Enough Already With the Bone Broth Hype

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Enough Already With the Bone Broth Hype

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[quote=http://www.motherjones.com/environment/ ... bone-broth]Another autumn, another slew of fawning stories about bone broth. According to Dr. Oz, adherents of the paleo diet, and the whole-milk-guzzling folks over at the Weston A. Price Foundation, the superfood du jour has a host of mystical powers. It can detoxify your liver, lubricate your stiff joints, patch up the holes in your gut, and erase your wrinkles, to name just a few of its supposed party tricks. Kobe Bryant claims drinking bone broth fixed his ruptured Achilles tendon.

All the more impressive when you consider how simple it is to make. Recipes vary, but most require simmering bones and veggies for at least eight hours on the stovetop. (Don't confuse it with regular broth or stock, fans warn on the internet—those cook for only a few hours.) The result: a fragrant liquid that, if you do it right, will turn gelatinous when chilled, thanks to the collagen that leaches out of the bones.

Don't have time to simmer? Don't worry: The bone-broth-only New York City restaurant Brodo will sell you a 16-ounce serving for $6.75 to $9.00 (depending on the type of broth). A company called Bare Bones Broth will ship you six cups in vacuum packs for $29.99.

Yikes! Could the broth really be worth such prices—and such hype? Partly out of curiosity, but mostly because I'm tired of listening to people gush about bone broth, I asked scientists and nutrition experts to evaluate some of the most common claims.[/quote]
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Re: Enough Already With the Bone Broth Hype

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From the article:

"No one has proven that leaky gut syndrome actually exists"    :o
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Benko wrote: "No one has proven that leaky gut syndrome actually exists"    :o
Well, its not "settled science" or "mainstream consensus"!
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My bone broth is getting 11% CAGR with 0 volatility.
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MachineGhost wrote:
Benko wrote: "No one has proven that leaky gut syndrome actually exists"    :o
Well, its not "settled science" or "mainstream consensus"!
CHolesterol causes heart disease is settled science.  Lots of things are settled science* until things change and we learn that we were wrong.  Look at the history of science/medicine.


*History should teach that there is never settled science on anything.  That is not how science works.
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