Benefits

Ancient wisdom suggests that the consumption of organ meats offers unique health benefits, and these ancestral intuitions now have scientific evidence to back them.

Bison organs are the most nutrient-dense foods on Earth, providing rich sources of vitamins, minerals, peptides, enzymes, cofactors, and other compounds. Some of these may offer great restorative abilities, improved recovery, and even anti-aging effects (as is reported by some of our customers). Bison Liver & Organ Complex is rich in bioavailable and fat-soluble vitamins A, D, K, E, B, choline, CoQ10, folate, hyaluronic acid, heme iron, zinc, copper, chromium, iodine, selenium, among the previously-mentioned compounds supporting human health.

Benefits reported by customers include higher levels of these vitamins and minerals in their blood tests (due to high bioavailability), as well as experiencing increased energy, better workout/injury recovery times, improved mental clarity/functioning, improved immune function/less time sick, upregulated sex hormones/sex drive, and a general higher qualty of life.

While liver is often touted as the most beneficial organ to consume, there are unique benefits to gain from consuming each organ.

• Liver from ruminant animal species is one of the most nutrient-dense foods on the planet

• Nutrient dense foods are highly bioavilable forms of vitamins and minerals

• These vitamins, minerals, and other beneficial compounds minimize nutrient deficiencies, thus enhancing wellness and vitality

LIVER-SPECIFIC BENEFITS

Renowned for nutrient density and energy-boosting properties, bison liver is high in vitamins A, D3, K2 (specifically the rare forms MK-4 and MK-7), B12, heme iron, and improves energy levels, mood regulation and quality, and mental clarity. Grass-fed bison liver offers a host of benefits such as healthier and faster-growing hair/skin/nails, improved athletic performance, maintained health of joints/ligaments/tendons/connective tissue, faster wound-healing and collagen-production, improved metabolic efficiency and flexibility, immunoregulation & immunostimulation, methylation, and endocrine system function.

Liver is consumed by the alpha wolf to assert dominance over the rest of the pack. It is frequently the first item consumed by predators in the wild after a hunt, and has been prized by humanity as either a food or as an offering to the gods (at varying times/places in history). Indigenous populations almost unanimously cherish this organ from all the animals they consume. Liver consumers frequently report higher sex drive, increased athletic performance, superior dental health, improved focus, steady metabolism, more restorative sleep, and a robust sense of resilience.

HEART-SPECIFIC BENEFITS

Bison heart is rich in vitamins B2, B6, B9, B12, selenium, zinc, heme iron, and has some quantities of electrolytes and minerals like magnesium, calcium, sodium, and potassium. Heart is also one of the richest natural sources of Coenzyme Q10, a potent coenzyme and antioxidant that supports the health of our own hearts and mitochondria. Heart is reported by its enthusiastic consumers as improving one’s own heart health, boosting cognitive function (B vitamins and CoQ10 support brain health), boosting immunity and improving immunoregulation (upregulating or downregulating when appropriate), and improving one’s overall general vitality and zest for life. In some indigenous medicine traditions, heart is consumed to improve and support circulatory and/or cardiovascular problems.

KIDNEY-SPECIFIC BENEFITS

Consuming kidney is long-touted as improving the body's own detoxification systems, endogenous antioxidant production, and immunostimulation. Kidney also contains notable amounts of pantothenic acid (vitamin B5), riboflavin (vitamin B2), vitamin B12, selenium, zinc, phosophorus, copper, folate, iron, niacin (vitmain B3), vitamin B1, and manganese. Kidney contains minerals and electrolytes such as magnesium, calcium, sodium, and potassium, although in lesser amounts than the B vitamins and other nutrients. Interestingly, kidney is also high in an incredible antioxidant and enzyme called diamine oxidase (DAO). DAO is sold and used as a supplement for the purposes of improving one’s histamine response or intolerance. Generally speaking, nutrients are more bioavailable when consumed from their natural food matrices. This means the DAO in kidney is likely more bioavailable than isolated DAO in supplements. The same goes for all of the previously-mentioned nutrients present in kidney as well! In some indigenous medicine traditions, kidney is consumed to improve and support urinary tract health.

SPLEEN-SPECIFIC BENEFITS

The spleen is dense in heme iron, and is reported to be effective at stimulating or fortifying the immune system as well as supporting general blood health--improving health of blood cells and our own ability to build blood after a surgery, injury, or other blood loss. Due to its immunoregulating effects, spleen may also support a healthy allergic response. Spleen can increase white blood cell counts, contains unique peptides such as tuftsin and splenopentin, as well as macrophage-stimulating proteins that enhance natural killer cell activity. Spleen remarkably contains alkyglycerols (AKGs), potent immune system-boosting molecules which can significantly aid in fighting infectious diseases or even treatment-resistant conditions. In addition to improving one’s blood and immune system, spleen can improve inflammatory markers and is used as an aid to the digestive system in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

PANCREAS-SPECIFIC BENEFITS

Pancreas provides many enzymes used in digestion, potent proteolytic enzyme-activating peptides like colipase and trypsin, and may contain compounds that support our own pancreas's ability to regulate blood sugar, digest various foods, and enhance gut health. Consuming bison pancreas improves one’s ability to assimilate other foods and nutrients in their diet, and may have proteins that reduce ability of bacteria and fungi to overgrow the small intestine. BPC-157, a potent peptide used as a research chemical for athletic enhancement, has been found present in gastric tissue in large mammals (including humans) and may be present in bison pancreas. Pancreas has traditionally been used to support endocrine health (relating to hormonal production and regulation) as well as digestive issues.

Complex food matrix BENEFITS

Most supplements are isolated nutrients, whether synthetically-produced or extracted from a natural source. Isolated nutrients taken as supplements fail to retain a high bioavailability. Therefore, it is ideal to consume nutrients in their most unadulterated and unprocessed forms, preferably nested within a complex matrix that we typically refer to as food. While you could find isolated forms of Vitamins A, D, K, B, CoQ10, AKGs, peptides, minerals, and electrolytes and consume these, it is best to get them from food like bison liver & organ supplements.

So, while isolated and purified vitamins or other supplements are better than nothing, it is in turn superior to consume vitamin complexes or food matrices rich in these vitamins. To go a step further, it is best to get our vitamins and other nutrients from a food complex. These compounds are absorbed better when taken together, and possibly could have a synergistic effect as well (i.e. consuming liver and heart together could provide cumulative benefits that cannot be acquired by consuming isolate liver or heart). By consuming all five of these organs together, in their unadulterated state, one maximizes the bioavailability, bioactivity, and potential benefits of these organs.

TAKEAWAYS & CONCLUDING REMARKS

• Liver is known as a paleo super-food for good reason

• Other organs are superfoods in their own rites

• Each organ offers a unique host of benefits

• Vital organs like heart, kidney, spleen, and pancreas have supplementary and complimentary benefits to those offered by liver

• These benefits are maximized when the organs are consumed together

Consuming the organs together as a complex may have improved benefits as opposed to consuming each organ on its own. Eating these organs together may increase bioavailability of vitamins, minerals, proteins, peptides, enzymes, and cofactors. North American plains tribes would regularly combine bison and/or elk organs from fresh kills in the stomach of the animal, and boil them together for several hours to make an offal stew. This stewed organ complex was celebrated and enjoyed together by the tribe--THAT is the original superfood.