09/02/2025
Should you include bleef liver in your diet???
Our ancestors have been eating organ meats long before they became "superfoods" because they didn't want to waste precious animal meat. But I think they also inately knew that organ meat, beef liver in particular, is such a nutrition powerhouse!
Beef liver is abundant in a whole array or vitamins & minerals including B12, folate, haem iron (most easily absorbed form), vitamin A, zinc, copper, protein and many more. All of which are important for:
- energy production
- healing
- immune function
- brain and nervous system regulation & function
- eye health
- fetal development
Essentially it is just a perfectly bundled package of nutrients with the essential cofactors for absorption. However the meat is only as healthy as the animal it came from, so always opt for grassfed & finished where possible 🐄 🌱
Note: There has been a lot of controversy around vitamin A and beef liver however these concerns have been debunked and the real concern lies within the consumption of too much synthetic vitamin A.
I personally like to consume organ meats in a variety of ways. Either in a liver pate form, minced meat that I use for pasta, patties, meatballs etc, powder form that I add to cooking, smoothies or into baking like cookies and slices, or in capsule form. The kids love it too 🏆 in fact liver pate was one of their first foods
So should you add liver and organ meats to your diet? Well that's up to you if you want to reap the benefits of this incredible food 😋
