Laura Schoenfeld: I know there has been some concern about lead levels in bone broth. Certainly the type of animal, if it’s grass fed or if it’s a conventionally fed animal, is going to make a big difference with what kind of toxins are in the bones themselves. I think Chris had written an article about lead in bone broth at one point. Let me just see if there is one, and I can potentially share the links with you. Yeah, he has a … I think it’s an article. It says “Bone Broth and Lead Toxicity: Should You Be Concerned?” Let me just switch my screen share and show you what I’m talking about. OK, so this is the article that Chris wrote about it, and this was back in 2013, so two years ago … no, I guess it’s three years ago. Wow. OK, so three years ago. I’m assuming there could have been some changes in his opinion, so this is not 100 percent updated, but I think his ultimate recommendation was, first of all, that what the animals are eating is probably going to affect how much lead is in them and that most of the tested broths were within the safe upper limit for drinking water, so having a couple of cups per day of broth would probably be fine. I think chickens tend to be lower in toxins than large animals like cows would be.
It’s really a question of how much and also what kind of animal you’re using. I wouldn’t panic too much about that. I think it’s something that if you’re having a ton of broth and you’re using conventionally raised animals you might want to be a little careful about, but a couple of cups a day with bone broth made from animals that are pasture raised, not conventionally raised, then I think that that’s going to be fine.