jakesgran
Should I raise the tone by moving from flatulence to fish?
Much is said about the benefits of oily fish. I like salmon, can't abide mackerel or sardines and always have a decent stock of tinned tuna. How much should I be eating, what should I be doing with it and what will it do for me?
Hi jakesgran Oily fish forms a valuable part of the diet. Omega 3 essential fatty acids have numerous beneficial effects including lowering the levels of LDL (bad) cholesterol inthe blood, alleviating inflammatory diseases, protecting the heart, reducing the risk of thrombosis and stroke to name some of them. There is some evidence that they reduce the risk or at least slow down the development of dementia. The fish oils in oily fish are distributed throughout their tissues, whereas those in white fish are concentrated in the liver. The general recommendation is to eat at least one portion of oily fish per week. Eating more is probably better but there is a bit of a worry about toxins in the flesh resulting from pollution. Mercury is a particular worry.
If you like salmon, then the other oily fish you might like would be trout, salmon trout (also called sea trout) and swordfish, as well as fresh tuna. Unfortunately, canned tuna contains virtually no omega 3 as this is lost in the canning process. This is not the case with other canned oily fish.