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Chicken Soup: Not Just For the Soul

Welcoming autumn with fresh bone broth is mandatory in my home. The kids start craving chicken soup as soon as August, and sometimes, it’s tough to hold them off till October.

Bone broth is one of the most beneficial foods you can give your body. You can make it part of your routine by simmering the ingredients and breaking it down into smaller, concentrated, frozen portions kept on hand to make soups, rice, or as a base for gravies and sauces.

I like to make my broth with beef and chicken bones. You can buy beef bones for broth in most supermarkets or butcher shops. Organic beef bones are preferred; however, they are not always easily accessible.

Whenever we have a rotisserie chicken, I throw the carcass i

According to a 2019 study led by Dr. Ashkan Afshin, an assistant professor at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington in Seattle:

               One of every five deaths globally is attributable to suboptimal diet, more   than any other risk factor, including tobacco.

In 2017, poor diets were responsible for 11 million deaths.

That number breaks down to 22% of all adult deaths, with cardiovascular disease (CVD) as the leading cause, followed by cancers and diabetes.

Additionally, a suboptimal diet resulted in 255 million