Microblog: The Essential Minerals and Vitamins of Beef Bone Broth

🥘Very little nutritional info is available for bone marrow and bone broth, as a whole. There are too many variables with bones-ingredients added, bone types, bone qualities, cooking time, animal’s diet, etc. And most packaged bone broth data is alongside a mixture of vegetables, herbs, and spices, as well as a lot less fat and collagen intact.

🐄It is estimated that a 0.5 ounce serving or 1 tbsp of beef bone marrow contains about 126 calories and 13.5g of total fat. Yes, 1 tbsp has 13.5 g of total fat, most of it being monounsaturated.

🦴Bone marrow is made from bone cells, fat cells and connective tissue. It also has alkylglycerols (found in shark liver oil) which has been found to be anti-cancer agents and has the ability to boost the immune system.

✨Bone broth is known for its collagen and gelatin. Collagen is key for skin rejuvenation, strong bones, digestive & gut health, and connective tissue health. Osteoporosis, premature aging of the skin and joint pain, arise if you’re collagen deficient.

🔥Collagen and gelatin are similar but not the same. Gelatin results from boiling collagen-rich bones. During boiling, extraction of collagen, minerals, electrolytes, and amino acids create the consumable gelatin. The thicker the gelatin upon refrigeration, the…