Nutrition of Lamb Liver
Lamb liver has both positive nutritional benefits and negative nutritional concerns. Before adding lamb liver to your diet, it is important to understand how it may affect your body.
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Identification
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There are multiple sizes of lamb liver and multiple ways to cook the liver. This article focuses on a 4-oz. serving of raw lamb liver.
Benefits
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Lamb liver is a great source of protein. One serving contains 23 g of protein, which is 46 percent of the recommended daily amount. One serving of liver also has 46 percent of your daily recommended amount of iron.
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Considerations
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Lamb liver contains a considerable amount of fat. One 4-oz. serving has 6 g of fat, which almost 10 percent of your daily recommended amount of fat.
Warnings
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Those who have cholesterol concerns should avoid lamb liver. One serving of lamb liver contains 419 mg of cholesterol, which is 140 percent of your daily recommended allowance of cholesterol.
Fun Fact
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Lamb liver has an incredibly high percentage of your daily recommended amount of vitamin A. One 4-oz. serving of lamb liver has 556 percent of your daily recommended amount of the vitamin.
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