I have often read that organ meats are highly nutritious - more so than muscle meat. (I do know that a diet of polar-bear liver would be bad for me.)
Today I read on an extremely popular diet/fitness blog that raw pet food could be a convenient and inexpensive source of varied organ meats - to be cooked for human consumption, like ground beef.
Is there any science on this? Google didn’t turn up much.
Why not just buy organ meat meant for humans? I buy liver at my grocery store. I can buy chicken, pork, or beef liver. I also enjoy chicken hearts and gizzards. If you hunt you can eat the organ meat of your elk, deer or birds. Organ meats have certain nutrients in higher concentrations than muscle meats.
The raw pet food will have some organ meats but not all organ meat. The raw pet food will not be inspected and regulated as human food and it might actually not be safe for himan consumption.
I know this seems strange…
But you know you could just get the human version of organ meats… Just go to your local butcher or farm, ask for some liver, heart, kidney, spleen, etc… Mix it with ground beef or whatever you choose, cook it and eat it.
Food is food, and if the dog food thing is legit, it will be similar in theory, but the regulation and cleanliness standards in food for humans is higher and organs meats are pretty cheap as is.