7/5/2023 0 Comments Great lakes gelatin![]() The gelatin is barely noticeable, with the exception of perhaps slightly more body to the drink. Then I pour hot coffee or tea on top of the gel and mix it well. I put 1 tablespoon into a large mug, add a few tablespoons of room temperature water to the powder, and stir to create a soft gel. Proper technique for making a hot drink with gelatin powder is important, otherwise it will not dissolve and the texture will be unpalatable. The brand I recommend is Great Lakes Unflavored Beef Gelatin, which is very neutral in flavor. It is made from cattle which are humanely raised and grass fed. I have been drinking 1 tablespoon of high quality powdered gelatin mixed into a hot beverage three times a day. Thus the introduction of gelatin powder into my diet has meant that I have begun to consume much more gelatin than ever before. I have to confess, that even before I suspected that I was histamine intolerant, it was a struggle to get myself to eat more than one meal of soup or stew a day. ![]() These days the average American prefers to eat only the muscle meat, such as a boneless skinless chicken breast, or a beef steak, and thus most of the highly nutritious gelatin has disappeared from our diet. Our ancestors ate every bit of the animal, including organ meats and the gelatin rich bony and cartilaginous parts. ![]() Meat and bone broths were a staple of traditional diets, as were foods like oxtails, head cheese, pig’s feet, all foods high in gelatin content. Please see my previous posts about Histamine Intolerance. The long simmering of meat and bones that produces gelatin, also creates histamine, which can result in a variety of adverse symptoms in those individuals who are sensitive to histamine. Supplementation with gelatin became of interest to me, as I was no longer able to eat the nutritious long simmered gelatin rich bone broths and stews that are so healing to the digestive tract, and which are a mainstay of the GAPS Healing Protocol. In this post I would like to share my surprising experience since recently introducing gelatin powder as a supplement into my diet.
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