There are a lot of things that we do better than our grandparents did them, but eating liver
is one area where our generation really dropped the ball. Liver is the most nutritious food
on the planet. And if you don't understand why it's important, or you do understand why it's
important, but you find it difficult to work into your diet, then this video is for you.
Hi. I'm Dr. Chris Masterjohn of chrismasterjohnphd.com and you're watching Chris Masterjohn Lite, where
the name of the game is details shmeetails. Just tell me what works. And today we're going to be talking about
why liver is important, and five ways that you can work it into your diet. You can just pick which one would
work best for you. So liver is so powerful that if you eat it once a week, you will meet
your needs for vitamin A, for vitamin B12, and for copper for that entire week . It's an excellent
source of a lot of minerals, of most B vitamins, and when it comes to choline and biotin it's
through the roof. Only liver and egg yolks are super abundant in choline and biotin. Everything
else falls by the wayside. Why are these nutrients important? Well they're important to your circadian
rhythm, to your vision, to your metabolic health, your liver, your skin, hair, nails, your mental
health and your mood. So many things that these are important to, so many bases that are covered
just by eating liver once a week. And what do we mean by that? Well, I mean eating 4 to 6 ounces
of freshly cooked liver or the equivalent through a number of other ways that I'll talk
about today. So the number one way that you can eat liver is to cook it yourself. Number two
is you can use something like liverwurst or braunschweiger that contains liver blended
in with other meats. I personally use U.S. Wellness liverwurst; it's 20% liver, but it also has
kidney and heart blended into it. And kidney and heart have their own spectrum of nutrients and
so that allows me to get this blend of other nutrients. Now if we are using U.S. Wellness, the liverwurst
is 20% liver, so you'd have to eat five times more of it, and the braunschweiger is 35% liver, so you'd have to eat about
three times more of it. That works out to about a pound of braunschweiger per week or pound and a half
of the liverwurst. Number three: is Epic Liver Bites. These are convenient because all you
have to do is open the package and eat them. It's blended with beef so the taste is milder. It's a little
dry because they're dried, so you might want to have a glass of water on hand while you're eating
them. Unfortunately, I emailed Epic to find out what is the percentage liver and they
told me that was proprietary. I think that's super lame and unhelpful, but trying to reverse
engineer it based on the nutrients it contains, I think you need to eat about two or two and a half
times the amount of Epic liver bites to get the same amount of liver. That works out to
eating one package of the liver bites every one to two days. Number four: is to use a liver mousse
or pate. This is liver that's been blended with fat, and that does dilute the liver somewhat,
but it makes it much more palatable. To be honest, I think you can substitute it for cheesecake,
and as long as you have some whipped cream and some sweetener, it's like a desert. One of the problems
with liver mousse or pate is that they often have so much other stuff in them besides
the liver, that the liver gets very dilute. However, there's a specific company: Three Pigs, based out of
New York and they make a duck liver mousse that has enough liver in it that
if you eat one package, whether it's the 5 1/2 ounce package, or the 8 ounce package; you're
going to get the equivalent of 4 to 6 ounces of liver per week. The fifth and final way:
is to use desiccated liver tablets or capsules. Now the amount of liver in these
can vary a lot according to the size of tablet or capsule, but if you're using a product that puts it
into a standard size capsule that you're used to, you're probably gonna have to take 10 to 15 capsules
per day. An easy way to figure it out is to try to reverse engineer it by protein. Usually
the protein will be listed on the packaging, and so what you want to try to do is to get
25 to 30 grams of liver protein per week. Now these are what I consider the five most accessible
ways to do this. If you look on the Internet, there's lots of other creative ideas
that people have used to try to work with liver into their diet. If you really love one that
I didn't mention, let me know in the comments. Alright, I hope you found this useful. Signing off, this
is Chris Masterjohn of chrismasterjohnphd.com, and you have been watching
Chris Masterjohn Lite.