The commonly consumed fish Tilapia is potentially dangerous for heart patients
Here is a warning for all heart patients! One of the highest consumed fish in America is now being called fatty and could have dangerous implications for persons with heart disease, arthritis, asthma and other allergic and auto-immune diseases as it could cause an inflammatory response.
…has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine.
Tilapia has higher levels of omega-6 fatty acids than 80% lean hamburger, cookies, bacon or sausage. Wow- this is really big news around my house as our favorite fish is Tilapia! My kids love it and so do I so we will have to revisit our choices at the seafood store.
We buy it because we love the taste but apparently it is also one of the least expensive choices out there as well. And it makes sense when you think about farm bred fish…
Tags: children, exercise, fish, food, healthy food, heart-disease, Hearty Diet, high-blood-pressure, nutrition, poor food choice, teen, teenagers, tilapia…tilapia is easily farmed using inexpensive corn-based feeds, which contain short chain omega-6s that the fish very efficiently convert to AA and place in their tissues. This ability to feed the fish inexpensive foods, together with their capacity to grow under almost any condition, keeps the market price for the fish so low that it is rapidly becoming a staple in low-income diets.
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1 opinion for The commonly consumed fish Tilapia is potentially dangerous for heart patients
Barb
Jul 9, 2008 at 5:03 pm
You might want to do a bit more research before you give up on tilapia. While I do think omega-6 fatty acids need to be balanced with omega-3s I actually don’t really believe all the hype yet about tilapia. Notice that none of the articles tell you how much omega-6 fatty acids are in how much tilapia. I will need more actual facts before I shy away from tilapia.
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