Paleo Diet and Paleolithic Diet Questions & Answers

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At the moment I'm eating mostly muscle meat (hamburgers and sausages) and (shell)fish + organ meats weekly (liver, kidney and heart)

But since heart is muscle meat too, would it be a bad idea to replace the other muscle meat by heart alone? I know it's best to consume "the whole animal" but I'd like to hear some other arguments why I shouldn't.

EDIT: So I can conclude that eating approximately 1kg of heart per week is not bad, stand alone worse than the "normal" muscle meat?

edited May 27 2012 at 9:58

asked May 26 2012 at 14:27

Sam
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Folks need to get off the "muscle meat is suboptimal" train. – Matt May 26 2012 at 16:29

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Personally I'm on the "muscle meat is over-priced" train. – PrimalDanny May 26 2012 at 17:30

Right on, Danny. Just go to the meat section and check out how cheap some of the organ meats are. Liver, tripe, kidneys. If you're poor, by all means, eat liver. – Mambo May 26 2012 at 18:00

Flip · Answer 1 · 2012-05-26 15:19:23Z UTC

I'm eating a lot of organic grass fed veal heart too, and cant stress ou good is it. Actually, i've set aside some and made heart jerky, which is AWSOME.

Nutrition-wise, i belive it is better than the traditional muscle meat, just compare it from fitday, PaleoTrack or other. From a buget standpoint, i can buy almost 8 pounds of heart for the price of 2 pounds of sirloin or top side grass fed too. you cant go wrong on that.

Cheers

PrimalDanny · Answer 2 · 2012-05-26 17:31:18Z UTC

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I can imagine potential problems if that was all you ate, but if you're mixing it up with organs and shellfish still then the main downside I see is the hassle of butchering that many hearts!

answered May 26 2012 at 17:31

PrimalDanny
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The other muscle meat

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