Thread: What is Desiccated Liver?

Desiccated liver is a dried liver extract usually derived from cows. There are numerous health benefits to eating liver, and this organ has been a dietary mainstay for many cultures and over many centuries. Now, however, few of us regularly eat liver, and those who have tried incorporating it into their diets have often found that liver tastes metallic, bitter, bad, or downright disgusting. That's why desiccated liver capsules are a great option -- you can get all the benefits of liver, in convenient little capsules. You'll never even taste it!

Benefits of Eating Liver

Organ meat is a nutrient-dense animal superfood eaten for centuries and now central to Paleo, Primal, Weston A. Price, and Sally Fallon, and traditional diets. Organ meat contains many times more nutrients than muscle meat. Liver is an excellent source of:

Protein: A macronutrient needed for every cell in the body, protein helps build and maintain muscle, repair tissues, and produce enzymes and hormones. Protein also plays a key role in weight management by curbing appetite and promoting a healthy weight.

Essential Amino Acids: These "building blocks" are required for building, repairing, and healing body tissues, muscles, bones, skin, and hair. You need amino acids for metabolism, weight maintenance, fat loss, and muscle growth.
Iron: Iron is essential for cells throughout the body and, in particular, red blood cells, as without iron hemoglobin can't be formed. Hemoglobin is required for the transport of oxygen from the lungs to the rest of the body. Desiccated liver is a great way to prevent and treat iron deficiency and anemia, since the naturally-occurring iron in desiccated liver is highly unlikely to cause the side effects and overdose dangers of synthetic iron supplements.

Vitamin A: Vitamin A is critical for vision, the immune system, and organ health. Vitamin A from a food source (such as desiccated liver) is associated with lowering cancer risk, slowing vision loss in AMD (age-related macular degeneration), and minimizing the severity of measles. Like iron overdose, vitamin A overdose is much more likely with synthetic vitamin A than with naturally-occurring vitamin A.

B Vitamins including Folic Acid and Choline: B vitamins support the nervous system, digestive system, circulatory system, energy, and brain function.

Copper and Other Minerals: Copper and other minerals are vital for bones, teeth, blood, nerves, and immune system health.

CoQ10: Some of the benefits of CoQ10 include boosting energy, lowering high blood pressure and high cholesterol, supporting heart health, and strengthening the immune system.

Vitamin K2: Many years ago, Dr. Weston A. Price identified a food component he called "Activator X." The WAPF now believes that this Activator X compound is vitamin K2. Vitamin K2 prevents and treats numerous diseases including heart disease, cancers, osteoporosis, and tooth decay.

It is important to note that animals raised in factory farms/CAFOs (confined animal feeding operations) are unlikely to have healthy organs. These animals are fed cheap, processed diets and given antibiotics and growth hormones -- not to mention, they are kept in miserable, abhorrent conditions. When choosing organ meats or liver extract supplements, always find out where the animals were raised and under what conditions. Livers from grass-fed, pastured cows are the healthy, nutrient-dense, toxin-free organ meats to look for.

Benefits
Contains concentrated, high-quality protein
Improves energy
Increases endurance and athletic performance
Builds and repairs muscles
Strengthens the immune system
Improves digestion
Boosts metabolism
Strengthens the respiratory system
Supports heart health
Balances blood sugar
Helps maintain good cholesterol levels
Reverses iron deficiency and anemia
Aids in the repair of DNA and RNA