Cartilage in the broth
In classic French cuisine, the fond, a stock of bones and cartilage simmered for hours, is the basis of almost every sauce. In 1903, Auguste Escoffier put the fonds at the front of his Guide Culinaire. What dissolves from the cartilage during simmering is largely collagen.
From the pasture in New Zealand
Ancestral uses cartilage from the trachea and shoulder blade of grass-fed cattle, supplemented with marrow-rich bone, mainly from New Zealand and partly from Australia. The animals are given no added hormones or antibiotics. The cartilage is purified with natural enzymes and then freeze-dried. The capsules are filled in the United States.
Facts about collagen
Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body of mammals: about a third of all protein. Type I is found mainly in skin and bone, type II in cartilage. This product contains all three main types, I, II and III.
Grass-fed Beef Collagen by Ancestral Supplements
For decades, many traditional peoples have lived by the wisdom that eating the organs of a healthy animal supports the health of the person eating them. Ancient knowledge holds that eating an animal organ supports the same organ in the human body and supplies it with the right nutrients. The grass-fed beef collagen from Ancestral Supplements contains a mix of trachea collagen, shoulder blade collagen and marrow-rich bones. The collagen is purified using natural enzymes and then freeze-dried in order to preserve its living properties.
The power of Beef Collagen
In the 1930s, the American physician Francis Pottenger wrote about the properties of a good bone broth. He concluded that the secret lay in its hydrophilic nature and that bone broth is full of large, water-absorbing molecules, also known as proteoglycans, molecules consisting of glycosaminoglycans bound to a core protein. Together with water and collagen, these molecules form the cartilage of a cow. According to him, taking them was beneficial for both body and mind and had an effect in the body down to the cellular level. Grass Fed “Living” Collagen by Ancestral Supplements contains collagen obtained from tendons, bones, connective tissue and cartilage of grass-fed pasture-raised cattle. Collagen is also a source of bioactive growth factors; a diverse group of proteins involved in various biological functions in our body.
How do organ supplements work?
Your body needs essential proteins in order to transform them through protein synthesis into nucleoproteins, antibodies, enzymes and tissue cells. Organ meat is an important source of essential proteins, but also of micronutrients, fatty acids, enzymes and cofactors that nourish and support our whole body. Finally, organ meat contains organ-specific nutrients that travel in our body to the target organ: the corresponding organ in the human body. The body appears to recognise the nutritional components in an animal organ and to be able to transport them to the same organ in the human body that needs this specific composition of nutrients. Mother Nature has therefore arranged things so that these substances end up exactly where your body needs them. By taking organ supplements, you can supply your body and your organs with essential micronutrients and bioactive substances.
Benefits
Contains exclusively pasture-raised cattle from New Zealand and Australia. Raw freeze-dried to preserve vitamins, minerals and cofactors. Source of collagen types I, II and III and rich in bioactive growth factors. Rich in glycosaminoglycans, including chondroitin sulphate. Purely formulated with high-quality ingredients. Contains no pesticides, fillers or hormones and is GMO-free. Free from allergens and independently tested.
Eating head to tail
For those striving for a sustainable, ethical and healthy way of life, the head-to-tail principle or evolutionary eating could be an interesting starting point when eating animal products. When we eat this way, we not only make sure that as little meat as possible is wasted, eating animal organs is also in line with the age-old human tradition of eating organ meat because of the high concentration of nutrients it contains. The knowledge that organ meat is extremely rich in essential nutrients already existed in many ancient civilisations. Animal organs, for example, contain high concentrations of the fat-soluble vitamins A, D, K and E, as well as magnesium, iron, choline, iodine and vitamin B12. Nutrients that many people on a modern diet could do with a little more of. Moreover, the specific nutrient composition of an animal organ matches the nutrients that the same organ in the human body can use.
Natural ingredients of Beef Collagen
Trachea collagen; rich in type II collagen. Scapula (shoulder blade) collagen; rich in type II collagen. Marrow-rich collagen; rich in collagen types I, II and III. Bioactive growth factors: IGF-1, TGF-β1, CDGF. Glycosaminoglycans (GAG), including chondroitin sulphate.
According to the principles of Weston Price
The American dentist Weston Price (1870-1948) studied the eating habits of traditional peoples all over the world. He discovered that the original inhabitants of Canada attached great value to eating meat from animal organs; bone marrow in particular was popular. Organs were a staple of the daily diet of our early ancestors, and for good reason: fat-soluble vitamins and a large share of the essential minerals were obtained through the organs of animals.
Organ meat of the highest quality
With its organ supplements, Ancestral Supplements brings high-quality products to the market. The ingredients come from grass-fed cattle and sheep from New Zealand and Australia. The animals are kept with attention to people, animals and the environment, which means that they are well cared for and monitored and have a pleasant living environment. This ultimately ensures that the meat is of the highest possible quality. Because the ingredients are also raw freeze-dried, nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and cofactors are optimally preserved. The supplements are formulated with the utmost care and contain no pesticides, hormones or fillers.
About Ancestral Supplements
With its mission 'to bring back into our lives what the modern world has removed, in order to make people powerful, healthy and happy again', the organ supplement company Ancestral Supplements has an ambitious goal. The Texas-based company studied the way of life of our ancestors and discovered, among other things, the great benefits of eating organ meat. Ancestral Supplements holds that we do our body good by eating, just like our ancestors, according to the head-to-tail principle, in which all parts of animals are used and consumed. Organ meat is extremely rich in nutrients, and by eating it we can supply our body with these important nutrients.
