7-Day Glycine Restoration Plan
Protocol Objectives
Connective Tissue
Skin, tendons, and cartilage are rich in glycine. Eat chicken skin, pork rinds, and bone broth.
Bone Broth
The most bioavailable liquid source of glycine/collagen.
Gelatin
Use gelatin powder or eat jellied meats.
Sleep
Glycine before bed lowers body temp and improves deep sleep.
Day 1 Bone Broth
Breakfast
Broth Cup
Warm start.
Lunch
Beef Stew
Connective tissue.
Dinner
Chicken Soup
Whole bird.
Day 2 Skin On
Breakfast
Chicken Thighs
Skin on.
Lunch
Salmon Skin
Crispy.
Dinner
Roast Chicken
Eat the skin.
Day 3 Gelatin
Breakfast
Fruit Gummy (Homemade)
Gelatin based.
Lunch
Aspic / Headcheese
Traditional.
Dinner
Oxtail Stew
Very gelatinous.
Day 4 Pork
Breakfast
Bacon
Cured.
Lunch
Pork Rinds
Snack.
Dinner
Pork Belly
Fat/Skin.
Day 5 Collagen Powder
Breakfast
Collagen Coffee
Peptides.
Lunch
Smoothie
Add collagen.
Dinner
Shank
Tough cut.
Day 6 Seafood
Breakfast
Fish Stock Soup
Fish heads.
Lunch
Shrimp (Shell)
Stock.
Dinner
Whole Fish
Skin on.
Day 7 Maintenance
Breakfast
Broth
Daily.
Lunch
Chicken
Skin.
Dinner
Roast
Collagen.
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Methionine Balance
Muscle meat is high Methionine. You need Glycine to buffer it. The traditional diet ate 'nose-to-tail'.
Scientific References:
1. Melendez-Hevia, E., et al. (2009). 'A weak link in metabolism: the metabolic capacity for glycine biosynthesis...'
1. Melendez-Hevia, E., et al. (2009). 'A weak link in metabolism: the metabolic capacity for glycine biosynthesis...'