Superfoods - what are you eating these days? (skillet, organic, bread)

[Sillypups]

I do...
english walnuts, pecans & almonds.
broccoli, red bell peppers, califlower,sweet potatoes, gold yukon potatoes, carrots
spring mix lettuce, avocados, spinach. tomatoes
Blueberries, strawberries, watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, bing cherries

that's pretty much what I can think of off my head.

[tickyul]

Before people became so highly perfumed and afraid of YUCKY foods like Organ Meats, this was a common remedy.







Liver

• The second richest source of vitamin B12 is liver, especially beef liver. Though cows are herbivorous, they obtain B12 from bacterial fermentation that occurs inside their digestive tract. A diet of beef liver was prescribed for pernicious anemia, and proved to be the cure that wiped it from the list of deadly diseases in the 1930s.
  
  

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[hey teach]

I just think liver is disgusting! I will eat more leaffy greens to get my iron intake.

[tickyul]

Originally Posted by hey teach

I just think liver is disgusting! I will eat more leaffy greens to get my iron intake.

Well, if you DO NOT have a problem with your iron or b12 levels, greens may do the trick. But.........if you have low b12 or iron...........non-heme foods such as greens won't even come close to correcting the problem.

Liver really does taste quite good, you just have to know how to cook it.

[Gerania]

You're right, they are right. I'm much happier eating my liver in the spready pate form than a slab on a plate.

[tickyul]

Originally Posted by Gerania

You're right, they are right. I'm much happier eating my liver in the spready pate form than a slab on a plate.

I love liverwurst. I cannot wait until I have enough room to get a meat grinder, then I can make my own.........YUM.

[stan4]

Agree. I would NEVER touch liver otherwise...but pate is just scrumdidliumptious.

[luzianne]

My mom said she was told to eat raw liver when she was pregnant and was anemic. Blech.

[TabulaRasa]

I have had severe iron deficiency anemia most of my life, and beef liver/other red meat organ meats have always been recommended when I'm particularly low. My body doesn't readily absorb non-heme iron, so dark leafy greens (while delicious and a favorite) don't do much to increase the levels of iron in my blood, and neither do supplements. It's not my favorite, but it's better than having absolutely no energy and passing out.

[Miaiam]

Liver is actually the only kind of offal I will eat.