Just got my 1 pound bag of NOW beef gelatin.

Put a tablespoonful in my mouth and washed it down with cold herbal tea. Mmmm, that's some weird stuff! But it's not that bad; this means I can take it anytime.

I discovered this article by Dana Carpender of the Hold the Toast site:

Gelatin is blowing my mind

My husband and I were both fond of low carb jello, but the thought of the aspartame, flavors, and dyes really bothered us, and we gave it up.

I'm willing to follow the line of reasoning: our ancestors ate every part of the animal, including boiling up the gristly bits. Making soup from real bones gives us gelatin, also the dishes in aspic that used to be popular. Gelatin gives us back the full spectrum of amino acids.

So let's try this thing.