Nutritional value
Liver is the single most nutritious food of all, with excellent protein and a huge range of vitamins, minerals and trace elements. Because it's especially rich in B vitamins (needed by every cell in the body), iron and folate, eating it regularly is invaluable for anyone malnourished or under any kind of stress.
However, non-organic liver should not be eaten more than once a week, because large amounts of vitamin A are added to animal feed which accumulate in the animals' livers. Feed for organically reared animals has no such additives, so their livers contain normal and entirely beneficial levels of vitamin A.
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