The Secret Anti-Aging Properties of Bone Broth

First published at MBGfood - 

While prepping backstage for a recent appearance on The Doctors, a producer asked, "What in the world do you to look so young?"

I'd already told her my real age, and now she wanted to know why I didn't look my age. The secret? I sip myself young, drinking my way to younger-looking skin and a youthful body. And I use the same "trick" to trim years off my patients' faces and figures too.

So what am I drinking? Bone broth. Yes, I'm talking about the uber-trendy beverage that's currently taking the country by storm. The drink that everyone from Gwyneth Paltrow to Kobe Bryant is talking about.

Here's the deal: Bone broth is catching on because people know that it tastes fantastic and keeps them healthy. But bone broth isn't just warming and nutritious; it actually turns back the clock. As a weight-loss and anti-aging expert, I've made bone broth a core of my program for years — and it works. I've used it to help dangerously obese patients take off hundreds of pounds, and these days I'm using it to help Hollywood celebrities smooth their wrinkles and sculpt perfect bodies.

Why is bone broth one of my most powerful clinical tools? First, it's packed with anti-aging nutrients. Here are just some of them:

• Collagen. This structural protein builds strong skin, protecting against aging and wrinkling. While expensive collagen skin creams work temporarily, dietary collagen is far more potent because it mainlines collagen to your cells. In addition, the gelatin derived from collagen heals your digestive tract, helping to prevent inflammation that leads to aging.
• Glycine. Your body is bombarded all day long with toxins that age you. Glycine helps your liver get these toxins out of your body, re-energizing and de-aging your cells.
• Minerals including calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium. Bone broth is a fabulous source of these anti-aging minerals, and its chemical composition makes them highly bioavailable.
• Glycosaminoglycans, including glucosamine, chondroitin and hyaluronic acid. These nutrients help keep your joints young and flexible.
• Iodine. Fish bone broth is rich in this nutrient, which protects against a sluggish thyroid — a major cause of weight gain, thinning hair, and energy loss as you age.

What's more, bone broth is rich and soul-satisfying. It fills you up and warms you down to your toes, so you're never tempted to overeat or snack on junk that ages your face and body.

In my clinical experience, bone broth reverses signs of aging better than any powder, pill or serum. And unlike expensive creams and prescription medications, bone broth costs next to nothing. Finally, think about this: How many amazing anti-aging treatments can you make in your own kitchen from stuff you'd usually throw away? (It's the ultimate recycling project!)

So give it a try, and see what happens. I drink at least one cup of bone broth every day, and that's the same anti-aging prescription I give my patients, too. If you need to drop extra pounds, try adding in one or two bone broth "micro-fasts" each week. Within days, you'll start to see a difference — and within weeks, you'll start to look years younger.

Easy, right? And, consider this: Bone broth is one of the oldest healing and anti-aging foods on the planet. So if current science and hundreds of generations of healers say that bone broth works … isn't it worth a try?