Why is salmon so healthy?!
Question: Why is salmon so healthy?
Answers:
High in Omega-3 Fatty acid (healthy one)
High in Protein
High in Nutrients
Low in Sodium
Low in Sugar
Low in Carbohydrates
Tasty
BECAUSE HE IS A FISH.
Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) is an omega-3 fatty acid ONLY found in appreciable amounts in cold water fish oil & algae & essential to good health - not just any fish, only cold water fish mainly in sardines, mackerel, herring, salmon & oysters. Tuna also has DHA but very little is in the cheap canned tuna found in most grocery stores.
Taking fish oil or krill oil is a convenient way to get DHA/EPA consistently but I’m concerned about the degradation of the oils. Krill oil has naturally occurring antioxidants which make them somewhat safer but I still recommend whole food sources.
Omega 3 fatty acids are PUFA’s (polyunsaturated fatty acids) & extremely fragile & start going rancid as soon as exposed to air. PUFA’s are fine from *whole food sources* but when separated from the food, begin oxidizing immediately & cause free radical damage to the body. I highly recommend making an effort to get as much fish oil from whole food sources. I recommend eating sardines several times per week. Mackerel, herring, salmon & oysters are also good options.
Another problem with ingesting “just” the oil, is that you are missing all the nutrition from the whole food source.
I started eating 1 oz. canned oysters every morning for the naturally occurring zinc (170% DV) & found it also had 90% DV of B12 as well as getting 1g a week in Omega 3 fatty acids, EPA/DHA.
Ounces Fish EPA DHA grams
3 Herring_ 1.06 0.75 1.81
3 Mackerel 0.56 1.01 1.57
3 Sardines 0.45 0.74 1.19
3 Oysters_ 0.75 0.43 1.18
3 Salmon__ 0.45 0.60 1.05
3 Trout___ 0.40 0.44 0.84
3 Tuna____ 0.04 0.19 0.23
3 Haddock_ 0.06 0.14 0.20
DHA is the most abundant omega-3 fatty acid in the brain and retina. Low levels of DHA have been associated with Alzheimer's disease. DHA is depleted in the cerebral cortex of severely depressed patients.
http://www.fishoilbenefitsexplained.com/…
Adding butter or virgin coconut oil will help make the Omega 3 fatty acids more bioavailable.
Whenever taking cod liver oil, remember the findings of Dr. Price. He noted that he did not get good results from cod liver oil unless he gave it concurrently with high-vitamin butter. Just why this is so is a matter of speculation, but we do know that the very unsaturated fatty acids found in cod liver oil cannot be effectively assimilated and stored in the tissues without the presence of adequate saturated fatty acids, the kind that would be provided by butter. This means that even regular butter would help support cod liver oil therapy; but Price found that the combination of cod liver oil with high-vitamin butter, from cows eating rapidly growing green grass, was nothing short of miraculous, reversing tooth decay and bringing patients back from the brink of death.
http://www.goodhealthmd.com/health-cod-l…