New month, new topic here at #goodfoodHQ. Let’s dive in to the ways Holistic Nutrition can be of support when it comes to Healthy Aging!
MEAT STOCK + BROTH.
My top food. Every. Dang. Time.
I’ll tell you three reasons why, especially when it comes to supporting you with Aging Well.
BECAUSE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY
Meat stock is a super star at reducing chronic low grade inflammation at the absolute ground zero of it all - THE GUT. Meat Stock especially is wonderful at helping nourish the cells of the intestinal lining on a deep level to help reduce junctions between them. (Read: Leaky Gut). Both meat stock and bone broths provide your body with incredible nutrients needed to quiet and quelch that low grade inflammation dragon in every body part - reducing that incidence of chronic disease.
And when we’re talking Healthy Aging - why, we are not beating around the bush: we’re focusing on reducing the incidence and/or progression of those chronic diseases often associated with aging. What’s the common denominator with those diagnoses we have come to associate with our elders? You know, things like dementia, cancer, cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis, diabetes, etc. At the root of them all is the one thing: CHRONIC INFLAMMATION. Meat stock + bone broth can help address that central piece, in order to support vitality.
FOR THE LOVE OF DIGESTION
Meat Stock + Bone Broth are both gigantic helpers in revving up your body’s own ability to digest. If you understand that disordered digestion is at the root of that chronic low grade inflammation, then anything you can do via diet to help support improved digestion will go a long way.
Double that with the fact that as we age, our ability to digest starts to wane (about age 40). Add in there too for those of us who were ever on birth control along the way, the long term side effects of that have a dampening effect on our digestion. Meat Stock + Bone Broth to the digestive fire rescue!
FOR THE LOVE OF YOUR CONNECTIVE TISSUE
If you understand that the nutrients found in stocks + broths are incredibly rich in things like proteoglycans, and nutrients rich in connective tissues like cartilage, collagen, bone marrow, ligaments and such, this nutrient dense food is one of those Traditional Foods that really knocks it outta the park when it comes to supporting your body’s living framework. Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body - it literally holds you all together! Stocks + broths offer a rich array to support all your bones, joints, ligaments, fascia, tendons + connective tissue so you don’t fall apart.
So soup it up, butter cup.
How to know which one is best for you, Meat Stock or Bone Broth?
Read up on this blog post here.
Bonus too, you’ll find a recipe and a video how-to on making the good stuff at that same link. Want to get the recipe? Sign up for my newsletter and you’ll get this, along with a few other recipes to get you started on supporting you well through the ages ahead.
Aiming to keep well as you age, dear one? Looking to get a leg up, want some help in achieving it?
Get in touch. Let’s meet up to start drawing up your road map to support you in both quantity and quality of life.