsley
½ tbsp rosemary
1 tbsp thyme, fresh
2 tbsp sage, fresh
1 tbsp sea salt
1 tbsp black pepper
Optional: 5 slices of wild boar bacon
*Keep it Keto with Bakerlita's Beauty Bread!
How to:
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
Preheat a large skillet over medium heat. Then, add the grass-fed butter and allow it to melt. Add the onions and celery along with a pinch of salt and sauté for about 5 to 7 minutes or until they start to become translucent.
In a large bowl, mix together bread cubes, chopped apples, cranberries, fresh herbs and seasonings, along with the cooked onions & celery.
In a blender, add ½ cup Chicken Bone Broth, 1 ½ cups of warm water and one whole egg. Blend on high speed for 5 seconds.
Next, add half of the chicken broth mix to your stuffing and mix together until combined.
Pour the stuffing into casserole baking dish.
Optional: Chop up 6 slices of wild boar bacon & spread chopped bacon all over the top of the stuffing to create amazing flavour!
Cover with foil and bake for 20 minutes. Remove foil and bake for another 30 minutes or until the top is lightly golden brown and the bacon is nice and crispy!
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