Bone broth for joint pain

I've mentioned this inside other threads. But, it has worked so well for me that I thought it was time that this got a thread of its own.

I have killed my joint pain with bone broth.

Why do some of us who have colitis get joint pain?

Well, in some disease process which isn't yet fully understood, the mucous membrane that lines our colon gets perforated. That exposes the capillaries lining the colon to everything, including all of the bacteria in our gut. This is known as leaky gut.

Our immune system then goes insane! It thinks it's under attack and begins to mobilize and seek enemies. In some of us it begins to attack our cartilage, causing arthritic pain that can be debilitating.

For me the answer has been bone broth. I was getting to the point where it was interfering with my workouts.

So, I searched everything I could - and began making my own bone broth.

Within two weeks of drinking one 16 ounce bottle of my own bone broth at the end of every workout, all pain in my joints disappeared.

Why?

Well, the reading I've done suggests that the type two collagen from the cartilage in the bones I'm boiling goes down into my stomach and the second brain that is the gut recognizes it as food. This gets communicated to the white blood cells and so the white blood cells stop attacking the cartilage in my joints.

How do I make my bone broth?

Well, the first two batches I just got grass-fed bones from cows and chicken wings and boiled them for six hours. Then, I poured the contents into 16 ounce bottles.

The most recent batch I made after doing some more digging. You can find lots of articles that recommend using chicken feet floating around online.

Why?

Well, there is more cartilage in the joints of the feet.

So, I wandered into my local Asian grocery and found chicken feet, duck feet, and a cow foot.

The resulting broth is pure gelatin when you refrigerate it!

I leave it in my car in the summer sun to liquefy it.

It is really quite delicious!

Now, I don't think you need to go so far as to use the feet. As long as you use something chicken that has cartilage in it, like wings or sternum, it will be just as good.

I hope this works as well for others as it has for me - as my pain is completely gone.

Thank you for your response, Ambling.

Dr. Alessio Fasano, director of the Mucosa Immunology and Biology Research Center at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, disagrees with you.

According to Dr. Fasano, experts used to believe as you do.

There has, however, been a paradigm shift in the scientific community's understanding of the gut and how it functions. According to Dr. Fasano, leaky gut syndrome is legit.

Dr. Fasano believes leaky gut plays a role in Celiac disease, Crain's disease, irritable bowel syndrome and other digestion-related maladies.

Dr. Fasano remains skeptical that it can be implicated in autism.

http://time.com/4178015/leaky-gut-syndrome-probiotics/

No, what Dr. Fasano says is that leaky gut syndrome is legit.

I get the impression that you are trying very hard to be responsible.

Kudos for that.

But, adopting a patronizing tone in which you scold others as being unhelpful and attacking me as making no sense is arrogant.

What I am suggesting is far from harmful. Bone broth never harmed anyone.

At worst, what I am suggesting will be a nutritious meal that will not work to alleviate joint pain.

At best what we have is a paradigm shift in the scientific consensus.

In fact, the danger is on your side. Without your very responsible comments, some people who are struggling with severe joint pain might have tried bone broth. It might have helped. It might not.

Maybe there is some other reason that my joint pain has gone from awful to being gone.

But, it is gone.

Alternative approaches are only irresponsible if others are being encouraged to abandon conventional medicine in favor of the alternative - something I do not do.

I believe in making choices and in each of us taking responsibility for our own health. As for myself, I want the best of tradition and modern medicine.

And, my health is excellent.

And, my joints no longer hurt when I workout.

I thank you for your kind words.

I forgot to mention that I also took collagen (the big gun in the bone broth) for 6 weeks and while it didn't help my UC symptoms a whit, my skin still feels as smooth as a babies butt 6 weeks after taking my last dose. My partner is now using it in hopes go eradicating some knee pain.....we shall see !

Good old IAC, misinterpreting his links and quoting from dodgy blogs. Nice to see you again.

jerseyguy1 said...
Well, MarjieKay. Does it really matter what is working?

Nope, it doesn't at all. It's just that based on the title of your post, it seems that you have given credit to the bone broth in particular for the eradication of your joint pain?

But you're right, who cares WHAT it is, because if you're feeling dandy that's a brilliant thing indeed. I wish it on everyone here.

I guess in my case I can't afford to buy a ton of supplements for the rest of my life, and even if I actually could, I don't want to take anything that isn't necessary or performing in the way I am shooting for. That's all I meant. I'll drop anything useless out of my line up.

Edited to add signature

You mean to tell me the neck mole treatment is merely a fallacy after all these years of spurning my dentist's advice by refusing to brush my teeth and instead opting to wear a mole around my neck?

You're funny, Richard.

So, what you are telling us is that we ought never to recommend what is working for us unless there have been controlled studies already done?

Then, what really is the point of a board like this?

We should all just sit back and wait for the researchers to find the cure?

Why?

Just for the record, let me state emphatically that I think that everyone should continue with their medicines as prescribed by their doctors.

I may be wearing a mole around my neck.

I may even look silly to you.

But, right now I'm at the gym. My body fat is 13 percent. My doctor says I am his healthiest patient. He, too, thinks my approach is absurd. But, we have a mutual respect and understanding. AND, he tells me over and over again that I should keep doing whatever it am doing. He can't explain why what I'm doing is working. (Silly nutrition and exercise!) But, as absurd as it is the traditional measures all say I'm healthy. Or, as he said last time I saw him, "You have the body of a 27-year-old - with colitis."

And, for the moment, that has calmed down.

I'll add one more thing. I take my Apriso regularly. But, when I was doing Apriso alone when I was first diagnosed in 2010, it calmed things down from 30 trips to the toilet a day to 10. Without elimination of aggravating foods and natural approaches, I'd still be there - or on a medication that has lots of side effects and that will eventually stop working.

Instead, my life is freaking awesome!

How are you doing, Richard?

Now, who wants to help me name my mole?

The Disney people might object.

How about Marcus Magnanimous Glutius Minimus Talpa?

Well said, Captain.

P.S. - My son insists that I am Professor Poopy Pants...

Post Edited (jerseyguy1) : 7/9/2017 7:37:56 PM (GMT-6)

Thank you, HateUC! We're all on the same team here. Pulling together we can make this liveable until science can better understand our disease and find a cure.