Healthy Choices at Seafood Restaurants by Art Gib
There are a lot of people who say that eating fish is a much healthier alternative to eating other types of meats. Especially if you are trying to watch your weight, you might have someone recommend that you eat more fish in your diet. The truth is that seafood is healthy for your body because it contains omega-3 fatty acids which help the body protect itself from heart disease. One thing you might not know is that there are all different kinds of fish for you to choose from and some fish are much healthier for you than others. This article will list a few of the different kinds of fish and then also give you some recommendations for how often you should have this particular fish in your diet.
If you are looking to eat some of the common types of fish which are really popular in seafood restaurants, you will probably be ordering Alaskan salmon, Rainbow trout, U.S. farmed shrimp or bay scallops. These kinds of fish are healthy enough to eat about twice a week and they can do a lot of good things for your body. Other choices like Pacific halibut or white tuna from the U.S. or Canada should be eaten less frequently than those already mentioned, but are still okay to eat about once a week. It is very important to know where the fish is coming from because that plays a huge role on whether the fish has grown and lived in a clean environment and eaten clean food.
There are some types of fish you should probably only eat about once a month. Some of these choices are mahimahi, lobster, blue crab, wild salmon, sea scallops, wild shrimp, U.S. swordish and Pacific cod. Again these are just a few choices of fish that are recommended to be eaten only one a month. There is also a list of fish to flat out avoid eating altogether. These choices include Chilean sea bass, orange roughy, shark, and grouper. Most of these choices were made because of the high levels of mercury found in these fish depending on the area they are in. Also, fish were added to the four different categories depending on if how the fish were caught caused damage to our environment. So remember the next time you are out at a seafood restaurant, that you want to make a wise and healthy decision you will be happy with.
If you are looking to eat some of the common types of fish which are really popular in seafood restaurants, you will probably be ordering Alaskan salmon, Rainbow trout, U.S. farmed shrimp or bay scallops. These kinds of fish are healthy enough to eat about twice a week and they can do a lot of good things for your body. Other choices like Pacific halibut or white tuna from the U.S. or Canada should be eaten less frequently than those already mentioned, but are still okay to eat about once a week. It is very important to know where the fish is coming from because that plays a huge role on whether the fish has grown and lived in a clean environment and eaten clean food.
There are some types of fish you should probably only eat about once a month. Some of these choices are mahimahi, lobster, blue crab, wild salmon, sea scallops, wild shrimp, U.S. swordish and Pacific cod. Again these are just a few choices of fish that are recommended to be eaten only one a month. There is also a list of fish to flat out avoid eating altogether. These choices include Chilean sea bass, orange roughy, shark, and grouper. Most of these choices were made because of the high levels of mercury found in these fish depending on the area they are in. Also, fish were added to the four different categories depending on if how the fish were caught caused damage to our environment. So remember the next time you are out at a seafood restaurant, that you want to make a wise and healthy decision you will be happy with.
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