Man dies of liver overdose - said noone ever. page

[Knifegill]

What is this malarky? I can find no tales of ails from the consumption of entrails!

[RichMahogany]

"This danger has long been known to the Inuit and has been recognized by Europeans since at least 1597 when Gerrit de Veer wrote in his diary that, while taking refuge in the winter in Nova Zemlya, he and his men became severely ill after eating polar bear liver.[15] In 1913, Antarctic explorers Douglas Mawson and Xavier Mertz were both poisoned (and Mertz died) from eating the livers of their sled dogs during the Far Eastern Party.[16]"

From Hypervitaminosis A - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

But yeah, as long as you're not eating arctic mammals' livers, you can pretty much chow down on nature's multivitamin with reckless abandon. Sometimes I eat beef liver every day for a week straight and I'm still typing.

[Knifegill]

Oh. Are they sure it was the liver?

[Zach]

Yes, retinol overdose.

[OneDeltaTenTango]

I know that each of us has different challenges in our lives and I don't intend at all to diminish them. Having said that, read "Mawson's Will" about Sir Douglas Mawson's Antarctic expedition. It will give you a new appreciation for keeping spirits up in the face of challenges. (of course, Mawson decided to put himself in a situation that had a 100% likelihood of misery.)

[YogaBare]

Actually, I don't know if liver agrees with me. Every time I eat it my gums bleed?!

I did some research and found this in an article that says it's not good for babies...

Toxicity from excess preformed vitamin A (known as hypervitaminosis A) can lead to an increased risk of bone fracture. This is because the vitamin A blocks the activity of vitamin D, leading to reduced bone mineral density. Vitamin A toxicity can also cause liver damage.

Read more: Can Babies Eat Liver?

[Tribal Rob]

I had about a pound of liver yesterday with a couple of onions fried in butter, some added some heavy cream to reduced down once the onions were cooked, then chucked in big handfull of spinach at the end. I felt a bit of a bloater afterwards and couldn't actaully finish it all, but I'm still not dead

[sakura_girl]

Actually, I don't know if liver agrees with me. Every time I eat it my gums bleed?!

I get overall inflammation in my mouth and my teeth change color. That might just be the high mineral content, though.

[eKatherine]

I'd better check to see if I have any polar bear liver in the freezer.

[RichMahogany]

my teeth change color.

What color do they change to? Remember Hypercolor t-shirts?