72 | Why Bone Broth Belongs in Every Season of Motherhood, with Fond Founder Alysa Seeland

So most listeners know that bone broth is healthy, but really don't understand why.

So bone broth has certainly become trendy, if you will.

We hear a lot more about it currently, but it's actually a very traditional food.

So why has it stood the test of time and why is it making a comeback right now?

So bone broth is literally a transfusion of the bone marrow of an animal, the lifeblood, right? The collagen, the gelatin into water.

And it is such a nutrient rich elixir.

And in our life today, you know, study after study shows that the nutrients in our food are declining, especially when raised conventionally.

So we are starving at a time when we're consuming more calories than ever.

And then that leads to other therapies to counteract that.

And so I think when we go back to feeding ourselves nutrient-rich food, what we see is satiety goes up, right? You feel more satisfied.

You're eating actually less because you're feeling fuller longer.

There are amino acids in bone broth that are so good for you, even for things like for dopamine or for pregnancy, glycine becomes a conditionally essential amino acid.

Your body just cannot make enough of it in the end of pregnancy for the baby's needs and for your needs.

And so bone broth is very high in glycine.

Glycine is the precursor for a lot of functions in the body, but one specifically is GABA, right? The thing that...

our natural tranquilizer that which keeps us calm and regulated and so it's been a beautiful therapy actually in my life when i had lyme disease so after my fourth baby i was just running the business burning the candle at both ends it's easy for me to say some of these things well now because i ignored my body for so long that it screamed i was having blackout panic attacks i succumbed to lyme disease i lost a baby And it was such a traumatic time in my life, and it was caused by ignoring my needs.

And so I'm very passionate about, especially to those of us who have callings and full plates and littles, Taking care of yourself first enables other things to happen.

And I can only say that because I didn't do it well.

And thankfully, bone broth showed up for me again.

So I was doing a lot of testing during Lyme disease.

And the things that kept coming up because my body is trying to heal so rapidly, I was drinking a quart a day of bone broth.

Wow.

And I still needed more.

Based on my lab test, it was like, you are deficient in glutamine and glycine.

And I just had to double my consumption.

So most listeners know that bone broth is healthy, but really don't understand why.

So bone broth has certainly become trendy, if you will.

We hear a lot more about it currently, but it's actually a very traditional food.

So why has it stood the test of time and why is it making a comeback right now?

So bone broth is literally a transfusion of the bone marrow of an animal, the lifeblood, right? The collagen, the gelatin into water.

And it is such a nutrient rich elixir.

And in our life today, you know, study after study shows that the nutrients in our food are declining, especially when raised conventionally.

So we are starving at a time when we're consuming more calories than ever.

And then that leads to other therapies to counteract that.

And so I think when we go back to feeding ourselves nutrient-rich food, what we see is satiety goes up, right? You feel more satisfied.

You're eating actually less because you're feeling fuller longer.

There are amino acids in bone broth that are so good for you, even for things like for dopamine or for pregnancy, glycine becomes a conditionally essential amino acid.

Your body just cannot make enough of it in the end of pregnancy for the baby's needs and for your needs.

And so bone broth is very high in glycine.

Glycine is the precursor for a lot of functions in the body, but one specifically is GABA, right? The thing that...

our natural tranquilizer that which keeps us calm and regulated and so it's been a beautiful therapy actually in my life when i had lyme disease so after my fourth baby i was just running the business burning the candle at both ends it's easy for me to say some of these things well now because i ignored my body for so long that it screamed i was having blackout panic attacks i succumbed to lyme disease i lost a baby And it was such a traumatic time in my life, and it was caused by ignoring my needs.

And so I'm very passionate about, especially to those of us who have callings and full plates and littles, Taking care of yourself first enables other things to happen.

And I can only say that because I didn't do it well.

And thankfully, bone broth showed up for me again.

So I was doing a lot of testing during Lyme disease.

And the things that kept coming up because my body is trying to heal so rapidly, I was drinking a quart a day of bone broth.

Wow.

And I still needed more.

Based on my lab test, it was like, you are deficient in glutamine and glycine.

And I just had to double my consumption.