WHICH FISH IS SAFE TO EAT?
Fish is an important source of omega-3 fatty acids. However, due to fossil fuel emission, radiation, and heavy metals such as mercury building up in our waters and fish, it is important to choose the right type of fish to reduce the toxic load and limit inflammation in your physiology.
Farmed fish has various health implications due to the use of antibiotics, affecting your gut ecology, the use of pesticides and chemicals including dioxin, dibutyltin, polybrominated, as well as diphenyl and the pigment Canthaxanthin. All of these practices affect the fish populations in the wild.
The fish that should be avoided due high heavy metal levels, high omega-6 levels, fatty acid characteristics or because they are ridden with pesticides, feces, bacteria and parasites due to farming techniques, include
· Farmed Salmon
· Imported, farmed Shrimps
· Atlantic Bluefin Tuna
· Grouper
· King Mackerel
· Sturgeon
· Swordfish
· Shark
· Orange Roughy
· Imported Bass, Say, Tra
· Imported King Crab
· Eel
· Atlantic Flatfish
· Farmed Baramundi
· Ocean trout
· Atlantic Cod and Tilapia.
The best fish is local, fresh caught fish, that comes from sustainable fisheries. Those type if fish are lower in contamination and higher in omega-3 fatty acids which is an important essential fatty acid for your body. Also found in wild-caught fish are healthy protein, selenium, niacin, vitamin B12, phosphorus, magnesium and vitamin B6.
The seafood that I enjoy on a weekly basis are:
· Monkfish, Rockling, Trevally or Ling (for curries)
· Wild caught Alaskan salmon
· Black cod
· Snapper
· Bass
· Sablefish
· Wild Barramundi
· Lobster
· Oysters
Click here to access my quick and easy fish curry recipe that is one of our favorits.
Enjoy!