Are you STILL eating the filter + sewage treatment plant of the body, aka LIVER?
PART 1
What does research show eating livers does to people?
Evidence says:
- Can cause acute sickness from 1 meal
- Chronic disease
- A child has died from chicken liver pate
- vit A toxicity
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PART 1
What does research show eating livers does to people?
Evidence says:
- Can cause acute sickness from 1 meal
- Chronic disease
- A child has died from chicken liver pate
- vit A toxicity
🧵
Let's begin
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
"It has long been known among Eskimos and arctic-travellers that the ingestion of polar bear liver by men and dogs causes severe illness..."
ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
"It has long been known among Eskimos and arctic-travellers that the ingestion of polar bear liver by men and dogs causes severe illness..."
"The very high content of Vitamin A in the liver suggested that it might give rise to hypervitaminosis A if eaten in more than small amounts.
The ingestion of excessive amounts of bear liver by rats led in one instance to fatal hypervitaminosis A."
What can we establish now?
The ingestion of excessive amounts of bear liver by rats led in one instance to fatal hypervitaminosis A."
What can we establish now?
Polar bears (carnivores) concentrate vit A in their livers
Hypervitaminosis A (vit A toxicity) absolutely happens from "natural retinol" vit A in LIVER
vit A toxicity from "natural LIVER" can kill
OK, moving on, let's see what liver does to carnivorous cats first
Hypervitaminosis A (vit A toxicity) absolutely happens from "natural retinol" vit A in LIVER
vit A toxicity from "natural LIVER" can kill
OK, moving on, let's see what liver does to carnivorous cats first
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
"We report the first case of hepatic stellate cell lipidosis & hepatic fibrosis in a domestic cat that had been fed a diet based on raw beef liver."
Carnivorous animal eating mainly raw beef liver, causing itself fatty liver & cirrhosis. Got it
"We report the first case of hepatic stellate cell lipidosis & hepatic fibrosis in a domestic cat that had been fed a diet based on raw beef liver."
Carnivorous animal eating mainly raw beef liver, causing itself fatty liver & cirrhosis. Got it
"The necropsy findings of chronic liver disease coupled with osteopathology supported the diagnosis of hypervitaminosis A."
vit A toxicity in a carnivore, showing as liver disease AND bone disease, from eating raw beef liver. Got it
vit A toxicity in a carnivore, showing as liver disease AND bone disease, from eating raw beef liver. Got it
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
"A 9-year-old male castrated domestic shorthair [cat], fed a home-made diet based on raw pork liver, was submitted for examination for a left forelimb lameness that evolved to paralysis over a 2-month period."
Cat fed raw pork liver, paralyzed
"A 9-year-old male castrated domestic shorthair [cat], fed a home-made diet based on raw pork liver, was submitted for examination for a left forelimb lameness that evolved to paralysis over a 2-month period."
Cat fed raw pork liver, paralyzed
"The diagnosis of hypervitaminosis A was made, based on the clinical and radiographic findings, as well as the determination of serum vitamin A concentration, which was 630 microg/dl, three times above the upper normal limit for this species."
"Despite the unfavourable initial prognosis, the cat progressively regained function of the affected limb approximately 6 months after the diet was changed to a commercial canned food."
Avoiding liver (excessive vit A source) SOLVED this cat's paralysis problem
Avoiding liver (excessive vit A source) SOLVED this cat's paralysis problem
The title speak for itself
Severe retardation of growth with retention and displacement of incisors in young cats fed a diet of raw sheep liver high in vitamin A.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Stunted growth and TEETH problems from vit A in "child" cats
Stop poisoning your kids!
Severe retardation of growth with retention and displacement of incisors in young cats fed a diet of raw sheep liver high in vitamin A.
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Stunted growth and TEETH problems from vit A in "child" cats
Stop poisoning your kids!
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
"A 10-year-old cat that was kept on a diet consisting largely of raw liver was evaluated because of lethargy, partial anorexia, and weight loss of several months' duration. The cat's head and neck were rigidly extended, and a hard mass was palpable in the
"A 10-year-old cat that was kept on a diet consisting largely of raw liver was evaluated because of lethargy, partial anorexia, and weight loss of several months' duration. The cat's head and neck were rigidly extended, and a hard mass was palpable in the
...ventral cervical region. Cervical & thoracic radiography revealed proliferative bony lesions of the cervical & thoracic vertebrae as well as of the sternum & costal cartilages. Serum vitamin A concentration was 4x normal."
Carnivores getting diseases from eating liver, got it
Carnivores getting diseases from eating liver, got it
Is there evidence in past humans of eating liver causing disease?
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu
“Our oldest evidence relating the liver to disease is indirect, a probable case of hypervitaminosis A in an early human fossil owing to the ingestion of excessive amounts of animal liver."
citeseerx.ist.psu.edu
“Our oldest evidence relating the liver to disease is indirect, a probable case of hypervitaminosis A in an early human fossil owing to the ingestion of excessive amounts of animal liver."
"The same gross and histologic pattern is seen in modern patients with chronic hypervitaminosis A, invariably owing to misguided self medication."
Realize they're saying that the SAME bone disease in human fossils from LIVER matches with modern humans who took vit A SUPPLEMENTS
Realize they're saying that the SAME bone disease in human fossils from LIVER matches with modern humans who took vit A SUPPLEMENTS
Now let's show how eating livers from many different animals causes disease in humans
nejm.org
“The toxicity of certain foods that contain high amounts of vitamin A has been recognized for centuries."
Let's take a moment to soak in that sentence 1st
nejm.org
“The toxicity of certain foods that contain high amounts of vitamin A has been recognized for centuries."
Let's take a moment to soak in that sentence 1st
POLAR BEAR LIVER
"The 1597 diary of Gerrit de Veer...states that he and his men became gravely ill after eating polar-bear liver. They feared for their lives but ultimately recovered. De Veer’s diary also notes widespread and striking desquamation [skin peeling] during recovery.”
"The 1597 diary of Gerrit de Veer...states that he and his men became gravely ill after eating polar-bear liver. They feared for their lives but ultimately recovered. De Veer’s diary also notes widespread and striking desquamation [skin peeling] during recovery.”
SLED DOG LIVER
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[Arctic sled dog expedition disaster]
"They immediately turned back west, gradually using the six remaining dogs to supplement their food supply; they ate all parts of the animals, including their livers."
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[Arctic sled dog expedition disaster]
"They immediately turned back west, gradually using the six remaining dogs to supplement their food supply; they ate all parts of the animals, including their livers."
"A 1969 study...concluded that the symptoms Mawson described—hair, skin and weight loss, depression, dysentery and persistent skin infections—indicated the men had suffered hypervitaminosis A, an excessive intake of vitamin A."
"Vitamin A is found in unusually high quantities in the livers of Greenland Dogs, of which both Mertz and Mawson consumed large amounts; indeed, as Mertz's condition deteriorated, Mawson may have given him more of the liver to eat, believing it to be more easily digested."
ARCTIC FISH LIVER
sciencedirect.com
“Piblokto or Arctic hysteria appears in Eskimo societies. Seen mostly in Eskimo women, symptoms include screaming, uncontrolled wild behaviour, depression, coprophagia [eating feces],...
sciencedirect.com
“Piblokto or Arctic hysteria appears in Eskimo societies. Seen mostly in Eskimo women, symptoms include screaming, uncontrolled wild behaviour, depression, coprophagia [eating feces],...
...insensitivity to extreme cold (such as running around in the snow naked) and echolalia [repeating heard phrases or sounds]. It has been suggested that it may be linked to vitamin A toxicity as the Eskimo diet provides rich sources of vitamin A such as liver of arctic fish.”
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
"Experimental and clinical studies of nonhumans and humans reveal somatic and behavioral effects of hypervitaminosis A which closely parallel many of the symptoms reported for Western patients diagnosed as hysterical and Inuit sufferers of pibloktoq."
"Experimental and clinical studies of nonhumans and humans reveal somatic and behavioral effects of hypervitaminosis A which closely parallel many of the symptoms reported for Western patients diagnosed as hysterical and Inuit sufferers of pibloktoq."
"Eskimo nutrition provides abundant sources of vitamin A and lays the probable basis in some individuals for hypervitaminosis A through ingestion of livers, kidneys, and fat of arctic fish and mammals, where the vitamin often is stored in poisonous quantities."
NOT SUPPLEMENTS
NOT SUPPLEMENTS
FISH LIVER #1 - GROUPER
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
“We observed an episode of acute fish liver intoxication in which 3 men experienced dizziness, headache, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, fever, and desquamation [skin peeling] after ingesting the liver of the grouper fish"
pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
“We observed an episode of acute fish liver intoxication in which 3 men experienced dizziness, headache, blurred vision, nausea, vomiting, fever, and desquamation [skin peeling] after ingesting the liver of the grouper fish"
"Symptomatologically, the clinical pictures of these patients were comparable to acute hypervitaminosis A or retinoid intoxication. The average vitamin A content in the grouper (C. boenak) is high enough to cause acute vitamin A intoxication.”
PART 2:
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