Makes sense. I think there is a reason our bodies store things like copper, vitamin D, and vitamin A because in nature, you would unlikely get much. For example, liver makes up 2 percent of an animal, so consuming more than 2 percent is probably not optimal. I am not sure if it matters how often it is consumed, however it would be easy to overdo if consumed daily. Many dogs are suffering from copper toxicity these days because there is no maxium copper level established by AAFCO. IMO, organs should be consumed in the percentages they exist in a whole animal.
Very well said, I completely agree! In my experience there is a time and a place for organs and they can be great when healing and overcoming certain deficiencies. For the average person it seems like they are very easy to over consume and often unnecessary. Like you said, it really isn't natural to consume organs in significant amounts every single day, especially when considering an animal would likely be shared by many. The same is true for our furry friends.
Not sure why you are so locked into RDAs ? Also, if you look at some of the stuff by Harry Serpano, he points out that unless you are eating Polar Bear liver regularly, or taking liver supplements like Salad boy Saladino, the chance of toxic levels of Vit A are negligible.
This video is missing a lot of context that is explained in day 1 and some of the other videos. The purpose of these videos is to illustrate the nutrient density of these foods (or the lack thereof). One of the most common arguments I hear against carnivore is that you can't get everything you need from eating only animal foods, and people latch on to the idea that you can't meet your RDAs. So the first half of this series showcases the nutrition received from the most commonly consumed foods, and the last half focuses on how adding variety crushes that very common misconception proves it to be 100% false. Personally, I don't care about RDAs and believe that they are based on the assumption that people are eating a diet that is not optimal, so I believe RDAs change drastically when all the other stuff is removed, and I think I'm living proof of that. You are correct about vitamin a, it is of near zero concern even if consuming copious amounts of liver every single day (unless its polar bear liver as you mentioned), but there are other issues that could arise such as excessive copper and even iron, with copper likely being one of the reasons Paul ran into issues, not vitamin a like many others claim. Liver is a superfood but it's generally very unbalanced. That's not a concern if it's only consumed occasionally as it should be, but from my experience, this could become problematic if overconsumed. At the very least it's certainly not optimal.
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Makes sense. I think there is a reason our bodies store things like copper, vitamin D, and vitamin A because in nature, you would unlikely get much. For example, liver makes up 2 percent of an animal, so consuming more than 2 percent is probably not optimal. I am not sure if it matters how often it is consumed, however it would be easy to overdo if consumed daily. Many dogs are suffering from copper toxicity these days because there is no maxium copper level established by AAFCO. IMO, organs should be consumed in the percentages they exist in a whole animal.
Very well said, I completely agree! In my experience there is a time and a place for organs and they can be great when healing and overcoming certain deficiencies. For the average person it seems like they are very easy to over consume and often unnecessary. Like you said, it really isn't natural to consume organs in significant amounts every single day, especially when considering an animal would likely be shared by many. The same is true for our furry friends.
Not sure why you are so locked into RDAs ?
Also, if you look at some of the stuff by Harry Serpano, he points out that unless you are eating Polar Bear liver regularly, or taking liver supplements like Salad boy Saladino, the chance of toxic levels of Vit A are negligible.
This video is missing a lot of context that is explained in day 1 and some of the other videos. The purpose of these videos is to illustrate the nutrient density of these foods (or the lack thereof). One of the most common arguments I hear against carnivore is that you can't get everything you need from eating only animal foods, and people latch on to the idea that you can't meet your RDAs. So the first half of this series showcases the nutrition received from the most commonly consumed foods, and the last half focuses on how adding variety crushes that very common misconception proves it to be 100% false. Personally, I don't care about RDAs and believe that they are based on the assumption that people are eating a diet that is not optimal, so I believe RDAs change drastically when all the other stuff is removed, and I think I'm living proof of that.
You are correct about vitamin a, it is of near zero concern even if consuming copious amounts of liver every single day (unless its polar bear liver as you mentioned), but there are other issues that could arise such as excessive copper and even iron, with copper likely being one of the reasons Paul ran into issues, not vitamin a like many others claim. Liver is a superfood but it's generally very unbalanced. That's not a concern if it's only consumed occasionally as it should be, but from my experience, this could become problematic if overconsumed. At the very least it's certainly not optimal.