Saturday, July 12, 2008

Popular Tilapia Might Not Help Heart

Popular Tilapia Might Not Help Heart
Study finds farm-raised fish has high levels of unhealthy omega-6 fatty acids

Above is a new article link to US News and World Report stating that the fish Tilapia may be harmful to people. The farm-raised Tilapia has high levels of unhealth omega-6 fatty acids. This is not unique to farm-raised Tilapia. The potential health risks of farm-raised salmon is also discussed in below hyperlink:
http://research.cals.cornell.edu/entity?home=6&id=20834

In both cases, underlies the complexity issue of the food web. We are what we eat. So, we do our best to eat well. However, due to our current industrial production model of our food, we focus on costs rather than nutrition of the food.

In order, for us to eat well, we need to feed the farm-raised animals a balanced nutrious meal so that they can provide that nutrition for us. These examples also extend to chickens who can provide eggs and meat.

I recommend that people look for organic meat. In Atlanta, we are fortunate to have Dekalb Farmer's Market providing us with cost-effective organic food.

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