![]() But man, the soreness I experience in the days after is ROUGH. You may remember from past posts, my workout involves a lot of lifting heavy things. This is probably my favorite feature of my new miracle food. I’m not messing with this one.īone and Joint Health. YES, YES, YES. But I’m honestly not sure if this is because I was expecting these results or because they actually happened. I kind of feel like my mood swings have decreased and I feel better about myself at that time of the month. As a psych major, I am very cognizant, however, of the placebo effect. I am by no means immune from mood swings, ugly days and crazy chocolate cravings before my period (when hormones are their most volatile). Hormones. This one’s tough for me to rate. ![]() But with all of the cooking and dish-washing I do, I am always breaking them. Nails. I’ve never had too much trouble growing my nails. A BIG plus for me (and my poor boyfriend who has to share a bathroom with me). When I blow dry my hair, the amount of tiny broken hairs is almost non-existent. It honestly never occurred to me to work from the inside-out to improve it (DUH, Healthy Stacey). Since I’ve started eating gelatin, it’s growing faster and shining more. And I’ve spent a lot of time trying to find the most moisturizing conditioners, oils and creams to maintain this mane. Hair. I have A LOT of course, dry and sometimes brittle hair. Ever since I started eating gelatin, I’ve noticed those scars fading for a much brighter, more even complexion. Something to do with the melatonin in my skin, I’m told. More importantly, my skin tends to hang on to scars for quite a while. Skin. It’s clearer and plumper (that sounds weird, but you get what I mean). But I can say – with absolute confidence – that I have seen and felt these benefits first-hand.Īfter about 3 months of adding gelatin to my morning smoothies, I’ve experienced the following… Now, I won’t do my usual and go into scientific detail of each of these benefits. You can introduce the crazy benefits of bone broth into your morning smoothie, your nighttime tea, or your afternoon Gummy Snacks (yeah, GUMMY snacks with benefits). Except for this stuff is much more versatile than that. But it’s no different than having beef or chicken broth. IN A NUTSHELL: It’s made of crushed up bones, fibrous tissues and organs of animals. That’s when I discovered Great Lakes Gelatin. Even the organic, non-GMO ones had a lot of added crap I couldn’t pronounce. I was looking for a protein powder that was void of additives and sweeteners and was having a really hard time finding one. I first mentioned this gem in a smoothie recipe a couple months back and later on my Instagram post. I’m talking about grass-fed, pasture-grazing gelatin. I’m not talking about Bill Cosby’s J-E-L-L-O gelatin (it’s weird how everything attached to him suddenly sounds creepy, right?). ![]() And every once in a while, one of those foods comes along, and I wonder to myself – For your taste buds, for your body and for your mind. The way I see it, food has amazing powers. The beautiful pictures in this post are the work of my talented friends Christie Russert and Marta Wlodkowska. ![]()
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