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Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's new midweek segment called

Ask a Nutritionist. My name is Teresa Wagner. I'm a registered and licensed dietitian for

nutritional weight and wellness. And on today's show, I will be answering a couple of questions

we have received from our Dishing Up Nutrition listeners.

The first question we are going to cover today is from a listener who saw an ad about bone broth.

The ad mentioned that bone broth would improve skin health. It would help with

sleep. It would, you know, help with weight loss and muscle tone. And they want to know if these are

all true benefits and if there's other ways to accomplish these benefits without the bone broth.

So yes, bone broth is one of nature's gems.

Let's go through some of the individual benefits and how bone broth helps.

For sleep, bone broth contains glycine. Glycine is an amino acid that supports the

central nervous system. Studies show that glycine may support better sleep quality. It's even

more effective when it's paired with magnesium and calcium minerals that are also found in bone broth.

For skin, bone broth is a great source of collagen.

Collagen plays a role in strengthening the skin as well as elasticity and hydration.

As we age, our bodies produce less and less collagen,

leading to dry skin and the formation of wrinkles.

As far as weight is concerned,

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