	October 10, 2007 \| Issue 137
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The Benefits & Risks of Eating Salmon

The benefits of eating fish high in omega-3 fatty acids, like salmon, keep growing, and include: cutting the risk of coronary- and stroke-related deaths, lowering the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, and even helping prevent macular degeneration, the leading cause of blindness in people older than 49. Another benefit of salmon: it’s low in mercury.

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But after a study published in Science reported that some varieties of farmed salmon contained high levels of cancer-causing chemicals called PCBs, some people have shied away from farmed varieties. (More than 80% of the fresh salmon eaten in the U.S. is farmed.) The PCBs come from the fish meal and fish oil the salmon are fed.

The good news: The global salmon farming industry is investigating ways to reduce PCB levels by using alternative food sources like soybean oil.

In the meantime, there’s much you can do. When grocery shopping or dining out, ask for wild-caught salmon.

If all that’s available is farmed salmon, remove the skin and the layer of fat just beneath the skin before or after cooking because these are the two places where the chemicals tend to concentrate. When dining out, ask the chef to do the same if the salmon served is farmed.

Most importantly, do buy salmon and other seafood rich in omega-3 fatty acids, like herring, mussels, sardines (water-packed, without salt), trout, mackerel (North Atlantic and Pacific varieties) and whitefish. Overall, they’re much better choices than beef, pork, lamb, and even chicken, all of which contain artery-clogging saturated fat.

And very modest amounts of omega-3 rich seafood like salmon – just two to three servings a week – deliver loads of health benefits, especially for your heart.

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Pritikin Perspective is a publication for Alumni of the Pritikin Longevity Center. It is dedicated to helping people make healthy changes in their lives. The articles in this publication should not be considered specific medical advice, as each individual circumstance is different. You are strongly encouraged to seek medical advice before beginning a program of diet and exercise.
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