TOTAL MISINFORMATION CONCERNING LIVER & ITS IRON CONTENT By Ron Koslo N/C

A story circulating through some bodybuilding publications and medical factor experts. (I use this terminology loosely, as Vince would) is that the general public and the bodybuilders of the 50's, 60's and 70's that consumed Liver Tablets are now su ering horrible heart damage because liver has generous amounts of iron. These experts have documented proof (?) of this assumption! As Vince would say, "the ignorance and stupidity of these experts is monumental!" Note: Read my article, "Looking Back to My Farm Day's." Will you allow me to shed some light on this subject so you'll feel comfortable with one of nature's truly super foods, along with glandulars, raw milk and eggs! History: when the idiots in our food industry began to process, re ne and denude our food supply for the purpose of shelf life, this processing resulted in the removal and destruction of the "B" complex minerals, and iron which is a naturally occurring nutrient in many foods, including liver. However, these idiots assured us that this was perfectly acceptable as they returned all in supplement form. Sounded quite reasonable didn't it. but also not at all correct. The "B" vitamins were synthetics produced in a laboratory and the iron was equipment of iron oxide. which is rust and a substance that is nearly impossible to be absorbed and utilized by the human body. May I remind them that naturally occurring iron in natural foods has no problems what so ever being digest and absorbed. Iron is the substance that draws oxygen into the blood stream, and then passes it to vitamin E that carries oxygen to the extremities. Therefore, when iron oxide isn't digested and absorbed properly it oats around in your blood stream and settles in places where it should not - the heart! Once this happens, the damage is done. Note: In the holistic eld, this is referred to as leaky gut syndrome. I personally have taken 12 to 25 liver tablets per day for 35 years and so have thousands of my customers since 1974! lf we discuss the old time bodybuilders of the past let me assure you that many of them (as I have personally observed) were in no way purists as far as eating all natural foods! Cookies, pies, donuts, and fast food were also consumed, and again the iron content was rust! Keep in mind that when the experts always tell you not to consume too much of anything, when you question them as to what is too much, they have no reasonable answer. As we have discussed in previous articles, America stands far above every country in the world in excess, as it is truly our national pastime! The obvious approach to quantity in all aspects of life is to intelligently ask yourself, would you: 1. Consume 50 eggs per day. 2. Consume 3 gallons of water per day. 3. Consume 300 grams of protein per day. 4. Sleep 15 hours per day. 5. Consume 15 bananas per day. 6. Consume 100,000 mg of vitamin "C" per day. Etc; etc; etc. No, as the body will be severely damaged by this excess. As you'll observe in my farm day's article - my grandma and grandpa would insist, you eat liver on a regular basis, as they inherently knew how good liver was for you. Obviously. neither one had a doctors or nutritional degree, but what they possessed was common sense and trust in Mother Nature and the natural way! As l've always stated, a doctor's o ce contains at least 10 degrees on his wall, but the two that are missing is a degree in nutrition and COMMON SENSE! I hope I've made some reasonable sense! Thanks Ron