raw liver and mysterious anti-fatigue factor

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I just posted this to the beyond price site but people on this site

may also be interested!

I have an old Prevention Magazine article on liver that

describes an ant-fatigue factor. They compared rats

given regular food with B-vits to rats given liver.

The rats were put into a sink or swim tank. The first

ones went for around 13 minutes and gave up. The liver

rats went for 2 hours + ....some never gave up. When I

have the time I need write the journal and see if I can get a copy of

the research sited by Prevention. It's not on-line. If you're

interested here's a copy of what I have :

" K Ershoff, Ph. D described a classic experiment in the

July, 1951, Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and

Medicine, indicating that liver contains a mysterious anti-fatigue

factor. He divided laboratory rats into three groups. The first ate a

basic diet, fortified with 11 vitamins. The second ate the same diet,

along with an additional supply of vitamin B complex. The third ate

the original diet, but instead of vitamin B complex, 10 percent-

powdered liver was added to their rations.

After several weeks, the animals were placed one by one into a drum

of cold water from which they could not climb out. They literally

were forced to sink or swim. Rats in the first group swam for an

average 13.3 minutes before giving up. The second group which had the

added fortifications of B vitamins, swam for an average of 13.4

minutes. Of the last group of rats, the ones receiving liver, three

swam for 63,83 and 87 minutes. The other nine rats in this group were

still swimming vigorously at the end of two hours when the test was

terminated. Something in the liver had prevented them from becoming

exhausted. To this day scientists have not been able to pin a label

on this anti-fatigue factor. "

Lynn