Bone Broth & Immune Function

These are difficult and worrying times, so we thought we should write something about the benefits of bone broth for immune function, and why taking bone broth regularly will give us all a much better shot at building immunity.

Bone Broth Restores the Gut Barrier
Bone broth is rich in glycosaminoglycans like glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate, which are the building blocks of the mucus lining of the gut. This is the first line of defence that traps pathogens to be eliminated from the body.

Bone Broth is Rich in Glutamine
The cells lining the gut use glutamine, not glucose, as their primary fuel. Modern diets are often lacking glutamine which leads to poor gut function. Glutamine has shown to be very effective at boosting immune function, as immune cell production is severely retarded if they don't have access to glutamine.

Bone Broth is Rich in Glycine
Glycine is very important for sleep, demonstrating in many studies its power to enable and deepen sleep. Sleep is important for immune function as melatonin is released in the dark during sleep. Melatonin stimulates all parts of the immune system.

Mild Anti-Inflammatory
Broth has shown to alter movements of parts of the immune system, neutrophils, so may have a calming effect on the inflammatory reactions that are the hallmark of infection. This is probably why people feel better when having chicken soup during a cold.

Hand Washing – Tallow Use
With all the hand-washing going on lots of people are reporting dry and cracking skin on their hands. This can be prevented quite easily with tallow-based skin care such as DR GUS' skin care range, which maintains skin barrier function and also has hydrating and antibacterial effects.

Explore our range of Premium Bone Broth Powder! For skin barrier support, explore our Tallow Skin Balm range. And for broader immune nutrition, browse our Beef Organ Supplements.