– You wanna get a good source of bones and that is grass fed beef bones. And grass fed because the grass fed beef contains a lot of omega-3s. So we’re looking for omega-3s in our diet which is anti inflammatory fats versus the omega-6s. Omega-6s are very important in our diet but there’s sort of a preponderance of omega-6s and so we’re getting too many omega-6s. And that leads us down an inflammatory pathway. So that means more joint pain, more inflammation in the body, and that’s something we want to balance out and avoid the sort of imbalance of omega-6s to omega-3s. So find grass fed beef and get grass fed beef bones. Now grass fed beef has a little bit different flavor than corn fed or soy fed or zorgon fed beef. It’s a little bit more I would say gamey.

– It’s a little more lean.

– It tastes a little bit more like cow. And it’s not so inflammatory for you so try and stick with grass fed. We have a couple of companies here in the valley that have grass fed beef and you can find those. Natural Grocers I think has a good selection. The Medford Food Co-op, the Ashland Food Co-op, and sometimes you’ll find some at Shop’n Kart in Ashland.

– And find your local farmers too.

– Absolutely support the local guys.

– I mean shake the hand that feeds you is what I like to say.

– Please. So find the local farmers. And here’s an important thing. Is that if you make your own bone broth which I would highly recommend because it’s really the most cost effective and best way to do it. What ever recipe you use you wanna add a little bit of apple cider vinegar to it. Because what you have an opportunity with when you’re making bone broth is to get a lot of minerals out of those bones. But the way that you’re gonna do that is through apple cider vinegar. It’s the vinegar that can actually pull the minerals out of the bones into the bone broth and that’s gonna be a way that you can actually maximize the nutritional value of the bone broth that you’re making. So my favorite recipe and it’s super simple is I take about a pound and a half of grass fed beef bones. I like beef bone broth.

– Okay.

– That’s my personal favorite. I like chicken too. But I’m more of a beef bone broth person. So I take a pound and a half of grass fed beef bones with the marrow. And I add a gallon of water to that. And then I put two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar with two teaspoons of real salt in there. And then I take an entire bulb of garlic and I crush it because I wanna activate the allicin in the garlic by crushing it and then I add that. And it’s all in a crock pot and I let that cook for 24 hours. Add a little more water then I might let it go another 24 hours. I like to really cook mine. 24 hours is adequate 48 just takes it to the next level.

– You know adding water to the bone broth it’s important to have a clean water source. So if your municipal water source is high in chlorine you can actually cook that down and concentrate the chlorine. So you know use a clean water source. If you can get you know Mount Shasta water or a filtered water that has no chlorine in it it’s gonna be the best. And it’s actually gonna taste better for you.

– Yes.

– It’s gonna be better for you it’s gonna taste better. So use a clean water source. And you know my bone broth recipe is sort of similar to yours. And I like to put in lots of garlic. And if you’re coming off a fast or you’re looking to heal your gut and you’re sensitive to some things. You know you can just be as simple as bones, salt, and water. Right? And a little bit of apple cider vinegar. You can avoid putting in the garlic and the onions and the celery and things like that. But my favorite way to break a fast is actually with bone broth. It’s super good, it’s super healing for the gut.