gut-healing protocols. Because our diets are heavily focused on muscle meat consumption, which delivers a high methionine amino acid profile, we lose out on the benefits of consuming bones, skin, tendons, and other connective tissue, as was ancestral practice. These parts are abundant in health-promoting glycine, an amino acid with calming properties that has been shown to help with insomnia, anxiety, joints, hair, and skin. (Tip: Try adding grass-fed gelatin to warm liquids or hydrolyzed collagen to cold liquids; start with one tablespoon and work up to two. It’s flavorless.)
