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Sometimes restaraunts only serve chicken's liver. I realize that O3-O6 ratio should be different but aside from that is there anything else to be concerned with?

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raydawg · Answer 1 · 2011-11-29 14:57:55Z UTC

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If it's from a restaurant, it's CAFO unless they advertise it as otherwise, while I may eat CAFO muscle meats, I will absolutely not eat CAFO liver - remember, the liver is what removes toxins.

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is this because the liver contains the toxins it removes from the blood or is it something else? – sage_ Nov 29 2011 at 15:15

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I think you got it wrong. Liver removes toxins but it does not store any of the toxins. – aaa Nov 29 2011 at 16:39

@aaa: ORLY? ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17402622 "A toxic level of arsenic (6.18 ppm) was detected in the kidney, and metaldehyde was detected in the liver. The pellets were analyzed and found to contain both arsenic and metaldehyde, consistent with a discontinued molluscicidal product." "Evaluation of liver by GC/MS detected a large amount of metaldehyde." Thanks but no thanks. I'll avoid CAFO livers and other organs, despite this paper saying "This was considered to be within toxic range (normal, ,0.5 ppm; toxic, .5 ppm)." – raydawg Nov 29 2011 at 17:04

Oh, and one more: from marksdailyapple.com/does-the-liver-store-toxins "study (PDF) on cattle raised on pasture in the vicinity of metallurgical plants ... found that the liver did accumulate significantly higher concentrations of lead, cadmium, copper, zinc, iron, and nickel than muscle meat. What does this tell us? Don’t eat heavy metal contaminated beef, especially liver and kidney; any and all cuts of the animal will accumulate dangerous levels of heavy metals if the animal is exposed to inordinate amounts." PDF link is: vef.hr/vetarhiv/papers/72-5/korenekova.pdf – raydawg Nov 29 2011 at 17:13

So yeah, in that case, chicken liver is likely to be less toxic than beef liver since they're smaller and have shorter lives before the abattoir. But it's better to avoid CAFO organ meats. – raydawg Nov 29 2011 at 17:14

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Kewpie · Answer 2 · 2011-11-29 14:54:27Z UTC

I'm not aware of any major nutritional issues with chicken liver. I eat it myself on a fairly regular basis as I do not like beef liver at all. However, I rarely see it in restaurants unless it is deep fried with some kind of coating on it which would obviously be a deal breaker. Even if the restaurant has sauteed chicken livers, it's highly unlikely they would be pastured. I would be hesitant to eat the liver of any conventionally raised animal.

Nemesis · Answer 3 · 2011-11-29 14:57:37Z UTC

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Chicken liver is (IMO) more palatable than beef liver. Especially when made as pate. They're also cheaper.

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Is chicken’s liver worse than beef’s liver

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