There are numerous health benefits to eating homemade stocks and broths, their ailment curing remedies go back for thousands of years. Ever heard of the term 'Jewish Penicillin'? The name was given to chicken broth because of it's ability to cure colds, flu and many other ailments.
Broths made from organic grass fed or pasture raised animals are the only ones you will want to make your stock from…trust me! When you learn about how toxic conventional meat is with feeding them GMO's, animals feces and arsenic, the broth will be anything but healing and nutritious! (More on that later.)
Broth contains many minerals your body needs like calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, silicon, sulphur, and many other trace minerals. Broth also contains amino acids that help to detoxify the body. The cartilage and tendons that are used to make broth provide chondroitin sulphates and glucosamine that help with arthritis and joint pain. Most people pay high dollar to get these in a pill supplement.
Bone broth is rich in gelatin, the main ingredient in broth that helps with a multitude of symptoms and sicknesses: ulcers, tuberculosis, diabetes, muscle diseases, jaundice, cancer, irritable bowel syndrome, thyroid and the list goes on.
Many people today suffer from various intestinal issues: leaky gut, IBS, Crohn’s disease, etc. Bone broth is a delicious and therapeutic drink or soup that is particularly gentle on the stomach. It strengthens the gut wall and helps to reduce inflammation.
Store-bought, canned or boxed broths, and bouillon cubes pale in comparison. Many contain MSG, other additives, and salt in a form that’s not beneficial to you. Additionally, these broths are generally lacking in the all-important ingredient gelatin. The benefits of homemade broth trump store-bought broth, but what about the cost comparison?
When you buy a whole organic pasture raised chicken, if you are frugal like me, you make more than one meal out of the bird. We are a family of 6 and I usually try to cook us at least a 5 lb. chicken and average 3 meals and a huge pot of homemade broth to use that week or freeze for later.
So, let's count the cost. A 5 lb. chicken costs $23.75, divide that by three meals and it equals $7.92 a meal. Divide that by six people and it comes out to $1.32 per person! Not too shabby and that does not include the 2 quarts of home made stock I have in the fridge or freezer that if I had purchased organically…would probably cost me about $4-$5 a quart. So, if I really want to prove the value of buying whole organic chickens you take that $8 I would have spent on store bought stock and subtract that from your chicken price of $23.75 which now comes to $15.7...get the picture?
Have I convinced you yet? I hope so! Raising healthy food for our family and yours is what we want to do. We are tired of the way the food industry has taken our main form of sustenance we need to thrive and have distorted and diseased it to the point of corruption. It is killing us all. Animals were not designed to eat GMO's, feces and arsnic…neither were you!
If you have not put in the pre-order for your family's supply of pasture raised, organic fed chicken, grown by people you know and trust then you are in luck, our chicken hatchery has pushed our deadline out for our chicken shipment until Feb. 15th. We only grow chickens out two times a year, spring and fall. Reserve your chickens today! There is a $10.00 deposit per chicken.
