Bone Broth Challenge (not so hard when you're on GAPS)

CHEESESLAVE is doing a Bone Broth Challenge for the month of July.  Since I am about halfway through my third month on GAPS, I decided to join in and raise awareness on bone broth and all it's benefits.

First things first, how do you make bone broth?  Well, I use the Broth is Beautiful recipe here.  You will find recipes for basic chicken, beef, and fish stock there.  Or I make my delicious basic Homemade Chicken Soup, without dumplings for now while I complete GAPS.

Lately I have been just throwing bones, water, carrots, celery, and a little apple cider vinegar into my slow cooker for one hour at room temperature (the vinegar draws the minerals out of the bones).  Then I move the slow cooker outside on a chair and cook it on high overnight.  That's the easiest way to make stock I have found.

I have had some truly amazing healing take place for me as I have drunk three cups of broth every day for the last 3.5 months.  You don't need to commit to GAPS or cups of stock every day to feel better though.  If you do the Bone Broth Challenge, you are only committing to one cup every day.  See how you feel after this month.

Benefits of bone broths include:

1. Healing your gut lining: stock is alkalizing, which balances and soothes leaky gut syndrome (which most of us have from growing up eating the Standard American Diet (SAD)).
2. Collagen: this can help reverse wrinkles and cellulite.  For me this is a possible added bonus while I do GAPS!
3. Calcium and other minerals: this can revitalize your teeth and bones, hair and fingernails.  I have even heard some people swear they have remineralized teeth that have been hit by decay.

Bones

I'm into a new show. A show by the name of "Bones", which airs on Fox on Wednesdays at 8pm. Some reasons to watch:

1. David Boreanaz. He's funny, he's been on Buffy and Angel, and I love (I challenge you to make fun, I'm being serious) those 2 shows. In fact, I would love to get someone else hooked on them, via renting from Netflix or checking them out from the library. The library was how I discovered Buffy, and I'm not sorry.

2. Emily Deschanel. I think her character is interesting and funny. She's a big word using smarty-pants with lots of funny interactions with people more hip than she is. It's quite entertaining. Plus, she's based off a real person, which is kind of neat.

3. The opening title is written by The Crystal Method (love the Crystal Method, especially while rocking out in the car--without Miles, don't worry), and isn't nearly as stupid sounding as most TV show's themes.
4. The mystery. It's a crime show, and true to American television demographics I fit right in and like shows like Law and Order, CSI, and now, Bones.
5. Because you have nothing to do on Wednesdays.
6. Because you have the same taste as I do, don't mind admitting to liking these types of shows, and will do as I say.

p.s. I'm watching disc 5 of season one this very minute!
p.p.s. other shows I have fallen in love with this past year TBA