Do I Really Need Organs on Carnivore? Here’s the Truth

Breaking down organ meats, nutrient myths, and what your body actually needs to thrive on carnivore.

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When I started carnivore, I was overwhelmed by all the rules I thought I had to follow.

"You need liver every week." "If you don't eat kidney, you're missing out." "Heart is essential."

At one point, I was choking down frozen liver cubes like medicine, pinching my nose, chasing it with water, and praying it wouldn't come back up.

Everyone said it was the "superfood." But I felt worse.

It wasn’t until I stopped forcing organs that I actually started healing.

Where the Organ Obsession Comes From

The carnivore movement often points to ancestral eating and nose-to-tail nutrition.

Yes, indigenous tribes did eat organs. Yes, liver is incredibly nutrient-dense. But here’s what often gets missed:

They also didn’t eat it every day.

Organs were prized, yes. But they were also shared among the tribe. A single animal fed many. And most of our ancestors didn’t eat liver five times a week. That’s a modern interpretation.

What we’re doing today is often not ancestral. It’s anxious.

So, Do You Need Organs?