Stocks and broths have traditionally been used as a remedy when people are feeling under the weather, and modern medicine is showing that this isn't just an old wives tale; there are actually a lot of proposed health benefits to drinking homemade broth/stock when we're ill. Many nutrients that our bodies require end up being stored in our bones, so it makes perfect sense that simmering animal bones in a stock would release valuable vitamins, minerals, and proteins that do a sick body good. Homemade stock is rich in gelatin, a protein-packed nutrient th[...]