Chicken broth upsetting my stomach?
CaliforniaAJ
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I have read lots of posts recommending broth, so today I make a 'whole chicken' in my Instant Pot and the used the bones to make broth. I had a cup this afternoon and it delicious!
Several hours later, my stomach is none too happy. I have noticed a mild irritation like this when I make homemade chicken soup, and I had put it down to the egg noodles I used (before I was LC), but they were too good to leave out LOL!
Now I am thinking there is something about the broth that upsets me? I eat plenty of cooked chicken (it's like half my diet!) without issues.
I used 1 carrot, 1 onion, 1 parsnip and a head of garlic for flavour, but these are all things I used to eat regularly without issue. For the broth, I just used them for flavor and strained them out. I used salt and black pepper for seasoning, but I also have these in abundance every day :-)
Anyone else had this issue?
Several hours later, my stomach is none too happy. I have noticed a mild irritation like this when I make homemade chicken soup, and I had put it down to the egg noodles I used (before I was LC), but they were too good to leave out LOL!
Now I am thinking there is something about the broth that upsets me? I eat plenty of cooked chicken (it's like half my diet!) without issues.
I used 1 carrot, 1 onion, 1 parsnip and a head of garlic for flavour, but these are all things I used to eat regularly without issue. For the broth, I just used them for flavor and strained them out. I used salt and black pepper for seasoning, but I also have these in abundance every day :-)
Anyone else had this issue?
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How about the salt? I find the broth takes a LOT of salt to flavor properly, and sometimes the amount of salt can upset my stomach.
In addition, super fatty broth can cause me a tummy ache. I typically pour my broth into a huge mason jar or dish and let it chill in the fridge, then scoop off the white "fat cap". I'm left with delicious broth that isn't a grease pot.0 -
Both good thoughts, thank you!
It is chilling in the fridge, so I will skim the top tomorrow and see if that makes a difference. I normally try to leave it as I know 'fat is good' LOL! But not when it has adverse effects.
Next time I will try less salt, but I was trying to supplement my electrolytes and therefore soduim. Better off with a pill I suppose :-)
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CaliforniaAJ wrote: »Both good thoughts, thank you!
It is chilling in the fridge, so I will skim the top tomorrow and see if that makes a difference. I normally try to leave it as I know 'fat is good' LOL! But not when it has adverse effects.
Next time I will try less salt, but I was trying to supplement my electrolytes and therefore soduim. Better off with a pill I suppose :-)
I do ketoade for sodium, although I salt the heck outta my broth, too! I do notice when I put a bit TOO much salt, it does hurt my stomach. Large amounts of salt can be highly emetic. While fat is good, I prefer to use broth for its sodium and yummy nutrients and get the fat somewhere else. There's still a good bit of a fat if you scrape off what floats to the top.1 -
Panda_Poptarts thank you so much for your help yesterday. Today I skimmed the fat off my chilled broth before reheating (but kept it for cooking with!) and I have had 2 mugs of broth without any ill effects. Who knew it could be something so simple!!2
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How do you do with fermented foods and canned fish? Those, and broth, tend to have high levels of histamine, which some people react to.0
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I don't really eat anything fermented, but I eat canned tuna regularly without ill effects. I will certainly look at the histamine thing though :-)
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How do you do with fermented foods and canned fish? Those, and broth, tend to have high levels of histamine, which some people react to.
Interesting. I know someone with pretty severe histamine intolerance (ie - she can really only eat beef, and only if it's fresh or fresh-frozen; aged beef has too many histamines for her) and she drinks bone broth without issue.CaliforniaAJ wrote: »Panda_Poptarts thank you so much for your help yesterday. Today I skimmed the fat off my chilled broth before reheating (but kept it for cooking with!) and I have had 2 mugs of broth without any ill effects. Who knew it could be something so simple!!
It could be the amount, plus the type of fat. Chicken has a relatively high level of linoleic acid (Omega-6), which is a polyunsaturated fat (at 20%, it's on par with soybean and canola oil, whereas other animal fats have around 2-10% linoleic acid), so that might be the issue.
What might be worth trying is making beef broth and trying it unskimmed. If you can handle that at full fat and salt, then it's probably the type of fat in the chicken broth.0 -
How do you do with fermented foods and canned fish? Those, and broth, tend to have high levels of histamine, which some people react to.
I've never heard of broth having high histamine. Is it due to the "leftover bones" used to make bone broth and such? Since I've pretty much confirmed that histamine is a trigger for me, I'm really interested in this bit.0 -
KnitOrMiss wrote: »How do you do with fermented foods and canned fish? Those, and broth, tend to have high levels of histamine, which some people react to.
I've never heard of broth having high histamine. Is it due to the "leftover bones" used to make bone broth and such? Since I've pretty much confirmed that histamine is a trigger for me, I'm really interested in this bit.
I'm not convinced it does.
https://zerocarbzen.com/bone-broth/1 -
CaliforniaAJ wrote: »Panda_Poptarts thank you so much for your help yesterday. Today I skimmed the fat off my chilled broth before reheating (but kept it for cooking with!) and I have had 2 mugs of broth without any ill effects. Who knew it could be something so simple!!
I'm so glad it helped!
For the record, I don't have so much trouble with extra fatty beef broth, unless I use marrow bones specifically. Chicken broth and pork broth upsets my tummy the most if I don't skim it.0
