[alternative] Both Wild & Farmed Salmon POLLUTED

October 11, 2003

I will continue to eat wild Salmon, until I get clear evidence that the

level of pollution is a higher cost than the immense health-benefits. The

problem with the Mercola message, is that it's an advertisment for a source

of Salmon. " All " food on the planet is polluted, it's a matter of degree.

Mercola's alarm doesn't make a judgment about the degree of contamination

versus the extent of health benefits. Just saying a food is contaminated

isn't enough. Even if wild Salmon is " as " contaminated as farmed Salmon,

it's vastly better nutritionally. I rarely eat more than 1 serving a week,

and sometimes eat Halibut or other fish. I still think the gain outweighs

the loss.

I'm also looking for supplements that will help remove Mercury and other

pollutants from the body, rather than denying myself an occasional wild

Salmon meal.

JP

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<ConBenesch

Saturday, October 11, 2003 11:59 AM

[alternative] Both Wild & Farmed

Salmon POLLUTED

> Bummer. Read these articles about how polluted salmon is.

>

> What do we eat if we can't eat wild salmon?

>

> I found this article on the Mercola site, which referred to two articles

> about polluted salmon.

>

> I bought the salmon that Mercola sells on this site -- to be honest, it

> doesn't taste very god. Does anyone know where to purchase salmon or other

fish

> that isn't polluted?

>

> http://mercola.com/2003/oct/11/polluted_salmon.htm

>

> http://www.nature.com/nsu/030915/030915-7.html

> Salmon packed with pollutants

>

> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/09/030923064756.htm

>

> Connie Benesch

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October 11, 2003

Dr. Mercola is really afraid of fish: He said take the oil capsules as they

are detoxified of mercury---Then He started selling Alaska Salmon. Keta

Salmon at $50 for four pounds. Then Kroger's got some Keta Salmon in fresh

at $0.99 a lb. I put 40 pounds in the freezer. thawed one out last week

and somehow it sat in the Fridge for a week before We ate it; But it still

tasted great. Keta Salmon is cheap as the farmed Salmon has ruined the

wild Salmon market--it is not quite that simple but some 98 percent of

Salmon in my area markets is farmed. Sometimes Wal-Mart has frozen Alaska

Salmon at close to $1 a lb. I do not say that Mercola's Salmon is

overpriced as they have to store it and ship it to just a few purchasers.

However If you watch carefully during the summer you may get fresh Alaska

Salmon or frozen Alaska Salmon at a bargain price. And you can always fall

back on canned Alaska Salmon.

The frozen Salmon or canned Salmon from Alaska is from the cleanest part of

the ocean. Also the small, 5 lb, wild Salmon are only two or three years

old and have fed on the smallest plankton, shrimp and Sardines so they have

the least opportunity to accumulate Mercury. On the other hand Tuna or

Swordfish, etc. live many years and feed on older sardines.

The ground fish pellets fed to farmed Salmon are made from older fish that

may have more mercury; also antibiotics and color chemicals fed to farmed

salmon that leaves a lot to be desired.

If you go fishing, Kokanee is a lake Salmon that feeds on plankton and could

be mercury free in some lakes.

Good Luck,

Lorenzo

John Polifronio [counterpnt]

Saturday, October 11, 2003 3:47 PM

Re: [alternative] Both Wild &

Farmed Salmon POLLUTED