12 Reasons to Use Bone Broth While Fasting - Part 1

Prolonged calorie restricted diets or intermittent fasting is becoming mainstream in the search for health and longevity. The 4 main reasons people fast as part of their weekly routine are:

• Weight loss
• Anti-ageing
• Gut health
• Reduce inflammation & improved immune function

Fasting can help with all of these things but the right protocol needs to be followed - fasting isn't just not eating for a few hours, and done incorrectly, it can be dangerous.

There are many different fasting protocols, and we recommend adding Bone Broth to what is known as a water fast. A water fast is where for a period of time, you consume only water and non-caffeine herbal teas (without milk or any form of sweetener, artificial or natural). We think that adding Bone Broth is an easier way to get the benefits of a pure water fast.

Many Reasons to Use Bone Broth During Your Fast.

1. Preservation of muscle
   The amino acids found in bone broth, such as glycine, have shown to increase preservation of lean mass such as muscle in obese mice fed a calorie restricted diet for several weeks.
2. Increased weight loss
   In the same study, mice on a calorie restricted diet supplemented with glycine also lost significantly more fat mass than the control mice. Glycine is one of the most abundant amino acids in bone broth.
3. Anti-ageing
   Adding glycine from Bone Broth helps old mitochondria return to a young, and more efficient state. Rats who received a glycine supplement lived 27% longer than those who didn't.
4. Reduce Feeling of Hunger
   Lots of studies have demonstrated the positive effects of collagen and gelatin supplements in controlling feelings of hunger in humans on calorie-controlled diets.
5. Improved Gut Health
   Bone broth is rich in glutamine — the primary fuel for gut lining cells — and in glucosamine and hyaluronic acid, the building blocks of the mucus that lines all internal tissues.

Next week we will go through more reasons to incorporate bone broth into your fasting protocol.

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Follow on with Part 2 of Bone Broth While Fasting

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