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I follow a paleo lifestyle and eat a large amount of organic butter. Recently I made a 3 day bone broth. I had 3 big bowls for dinner and woke up that night, after 3 hours, with a rapid heart beat, acidic taste repeating on me as well as an urgent need to empty my bowels. Can you eat too much bone broth and overload on thd minerals it contains, especially when eating a large amount of fats? Or, are there something wrong with the bones and therefore the broth itself?

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Could be food poisoning. If the temp drops too low while cooking, you can have bacterial growth. I boil my broth before drinking just in case. – January Jun 20 2012 at 17:11
It's a lot of protein, right? Could be promoting hypoglycemia, maybe. – Korion Jun 20 2012 at 17:22

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Not trying to be negative in any way, shape or form but longer-term some people might not necessarily benefit from such practices (full-text):

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3279073/

Abstract:

"Hypercalcaemia is most commonly caused by primary hyperparathyroidism or malignancy. Vitamin D intoxication, also a cause of hypercalcaemia, is mostly caused by excessive administration of vitamin D-containing medications and excessive intake of foods fortified with vitamin D. We present a young cricketer, with recurrent vomiting due to hypercalcaemia and hypervitaminosis D, who used to drink large volumes of soup prepared by boiling long beef bones, for many months. This case presentation highlights the importance of in-depth dietary history for arriving at proper diagnosis".

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I think you've got it. For some time I have been regularly taking high vitamin butter oils and fermented cod liver oil. Along with my oils i also consume a substantial quantity of organic butter. I gather 3 bowls of strongly "brewed" bone broth overloaded my system, especially with calcium. From now on I'm going to be very cautious imbibing this stuff. Sally Fallon and Chris Masterjohn need to be educating people about this. – WestOz Girl Jun 21 2012 at 5:50
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what do you mean by a 3 day bone broth? did you cook it for 3 days or did you make a 3 day supply? I'm just wondering if it might have gone bad if cooked for 3 days????

I have, however left bones in the crock pot for 6 days and just keep topping off with water, to keep in constant supply, but I've never had it gone bad as its always very very hot.....

did you use the bones from one chicken, or one animal? fresh, frozen? a bit more details about the broth and bones and hopefully we can figure it out.

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I simmered beef bones for 3 days. Before I used them for broth, I roasted them prior and never noticed any putrid smell. – WestOz Girl Jun 21 2012 at 5:57
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One of the recipes I'm looking at for 3 day bone broth says to only cook it off and on during those 3 days. If you followed one with that recommendation you quite likely have food poisoning.

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That sounds like a histamine reaction, the body will release a ton of adrenalin to help with the histamine (rapid heartbeat, waking up), also the need to empty your bowels is a histamine reaction as well.

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Is bone broth loaded with histamine? – WestOz Girl Jun 21 2012 at 5:58
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Yeah, that would basically happen to me if I ate three bowls of the stuff at once. I've never been particularly successful in incorporating it in my life, though I can handle a cup or so, especially if I have it with other food. So, I don't think your broth is bad, but that there is some reason some of us can't digest it properly.

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It would bd interesting to survey how many others observe an adverse reaction when they have bone broth. – WestOz Girl Jun 21 2012 at 6:00
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I also get it, according to this article it's from free glutamates.

http://www.thehealthyhomeeconomist.com/stock-vs-broth-are-you-confused

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