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Bone Broth vs Digestive Enzymes for digestion

Short answer: For digestion, more users report improvement with Bone Broth — 100% of 10 reports, versus 90% of 21 for Digestive Enzymes.

Bone Broth has 0 meta-analyses and 0 randomized trials on PubMed; Digestive Enzymes has 18 and 31.

Based on 58 reports about Bone Broth and 62 about Digestive Enzymes. Not medical advice.

Bone Broth
Supplement
Digestive Enzymes
Supplement
Users say it helped100%helped9 reports · few reports72%helped27 reports · medium confidence
Verdict
Mostly positive
Mostly positive
ResearchDResearch: NoneAResearch: Strong
Meta-analyses / RCTs0 / 018 / 31
Mainly used for
Digestion
% reporting improvement
100% (10)90% (21)
Pain & inflammation
% reporting improvement
80% (5)100% (3)
Skin & hair
% reporting improvement
100% (5)—
Common side effectsNone reportedstomach issues
Typical dose reported100 ml / daily1 capsule / 3x daily
Bone Broth
What a user said
“My personal gut issues have been hugely improved by the GAPS diet, particularly the bone broth component.”
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Digestive Enzymes
Latest review conclusion

In this systematic review we present information relating to the effectiveness and safety of the following interventions: applied behavioural analysis; auditory integration training; Autism Preschool Programme; casein-free diet; chelation; Child's Talk programme; cognitive behavioural therapy; digestive enzymes; EarlyBird programme; facilitated communication; Floortime therapy; gluten-free diet; immunoglobulins; melatonin; memantine; methylphenidate; More Than Words programme; music therapy; olanzapine; omega-3 fish oil; picture exchange communication system; Portage scheme; probiotics; relati

BMJ Clin Evid, 2010 ↗
What a user said
“Digestive enzymes before every meal. I take NOW FOODS Super Enzymes. ... Noticed I was calm af. Stopped taking them. Anxiety came back in about three days.”
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