Thanks Lynn. I completely agree and expound this is my podcast, Ancestral Kitchen Podcast, where we talk about the importance of broth and other protein sources.

I’m a holistic nutritionist, and always recommend home-made bone broth and collagen powder to my clients. However it’s worth remembering that collagen powder is not a complete protein as it has almost undetectable levels of tryptophan as well as low levels of leucine, isoleucine and valine (the BCAAs), although it is high in proline, hydroxyproline and glycine, so great for collagen regeneration, skin, hair, and nails.

Same goes for home-made bone broth; very high in proline, hydroxyproline and glycine but negligible amounts of the BCAAs and tryptophan. Great for bone / skin / gut support but not as a complete protein source for muscle building.

What I always suggest is using both of these as supplementary sources, alongside other proteins like eggs, beef, lamb, chicken, fish, yoghurt or kefir etc, rather than depending on them in any way.

Hope that helps!
Lynn

Hi Wendy,

You can find a video here: https://ancestralkitchen.com/sourdough-porridge-series/

I find the Great Lakes directly on their website for much better price. I found that Anything you can find on Amazon which I banned can be found elsewhere. Hope that helps

It’s been hard to source collagen powder I’m happy with here. I always used to get Great Lakes in the UK, but it is crazily-priced here. The only reasonably-priced powders I’ve found are on amazon. At the moment I’m buying one from Ireland, a company called Igennus Healthcare. I have seen you can get Great Lakes on codliveroilshop.eu but not yet compared prices. I hope this helps!