Keith Thomas wrote:

>I had assumed that all meat was carb-free.  Wrong!
>
>The USDA site lists a significant carb content for beef liver and a
>reasonably high level in sheep and chicken liver, too.
>
>What sort of carbs are these?  I know carbohydrates are stored in the
>liver, so perhaps I should have expected that analysis would show them to
>be there.  But carbs are stored ready for direct use in the muscle cells
>as well, and analysis of the latter reveals no carbohydrate content.
>
>I'm puzzled.  Can you enlighten me?
>
>

The carb content of the liver is glycogen, a starch.  Per 100g, the
starch content of liver is comparable to that of potatoes.

Todd Moody
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