As many of you know, one of the most common things I prescribe are two foods, Liver and Bone Broth. As such I decided to write Blog posts about them.
Liver is one of the best foods anyone can eat. Historically it has been reserved for those with the most pressing nutritional needs such as pregnant women, the chronically ill and children. Since these early uses of liver it has been extensively researched by a number of amazing Nutritional practitioners, and knowledge on its uses and benefits expanded considerably.
Liver is an excellent source of B-vitamins, particularily B12 (difficult to obtain from other sources) Minerals, particularly iron, and a number of other nutrients in smaller amounts. Liver is said to be higher, gram per gram, in nutrients than any other food. Liver nutrients have the advantage of being comparatively easy to absorb as well, generally raising levels of Iron better than supplementation[i].
Furthermore, Naturopathic doctors have noticed over the years that regular consumption of liver, in addition to the nutritional effects, has a strongly fortifying effect on the liver as an organ, aiding in its detoxification, hormonal and metabolic efforts.
Normally I prescribe liver in the diet. However very few of my patients ended up doing it, as many people have a very strong dislike of liver. I now stock dehydrated liver as an alternative for those who wish to avoid eating liver.
I will soon write about Bone broth!
Take care of Yourselves!
[i] Rewashdeh et al. Pak J Biol Sci. 2009 Feb 15;12(4):367-72. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19579971
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