Strengthen Immune Health
Eating healthy will stop you from getting sick over the holidays. Over 70% of your immune system is in your gut, so the foods you eat either promote or hinder a healthy gut microbiome.
When we eat ultra processed junk food, high sugar, oxidized oils, or refined grains, our intestinal lining can become damaged and our immune system is weakened. When we eat nutrient dense whole foods, our healthy gut microbiome will strengthen our immune system which will help lower inflammation throughout the body and fight pathogens.
One of the best foods to incorporate is bone broth because it provides glutamine and glycine as well as glucosamine and chondroitin. The amino acids and amino sugars play vital roles in gut immune homeostasis, the intestinal immune response, and digestion.
The nutrients in bone broth heal intestinal permeability which supports the immune system's natural functions in fighting infections and flushing out toxins. Here are three ways you can incorporate more bone broth Kettle & Fire.
- Use bone broth as the base of soups and stews.
- Drink bone broth straight from the mug
- Replace water with bone broth when cooking rice or grain
My go to is Kettle & Fire’s grass fed and finished beef bone broth. Kettle & Fire slow simmers the knuckle, patella, and foot marrow bones for over 14 hours to extract as much of the amino acids and nutrients as possible!
You can find Kettle & Fire at your local grocery retailer, and they also provided me with the 20% off code MYHEALTHFORWARD for their website.
As part of their commitment to create a healthier and more transparent food supply, Kettle & Fire’s bone broths are certified glyphosate residue free. The certification means that the bone broth on grocery shelves is tested to contain zero residue of the herbicide and pre harvest desiccant glyphosate. The certification is so important because it ensures that the land the chickens and cattle graze on and eat from hasn't been sprayed with glyphosate. The certification also ensures that there isn’t any cross contamination from herbicide drift.
