![]() ![]() ![]() Start with 1 tbsp gelatin or hydrolysed collagen (see below) daily.If your metabolism and/or gut lining is extremely damaged, use home-made broth first: 1-3 cups per day. Make sure to bloom and dissolve gelatin until completely clear before using in food or it may cause gas / bloating.Incorporate gelatin into custards (with organic egg yolks), mousses, panna cottas, soups, home made marshmallow or simply mixed with fresh fruit juices to make jelly (jello) or chewy jubes.When you do have muscle meats, balance them by sipping a home made bone broth, and or making a jelly out of high quality gelatin with it (think roast lamb and mint jelly) or for dessert.When eating meats, go for more gelatinous dishes like osso buco, lamb neck stew and oxtail soups rather than just ‘refined’ muscle meat all the time (steak or chicken breast).In addition, the anti-thyroid amino acids are released in large quantities during stress and hypothyroidism itself increases the catabolism (tearing down) of protein even though general metabolism is slowed down.” – Dr Ray Peat: Gelatin, stress and Longevity. Gelatin contains thyroid-protective amino acids which can help balance the anti-thyroid (thyroid-suppressing) amino acids prevalent in muscle meats (beef, lamb, poultry and fish), mainly cysteine and tryptophan. We throw away the bones and skin and are told not to eat the skin because it has fat in it. However this is precisely here where the gelatin is found. That is right, but we rarely eat whole foods, including whole animal foods. “People have asked me why I recommend gelatin since I recommend eating only whole foods. Gelatin is a nice change from ‘beefy’-tasting broth: neutral in flavour you can add it to anything: sweet or savoury. ![]()
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