Bone Broth

Bone broth has a variety of nutrients that act to soothe an overactive immune system while providing the body with raw materials to rebuild stronger and healthier cells. This is why it is an incredibly healing food to have when the body is encountering stress from bacterial or viral infections as well as digestive disorders and leaky gut syndrome.

Bone broth can be made from any animal with bones and the most popular soup bones include those of fish, chicken, turkey, beef, lamb and venison.  The bones house a variety of powerful nutrients that become released when they are slowly simmered in water for a few hours.  These nutrients include bone marrow which helps provide the raw materials for healthy blood cells and immune development (1, 2, 3, 4).

Goal:  Drink 8oz – 2x daily of either homemade (the best) or an organic store bought variety.  This Epic Bone Broth is excellent for true pre-made bone broth.  You can also find lower cost meat broths that aren’t as rich in collagen protein and glycosaminoglycans as bone broth, but still provide minerals for the body.  I like Imagine Chicken broth

Grass-fed Ghee

Grass-fed butter and ghee are loaded with powerful gut supportive nutrients including a large amount of fat soluble vitamin A, D, E and K2.  They also have omega 3 fatty acids and a small chain fat called butyric acid that helps feed intestinal cells and reduces gut and whole body inflammation.

Ghee is clarified butter in which all the lactose, casein and whey are removed and it is just the fat solids that remain.  Many individuals with leaky gut have sensitivities to lactose, casein and whey and so I only recommend ghee for these individuals and it is usually tolerated very well.

I recommend melting it on steamed veggies where it tastes amazing and/or adding it to soups, teas and coffee.

Goal:  Use 2-4 tbsps daily of grass-fed ghee, Purity Farms is a good brand.