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Advantages of Eating Fish Foods

Fish Varieties Rich In Omega 3 Fatty Acids

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The recommended daily amount of omega 3 fatty acids from fish is 200-600mg and from plants it is 1-2g.

The following are approximate amounts of omega 3 fatty acids per 60g serve of varieties of fish:

 Salmon (Fresh Atlantic) - 1,200mg

 Smoked salmon - 1,000mg

 Canned salmon - 500mg

 Sardines - 1,500mg

 Trout (fresh rainbow) - 350mg

 Gemfish - 300mg

 Blue-eye, shark (flake), salmon, squid - 250mg

 Scallop or calamari - 200mg

 Sea mullet, abalone - 170mg

 Canned tuna - 145mg

 Orange roughy or sea perch - 7mg.

The following are approximate amounts of omega 3 fatty acids per 60g serve of other foods:

 Two slices of fish oil enriched white bread - 27mg

 Lean beef or lamb - 40mg

 One fish oil enriched egg - 200mg

 Fish oil enriched margarine (10g) - 60mg

 One regular egg - 40mg.

 The best source of omega 3 fatty acids is fish, rather than fish oil capsules.



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Posted by:  lgkuril  Posted on: 09/27/2011
its ok to eat fish at safe lavel, it is also very dengerous while we take it with milk accidently. so always be careful while taking fish with milk



Posted by:  pradhangeorge  Posted on: 03/03/2011
=eating fish foods is good, but NOT lots of it as you said, the total calories have GOT to be kept in mind!!! Fish like any food may be alergenic to persons who are intolerant of that food or medicine or whatever.== Ravi,fish do NOT have antiBiotics inside......=animal foods shd be cut down to the bare minimum, for various reasons we all know.



Posted by:  Ravi_Bajaj  Posted on: 09/15/2010
I have heard that different fishes contain different anti-biotics. Can I get a list of which fish contains which anti-biotic.




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