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Chicken liver? On occassion I boil some chicken livers for my babies which will last about 3 dinners. I know they are good for iron. If an adult gets to much iron it will cause constipation does that go for puppies too? If so how much do you recommend them eating them? |
Liver is one of the organ meats that is a power house of nutrients. The food is low is sodium, it is a good source of zinc, copper, and magnesium. Protein, vitamin A, C, the B family, iron as well as phosporus. The being said, the bad things are that it is high in cholesterol; LDL being the bad stuff that produces plaque and essentially causes atherosclerosis, or fats deposits in the blood stream that lead to heart attacks. HDL is the good stuff which promotes a healthy heart. The vitamin content contains high quantities of vitamins that are not water-soluble. Which means that they are not flushed out of the body quickly, and can build up in the bodies organs, and become toxic. I think that I would cook them, and then freeze the other 2 dinners for later on near the end of the week. I would space out their liver dinners, just to be on the safe side. Good eats! |
I've read that chicken liver is not the best choice, it's very high in cholesterol, beef liver is said to be much better, but I know that their is even a limit on the amount they can eat of that. |
Thanks for the response. I will definitely cut back on livers. |
I make my own raw food for Lola. Most recipes will call for no more than 5% of the meal be liver. I use beef liver not chicken. |
at what age can they start eating this kind of meat?(beef liver i mean):confused: |
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chicken liver I once gave my girls a half a boiled chicken liver each as a treat and they both got diareah. . . So I haven't since. And to be honest, I don't really give them any treats beside a little piece of chopped up carrot or apple (ok and the occasionaly cheerio). I know, I am a mean mom. |
FYI , beef liver has about the same cholesterol count as chicken liver does per ounce. However the fat/saturated fat count is nearly twice that in beef liver, as it is in chicken liver. So if your animal has any kind of liver, gallbladder, or pancreatic issues, this might be a concern over the long run. |
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