Supplement Godfather

Q. What’s desiccated liver and why would any bodybuilder ever want to take it in tablet form?

A. Desiccated liver tablets are an ‘old-school’ bodybuilding supplement, I guess you could say. In the 80s, bodybuilders used desiccated liver as a protein supplement because it’s high in essential amino acids and B vitamins. Desiccated liver tablets were popular at the same time as those huge amino tablets were. Although both desiccated liver and those amino tablets were really popular back in the 80s, most bodybuilders now have access to much more effective protein and amino acid options, such as whey protein concentrates, isolates, and casein powders. Actually, those huge amino tablets are still very popular in Europe and other parts of the world outside North America, but they don’t have access to all the same supplements we do here in North America. You can still find desiccated liver in Universal’s Animal Pak tablets, but I don’t think they’ve updated that formula too much since it launched back in 1983!

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