Bone broth and other healing foods

Hi ladies!

Has anyone used bone broth to heal cavities before? Our DS has a cavity in each of his front top teeth (we brush his teeth, he night nurses, but otherwise has only water and a healthy diet, maybe a bit too much fruit if anything) and I would rather not wean as the dentist recommended. I've started limiting his grain intake (as per Dr Price's dietary recommendations) and fruit, started him on fish oil and multivitamins until the fermented cod liver oil/butter oil supplement I've ordered arrives, and I've got a pot of chicken bone broth simmering at the moment.

I'm curious about the efficacy of Dr Price's method, and if anyone has success stories they'd like to share? Also if anyone has recipes for their bone broth I'd love to read them! Especially if they're made in a slow cooker. If anyone has any other healing wonder foods they consume I'd like to know what they are and where to find them. I'm going to have a go at raw milk this weekend hopefully!

Thanks ladies, much love xx

GL. I'd love to know how you get raw milk, given it's illegal in Australia.

Google GAPS diet for babies. It explains about introducing babies to healing food a little at a time. If you're still BF, then you eating those things will make a big difference too. If you're not already, start taking a good probiotic.

I make chicken stock in the slow cooker too. I usually use an organic chicken. I'll roast it for roast chook as a meal, then throw the rack into the slow cooker either with some vegetables or with some homemade vegie stock concentrate. I add some peppercorns and pimentos. Maybe some garlic. I dont use onion as it can trigger upset stomachs for some people. Add 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to draw out the nutrients. Cover with water (about 1-1.5 litres). Leave it overnight on low. Next day, strain the liquid into a saucepan and boil for 5-10minutes. Pour into glass containers and cool in fridge before freezing.

I then make chicken soup with the stock.

Btw- I've asked my dentist about the use of probiotics to affect dental health. He didnt know anything about it but it makes sense that it's very important.

There's loads of pages on FB you may be interested in, like Nurturing Traditions, Weston Price Foundation, various families doing GAPS.

Thanks for that info L&B :)

I know that some people buy the raw "bath" milk, as it's not illegal to sell it as a cosmetic. I've seen raw jersey milk for sale at the South Melb Markets as well. At the moment I get the non-homogenised organic milk (I've forgotten the brand), but it's still pasteurised.

I'll definitely check out those FB pages, thanks!

OK. Thanks for that. I might check it out.

Im intersted in this.
Here, pig feet soup is a big thing. slow cooked for hours, pig feet and alittle ginger and salt to taste. they will eat the feet but the soup is good- lots of collagen, gelatin and protein.
Chinese are big on healing food. antibiotics bought are not reliable, pure or even real in some cases

We're on the GAPS diet. The milk you bought is an excellent option if you can't get raw. Get organic butter too.

I make bone broth on an electric stove top. Bones from 2 chickens plus about 12 leg & thigh bones (complete, so they have the cartlidge joint which is important). Put in a big pot, cover with filtered water, add 1Tb of sea salt and 1Tb of apple cider vinegar, bring to the boil, reduce to low simmer and leave it for 24 hours. Strain.

Like calfs feet jelly. I started reading Mrs Beetons book of household management, written about 1830 or something. I'm interested invalid food recipes. Lots of bone and meat broths and calfs foot jelly. They knew it worked, they didnt know why.

I read somewhere recently to not eat anything your great grandmother wouldnt recognise as food. All our processed stuff destroys nutrients etc. Apparently chicken feet are great for making chicken broth. I havent tried it yet. Need to work myself up to that I think.

I have chicken feet but I don't bother to use them anymore as my broth sets almost solid... chicken jelly!

yep, chicken feet are the bomb! The men in our house eat them, sucking all the cartalige and tendons out and chewing on them, keeps them amuzed for hours :rofl: Cant eat feet myself but great for stock

What does the jelly taste like? I think the texture would put me off. But that's how jellies were originally made, back in the day. Boiling up feet for gelatin then adding fruit. None of this crystals in a packet nonsense.

I feel like my food education has started over at 37. I'm lucky my mum was so pedantic about cooking because I have no idea. She gave me a good start with homemade, nutritious food. I undid a lot of her hard work and am now trying to get back there.

Hmm... maybe it's not really jelly actually because it's only jelly in the fridge. I don't eat it, I use it as stock in soup and it goes runny again. It sort of tastes like plain chicken soup I guess. Just broth. The fat settles on the top though and the first time we tried to drink some I stirred the fat in and it was too gross. Better to avoid the fat if trying to sip on some broth. It's too hardcore otherwise.

I'd like to learn how to make jelly- put those feet to use!

I feel like I'm learning all about food and cooking now too. It's exciting :D

Apparently if your bone broth is jellified when cold that's really good! It means you're extracted the gelatin, chondroitin and glucosamine from the bones/joints. I remember eating chicken feet in yum cha when I was little (I have a Chinese uncle and two half-Chinese cousins), I remember them being yummy lol!

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I know and it's very healing stuff! My son's recovery from autism is daily testament to that :D

Well if your son can get benefits like that from it, hopefully it can help my son's cavities!

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I was thinking about the healing wonder foods bit which I didn't answer before. Some of the things we make sure to include:
Bone broth (with plenty of gelatin)
Tissue meats (the meat around joints etc- don't eat just muscle meats)
Fermented cod liver oil
Organic butter oil
Organic butter
Raw milk yoghurt
Cultured sour cream
Egg yolks
Coconut oil
There's more- like detox baths and things but it really depends what you want to heal.

I hear the book "Cure Tooth Decay" is excellent for this and outlining the foods needed.