I think wild salmon is endangered yet farmed is not... are we contributing to their demise in any way by
eating farmed salmon?
A wild salmon is nutritionally superior to a farmed salmon and do not be fooled into thinking that
eating a farmed salmon is as good!
To protect their children, Carpenter suggests «women should avoid
eating farmed salmon at all, from the day they are born through menopause.»
I don't recommend that people
eat farmed salmon for many reasons.
Finally, if you do choose to
eat farmed salmon, the Environmental Working Group (applying EPA health standards) suggests eating no more than one serving of farmed salmon a month.
Not exact matches
Since my husband can't
eat dairy he smothers them in lox (made of wild
salmon, not
farmed) and thin slices of cucumber, as shown in the photo on the left.
Using the cancer - risk assessment methods of the Environmental Protection Agency, he calculates that men can safely
eat wild
salmon as often as eight times a month but
farmed salmon only once or twice a month.
They do create significant problems for static fishing gear, such as the fixed nets used by estuarine
salmon fishers, and they may also impact on numbers of wild
salmon, although most
salmon eaten on these islands is
farmed.
And because the new product can be labeled as
farmed Atlantic
salmon without mention of the genetic modification, consumers may not know they're
eating it unless retailers explicitly refuse to buy it, he says.
Farm - raised
salmon eat pellets, and as the nutritional quality of pellets varies, so does the nutritional quality of the fish.
Your experience was obviously upsetting to you, but not caused by just
eating farm - raised
salmon but rather by
eating salmon itself.
So, wild
salmon eat a diet of «smaller feeder fish» they catch themselves, whereas
farmed salmon eat a diet of «smaller feeder fish» caught by humans.
Farm raised
salmon are fed a diet somewhat different (formulated protein pellets) than what wild
salmon eat, causing their nutrition profile to vary in the quality you get with wild - caught, as well as having less protein.
Given the high amount of Omega - 3s, quality protein and beneficial nutrients, I believe that the benefits of
eating salmon (whether
farmed or wild) far outweigh the negatives for most people.
Whereas wild
salmon eats other organisms found in its natural environment,
farmed salmon is given a processed high - fat feed in order to produce larger fish (3).
Wild
salmon is a healthier option than
farm raised
salmon and has higher levels of omega - 3's because the wild
salmon eat what they're supposed to
eat naturally.
Farm - raised
salmon do not
eat a natural diet, so their flesh would be gray if they were not given these additives.
Hey Mark, You mentioned
eating less but wild
salmon than from
farms.
While wild
salmon eat a varied natural diet of insects, smaller fish, squid and shrimp, both conventionally
farmed salmon and «raised organically»
salmon are fed commercial
salmon «chow» — which goes heavy on grains, soy oils and yeast.
Inflammation Nation: The First Clinically Proven
Eating Plan to End Our Nation's Secret Epidemic by Floyd H. Chilton argues that inflammation occurs when we consume «foods of affluence,» e.g.,
farmed salmon and eggs, and out - of - season fruits and vegetables — foods that have replaced the seasonal nuts, fruits and vegetables
eaten by our hunter - gather ancestors.
By
eating wild
salmon, you can avoid
eating farmed fish, which are often fed antibiotics and exposed to pesticides.
Eating wild - caught
salmon can help protect you from contamination such as pesticides and persistent organic pollutants found in
farm - raised
salmon.
Some of the
farmed fish that are quickly gaining popularity, like
salmon and shrimp, are carnivorous species that
eat fishmeal or fish oil produced from forage fish from the wild.
Eating Little Fish to Save Big Ones,
eat smaller fish like anchovies instead of feeding them to carnivorous
farmed fish like
salmon.