Isibindi kwezincelisayo, izinyoni, nezinhlanzi is ngokuvamile kudliwa njengoba ukudla ngabantu (bheka offal ). Ingulube yasekhaya, iwundlu, inkonyane, inkabi, inkukhu, ihansi kanye nezibindi ze- cod zitholakala kakhulu kubabhusha nasezitolo ezinkulu ngenkathi izibindi ze-stingray ne- burbot zivamile kwamanye amazwe ase-Europe.Izibindi zezilwane zicebile ngensimbi, ithusi, amavithamini B kanye ne- vitamin A eyenziwe ngaphambili. Akuqiniseki ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwesibindi nsuku zonke kungaba yingozi yini, ngoba alukho ucwaningo oluphelele olwenziwe ngobuthi be-vitamin A eyenziwe ngaphambili ekudleni.Ukudla okukodwa kwesibindi senyama yenkomo kudlula izinga eliphakeme lokudla elingabekezeleleka likavithamini A.100 g cod isibindi siqukethe u-5 mg kavithamini A no-100 µg kavithamini D. Kusuka esibindini se-Middle English, kusuka ku- Old English lifer , kusuka ku- Proto-Germanic *librō , kusuka ku- Proto-Indo-European *leyp- "Ukugcoba, smudge, induku", kusuka eProto-Indo-European *ley - "ukuba slimy, unamathele, glide".Lieuwer Frisian Lieuwer "Isibindi", lever saseWest Frisian "Isibindi", lever saseDashi "Isibindi", i- German Leber "Isibindi", Danish, Norwegian futhi Swedish ulimi isigwedlo "isibindi" ezintathu zokugcina kusukela Old Norse lifr "Isibindi".