A short conversational transcript from the YouTube video 'Is Animal Liver Full of Toxins' (Jan 9, 2026) in which Wendie Trubow, Jamie, and another speaker discuss whether animal liver concentrates toxins. They reason that the liver detoxifies rather than passively storing toxins, that it stores glycogen and fat-soluble vitamins (A, D, E, K), and that fat (not liver) is described as the primary storage depot for toxins; the clip frames liver as nutrient-dense and supportive of detoxification.
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It seemed weird to me that I was going to eat the thing that processed the toxins. And I know it's super nutrient dense. I still have this thought, like, but does it have more toxins in it because it's filtering the toxins and processing them?
If you think about it that the liver is. Its job is to detoxify.
The animal. When we think of it storing the.
Toxins, we're really.
Thinking of it almost.
Like a coffee.
Filter or a sponge.
And if that were true, if, as.
You both know, if the liver were a sponge, sponge.
Or a coffee filter.
That couldn't be cleaned, we would all be dead right now.
Because there's so many toxins.
In the world that there's no way we would be.
Able to detoxify. I think that's the.
The mindset people are getting trapped in. But if you think about it from.
This other perspective, let's flip this the.
Coin and think about it from the.
Perspective of like.
Wait, the organ has.
The job to detoxify.
That must mean it.
Does its job very well because.
We'Re not dead. And because it.
Does it so well.
It must have nutrients in it that will support my own detoxification.
It's not a storage unit. I just realized this.
Exactly.
The liver stores glycogen, A, D, E, K, but it's not a storage unit for toxins.
Exactly.
That's what the fat. The fat is.
The storage depot.
So when you're eating meat, you probably don't want to eat the fat because that's where all the toxins are. And the liver shouldn't have. It's not a storage unit. So I just thought that through. Helping me think that through, Jamie.
