What's so healthy about seafood?

Your seafood questions answered

How do fish oil supplements rate?

While fish oil supplements are fine to take, it is always better to try to get your nutrition through foods. Just as it’s preferable to get vitamins and minerals through fruit and vegetables rather than supplements, the same applies for omega-3 fats and seafood. There are health benefits associated with the whole fish not just the oils. However if your needs are high for Omega-3’s due to a health condition, you may not be able to obtain all your needs through your diet. Fish oil can play a valuable health role.

Which one is more nutritious – fresh or salt water seafood?

When the essential fat content matters, there is little nutritional difference between fresh water seafood and salt water seafood if they both live in cold, southerly waters. However, salt water seafood have richer amounts of iodine, magnesium and sodium, which have multiple functions in the body.

Is seafood, especially shellfish, high in cholesterol?

In the past, shellfish were excluded from low-cholesterol diets because they were believed to be high in cholesterol. However, new measuring techniques indicate that cholesterol levels are not significant in most seafood products. In fact, molluscs – such as clams, oysters, scallops and mussels – were found to have a large amount of sterols, which appear to have a beneficial effect because they inhibit the absorption of cholesterol eaten at the same meal.

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