As a Cajun, it amuses me to read the comments. We'll boil up some crawfish, break them in half, eat the meat, suck the head, chuck it, do it again.
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We Should Be Eating More Canned Fish?
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#32No, please don't. Commercial fishing is not good. Do some research to find the many reasons. Plastic is not something you want to eat, and fish have increasing amounts of plastic in them. Same goes for Mercury. Sardines (and probably anchovies) don't have much, but other larger fish do. Were it not for these problems, then I too would advocate good canned sardines for health. They have higher calcium per weight than…
https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/fish/
> they calculated that if 100,000 people ate farmed salmon twice a week for 70 years, the extra PCB intake could potentially cause 24 extra deaths from cancer—but would prevent at least 7,000 deaths from heart disease
Interesting tidbit from the article.
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#33As a kid my Dad introduced us to sardines while hiking. Friends always thought my brother and I were crazy when cracking open a can at the summit of whatever peak we just climbed, until they try one and realize that nothing else they have packed for their own lunch will now satisfy their newfound craving for oily fish. I don't know why, but it works.
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#34And fish in jars, too, like herring and sprats! I eat many of these each week.
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#35No, please don't. Commercial fishing is not good. Do some research to find the many reasons. Plastic is not something you want to eat, and fish have increasing amounts of plastic in them. Same goes for Mercury. Sardines (and probably anchovies) don't have much, but other larger fish do. Were it not for these problems, then I too would advocate good canned sardines for health. They have higher calcium per weight than…
If people are going to eat meat (a couple of times a week), then fish is probably the way to go. Small fish, that is. But microalgal omega-3 EPA/DHA has all the benefits and none of the mercury/microplastics/environmental/ethical concerns. Less than a dollar a day[0], and the price continues to fall.
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#36„The vast majority of tuna stocks are healthy and abundant“? I am highly skeptical of that claim. Does anybody have any up-to-date, global numbers?
Canned tuna is usually Skipjack, which is still considered sustainable in most places vs the rate of fishing.
Many other species of Tuna are threatened.
So it’s hard to talk about “Tuna” as being threatened or not threatened as it varies wildly.
The statement “the vast majority of tuna stocks are healthy” I guess could mean anything. Are they healthy because the vast majority that are left now that we fished out a few species are Skipjack?
It’s indeed a statement to be skeptical about. You can bend it to be trueish while at the same time saying “the vast majority of tuna species are threatened”. Glass half empty or half full.
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#37Fish always freaks me out, because I don't know how to handle it. Take oil sardines with the starry eyes. Am I supposed to eat the sardine whole, with head, eyes and tailfin? Am I supposed to bite the head off and spit it out? Cut it off? It's so basic and I feel like an idiot, but I really have no idea.
Just eat the whole thing and enjoy, it's delicious!
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#38Earlier quoted context omitted.
Walnuts apparently have more omega-3 content (by weight) than fish.
Omega-3 doesn't refer to just one thing. Most plant sources of omega-3 are ALA which your body needs to convert to EPA and DHA. Your body isn't very good at making DHA so it is useful to get it directly from your diet. Fish are a good source of DHA.
Fish get it from algae. You could go right to the source and eat algae as part of your standard supplementation.
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#39Fish always freaks me out, because I don't know how to handle it. Take oil sardines with the starry eyes. Am I supposed to eat the sardine whole, with head, eyes and tailfin? Am I supposed to bite the head off and spit it out? Cut it off? It's so basic and I feel like an idiot, but I really have no idea.
A few years back I wrote this: https://yozy.net/2012/11/smelly-spread/ and still do the same thing all the time. Just mix the sardines with butter and onions, and smash it all together with a fork. Oil, fins, heads...
Very nice and concise article! Loved the "mix furiously" part ))
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
Omega-3 doesn't refer to just one thing. Most plant sources of omega-3 are ALA which your body needs to convert to EPA and DHA. Your body isn't very good at making DHA so it is useful to get it directly from your diet. Fish are a good source of DHA.
Fish get it from algae. You could go right to the source and eat algae as part of your standard supplementation.
cutting out the middle fish