Posted by Larry Hoover on March 27, 2005, at 8:37:10
In reply to Re: A new twist--eating salmon often... » Larry Hoover, posted by banga on March 27, 2005, at 8:22:19
> Also one piece to remember in regards to changes in our foods....not only livestock are fed on cornmeal, which can alter the composition of the meat---but also farm-raised salmon are on cornmeal. I have read that studies show these farm-raised salmon have MUCH less omega 3 than wild salmon. I for one do not assume omega 3 supplementation from salmon unless I know it is wild salmon.....
That is only true for European farmed salmon, and only some farmed salmon, at that. All American salmon (both South and North American) is fed a ration which is primarily made from fish meal. (There are environmental arguments against that, as huge ships with vacuums are sucking up herring- and sardine-like fishes at massive rates, and just grinding them up.) In any case, that grain-fed fish armument is old news. I don't think it happens very often any more, and only applies to certain areas of the North Sea, anyway.
> These are reasons why I too belive these days we cannot assume we get adequate nutrition from food--the food has changed dramatically in composition and nutrient amounts!
North American farmed salmon is sometimes higher in omega-3s than wild caught. It's really hard to make generalizations.
Lar
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