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Meat Stock – What to Drink if You Can’t Tolerate Bone Broth

Meat stock is a great option for those who can’t tolerate bone broth, or who are just in the beginning stages of healing their gut, thyroid or immune system.

Meat Stock - What to Drink if You Can't Tolerate Bone Broth
Meat stock, is especially rich in gelatin and free amino acids like proline and glycine. These amino acids, along with the gelatinous protein from the meat and connective tissue, are particularly beneficial in healing the connective tissue in the lining of the gut.

Bone broth is different from meat stock because it’s cooked longer and contains higher amounts of amino acids. Bone broth also contains glutamates which can sometimes be too excitatory for the brain causing negative reactions.

Our practice had independent testing done on both meat stock and bone broth, and you can see the results here and also read more about the differences between meat stock and bone broth. It’s pretty interesting to see the differences!

I recommend drinking meat stock for the first 3-4 months that you’re on a healing diet. Then switch to bone broth once you’ve seen many of your symptoms improve. Or, if you’ve been on a healing diet for a while, but notice negative symptoms are popping back up, or are going through a stressful time of life, I would switch to meat stock until things improve.

Makes about 10 cups

Meat Stock – What to Drink if You Can’t Tolerate Bone Broth

5 minPrep Time

4 hrCook Time

4 hr, 5 Total Time

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Ingredients

  • 1 whole raw chicken
  • 1 yellow onion, cut in half
  • 1 head garlic, cut in half
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 piece of celery
  • 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar

Instructions

  1. Place all of the ingredients in a large pot and cover with water. Heat over low heat until it reaches a simmer. Continue to simmer on low for 3-4 hours. Strain. Pour the stock into glass jars and store in the refrigerator.
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15 Comments

  2. Marina

    Hi Carrie! I was wondering if this is the same as bone broth, but with a shorter cooking time? Could I just make it with a chicken carcass like I usually make my chicken stock, but only cook it for 4 hours? I am wondering if I should give my 7-year-old this instead of the usual broth I give her every morning, as she has symptoms like eczema and constipation recurring right now. She seems to have this towards the end of winter every year, and I was also thinking she probably needs to detox but I am not sure what you can give children to gently detox? Sorry for straying off the main topic and asking so many questions, but your post really resonated with me and my daughter’s current situation!
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    • Deborah Lorincz

      Yes, this is basically chicken soup just cooked longer and is safe for anyone. As for detoxing, your body does this naturally every night while you sleep. Eating more fruits and fresh, lightly cooked veggies but less meat and cheese will help with your daughter's symptoms gently and naturally.
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      • Marina

        Thanks Deborah! I replied to Carrie underneath but I actually had your comment in mind as well! I had sn inkling that months of bacon, cheese, tapioca crepes and butternut squash might make it diffucult for her to detox after a while, but the diet aspect is difficult for her, especially in the winter, and it’s s real challenge to get her to try new foods and impossible to trick her! I will keep trying though.
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    • Deliciously Organic

      This is different than bone broth as it is cooked for a shorter amount of time. You need to use the entire bird (with the meat) for this recipe. I have a link in the above post to an article that goes into more detail to explain the difference. If you are experiencing heightened symptoms, than meat stock can be a good alternative to bone broth. I wouldn't suggest a detox for a child unless a practitioner has gone over all of their labs, symptoms, health history, etc. and determined there is a need. For symptoms such as the ones you describe in children, it's often a need to support the gut with nutrient-dense foods, fermented veggies, and less sugar.
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      • Marina

        Thank you very much for your response and for your wise advice. She has been on a grain-free, nutrient-dense diet with no refined or added sugar for 4 years now, however she does eat a very limited amount of foods (actually the same every day, especially in tjis season) and no greens, so I know that at the end of the winter there is always a difficult phase as her body craves watermelon that we cannot find yet. The only other fruit she will eat are pears and apples but I think she might have an intolerance to apples as they tend to constipate her like bananas used to before we removed them, although not as bad. She had a severe gluten intolerance before we removed grains and she likely has Asperger’s (difficult to diagnose as she will only speak to us and the tests, at least here in France, require speaking). She has come a long way since her tough toddler days, but I feel we still might have to go through a gaps protocol, although I was hoping we wouldn’t need to removd cheese, tapioca starch and sweet potato which she loves. I think there might also be some heavy metals still standing in the way of her full healing, and we will probably consult a gaps practitioner shortly to get to the bottom of it. It’s actually quite scary to condider removing more foods from her diet and changing our food landmarks again, now that she has found some sort of balance for a while !
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        • Marita R

          My son had severe excema and the health specialist told us to use Jarrow Formulas acidophilus in powder form. We did 1/4 tsp twice a day and before you knew it, his skin healed completely! Prebiotics & Probiotics are good for the Gut health even in children.
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  3. Karen

    Hi Marina, here is a link to an article at Carrie's practice, Biodynamic Wellness. I found it very helpful in learning the difference between a stock and a broth. I hope it helps :o) Waiting to hear Carrie's recommendations, too.https://www.biodynamicwellness.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Stock-vs.-Broth.pdf
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  5. Sarah

    This is the first time I have seen an alternative to bone broth. I used to take collagen daily but after a while it started nauseating me. I have found I can’t tolerate bone broth either. Perhaps this will work, I would be so happy if it does!
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