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Looking for opinions on bone broth. I have been reading up on it but would like to hear from people who also have thyroid issues. Do you use it? Does it do anything for you? Does it not do anything for you?

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Gabriela71

Bone broth is one of the best things you can use for healing your gut.

All of us that have thyroid disorders have gut issues.

Unfortunately I can't use it because I'm histamine intolerant, but I would love to.

You can make your own.

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BadHare

It was recommended a a general health boost on a course I went on a few years ago. I draw a line after NDT as I'm otherwise veggie, though the naturopath running the course suggested drinking boiled egg water for minerals from the shells, or beetroot for vegans.

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SilverAvocado

I make bone broth every two weeks. Partly because I'm lucky enough to be able to get organic chicken carcasses delivered with my other groceries.

I get two carcasses, roast them for 45 minutes, and usually peel off any meat that remains. Then put in a pot of water with a Tbsp or two of apple cider vinegar, and simmer in the oven for 12-24 hours. Some batches turn out with more gelatine and deliciousness than others. I get about a litre of usable broth, and eat it over the next week or so.

I wouldn't say there is anything earth shattering about this, or that it's had a direct impact on any symptoms. I just have it as part of trying to eat a good diet overall.

It is pretty delicious, and I leave the fat in so it's also very filling. It can be tricky figuring out ways to eat it. I have a lot of ramen broth type meals with noodles and stir fried veg, or have it in a mug like tea with some miso stirred in.

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humanbean in reply toSilverAvocado

How do you get hold of organic chicken carcasses?

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SilverAvocado in reply tohumanbean

From Abel and Cole. The chickens are quite reasonable, at £2.75 for the two ( slightly more to get giblets included), but most other things are expensive. Their high welfare meat and a lot of the veg are extremely good, though. They deliver to my back garden while I'm asleep, which is also good.

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SilverAvocado in reply toSilverAvocado

Another issue that I had at one time was I was cooking it too cool (for maybe a whole year...), putting it on a very low setting in my oven. I didn't enjoy it, and could still taste the vinegar. Finally I learned that you've got to cook it hot enough for bubbles to be coming through the whole time, which in my oven is Gas 4, but my oven is rubbish.

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humanbean in reply toSilverAvocado

Thanks for the tip! I've found the website and bookmarked it. :)

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Lovecake

I make chicken soup similar to SilverAvocado.

Roast some chicken, remove most of the meat. Boil the bones, but a couple of hours is enough. (Apple cider vinegar is a good add too). Slightly cool. Remove bones. Add diced potatoes, chopped carrots, maybe celery. Cook. Re-add some cooked chicken plus any chicken juice saved from any other time we have chicken. Plus a little stock (gluten free if you are). It’s very filling and full of goodness.

Turkey bones make even more yummy soup.

I’ve had it all my life, my mum and my nan made it too.

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wellness1

There have been some concerns about bone broth as a source of lead. Farm animals are exposed to lead through air, water, soil, food and dust. Lead mainly deposits in mineralising tissues, the teeth and bones, hence the concern that the bones used for bone broth could be a source of lead exposure.

Here's Chris Kresser's take on this:

chriskresser.com/bone-broth...

Here's a study whose authors concluded, "...the risks that are associated with ingestion of heavy metals from broth are considered minimal."

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

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Margo

I make bone broth too. I put the carcasses in a slow cook pot for 24 hours, then decant into jam jars and freeze, each jam jar is a portion.

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Hashi-hacker

I don't always get round to making bone broth but use collagen powder and gelatine for a similar end result. I make 'gut gummies' using gelatin, here's one recipe autoimmunewellness.com/lemo... but what I do is

1 1/4 cup fruit juice - your choice

1/2 cup lemon juice

1/3 cup grass fed gelatin (I use Great Lakes).

Little bit of honey if you like it sweeter

I mix it all together, let is soak for 5 mins, then gently heat until the gelatin is all dissolved, then pour into a silicon mould and leave to set.

As to collagen, you can drink that in water or add it to smoothies, or juice or whatever. I sometimes have this for breakfast which has a tablespoon of collagen in it.

lauraschoenfeldrd.com/tropi...

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