Fwd: Farmed salmon feed high in PCB's

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10/2/2003 4:19:38 PM Eastern Standard Time

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Natural Health Newsletter

 

Randall Neustaedter OMD

 

Another danger from farmed salmonMost salmon consumed in the US (and other

western countries) comes from fish farms where the fish are fattened with ground

fish meal.

 

Now the Environmental Working Group (EWG) has discovered that the small fish

used in the fish meal have absorbed PCBs (pholychlorinated biphenyls) that are

then concentrated in the fat of farmed salmon.

 

PCBs, used as industrial insulators, have been banned in the US since 1976

because they cause cancer, impair brain development, and weaken immune function.

But PCBs persist in the environment.

 

Three independent studies have found PCB contamination in nearly every sample of

fish meal tested. The EWG reports that farmed salmon contain concentrations of

PCBs that are 5 to 10 times higher than those found in salmon fished from the

ocean. In addition to the 110 different PCBs, farmed salmon contains higher

levels of 151 other chemical contaminants than wild salmon.

 

Farmed salmon also contains higher levels of antibiotics, and the fat of farmed

salmon contains 35 percent less omega-3 fats than wild salmon.I advise you eat

only wild salmon and limit your consumption even of that food source to once a

month because of the potential mercury content.

 

On the other hand we all need more omega-3 fats in our diets, which can be

derived from molecularly distilled fish oil, which is free of contaminants

(2,000 mg EPA for adults), a DHA supplement derived from algae (Neuromins),

pasture fed beef, organic free-range chickens and their eggs, sardines and

herring, and raw dairy products from pasture fed cattle.

 

Avoid all large ocean fish (swordfish, tuna, shark, halibut, and mackerel), and

limit your intake of crab.

 

Other seafood is in danger of severe depletion ocean habitats (shrimp, rockfish

or Pacific red snapper, Chilean sea bass, caviar, orange roughy, and king crab).

 

Remember that fish sticks, fast-food fish sandwiches, and deep-fried fish are

devoid of omega-3 fats, and contain harmful trans-fats.

 

The EWG reports can be found at these

links:http://www.ewg.org/reports/farmedPCBs/es.php

http://www.ewg.org/reports/farmedPCBs/part2.php

Randall Neustaedter OMD, LAc

Classical Medicine Center

1779 Woodside Rd #201C

Redwood City, CA 94061

650 299-9170

 

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