I find that I automaticly gets put off from eating to much liver. It just doesent taste good after more than 300-400 g. When I havent consumed it for 4-5 days it tastes good again :)

I remember Mark Sisson made the point on his blog that in evolutionary times it would be very unusual to eat liver every day. You'd have to be an extraordinarily successful hunter to manage that. You wouldn't just catch some animal and throw everything away except for the liver.

With that in mind, and because liver is so potent, it may be prudent not to eat it every day.

Copper and Vitamin A are pretty high in liver, both problematic at too high doses.

stick the liver type and serving size in to the NutritionData database to get an approximate idea of the amount of various vitamins & minerals you are getting.
Then you can make up your own mind on how much & how often you want to eat liver as part of your diet.

here's a couple of examples from the database;

• one cooked slice of veal liver (80g); Vitamin A 56447 IU, B12 67.7 mcg, Copper 12.0 mg
• one cooked turkey liver (83g); Vitamin A 62530 IU, B12 48.3 mcg, Copper 0.3 mg

Edit: worth a read; Vit A Toxicity (Hypervitaminosis A), tho you would have to go out of your way to do it.

Hi Steven, these links might be helpful to you:

1. http://paleohacks.com/questions/85063/is-liver-safe-to-eat-daily#axzz1uzpwL4KW
2. http://paleohacks.com/questions/104833/vitamin-a-toxicity#axzz1uzpwL4KW
3. http://paleohacks.com/questions/96085/copper-toxicity-and-organ-meats#axzz1uzpwL4KW
4. http://paleohacks.com/questions/94512/liver-how-much-and-how-often#axzz1uzpwL4KW

I think that it has more to do with amount than frequency. If you made up a pound of liver and ate it over the span of three days, I would say "it is safe to eat a pound of liver a week" instead of "it is safe to eat liver three times a week." At least, that is my understanding of it. I hear you on liking it. I recently made homemade pate with my liver leftovers and made pate-stuffed hamburgers with the leftovers. It made me eat liver three days in a row, but it was only a pound total for the week.

You probably just had a smaller cut of the whole liver. Do not throw it away. I eat liver 3 times a week.

Try some polar bear or husky liver, just a few bites may be too much. Dangerously so.

Dr Cate Shanahan recommends no more than 0.5 lb of liver per week.

I just wanted to ask if liver from the store is safe to eat? OR it's not a good thing because of all the antibiotics etc...

Really kinda hard to find organic meat here but it is possible.

Thanks!!!

I would say that "one bite" or even "one nibble" is "too much".

Your mileage may vary. (YMMV) ;)

If you are comfortable with what you body might be telling you, then the temptation to eat more may be an indication that your body needs more of the nutrients that it found in the liver you ate. Like torgeir posted, you may find there is a point when you don't desire it as much; that is a good point to stop at until you feel like eating it again.