get a mercury test and prove us all wrong then...you can order them online for like 10-20$ and I think you just need to submit a hair sample.daveedka said:
Is it okay to eat fish?
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The more of Dave's posts I read, the more I like the guy. People are far too caught up in "isolated and extremely minimal issues [which] are glorified to seem like serious problems". Part of the problem, or perhaps just reason, that this is so, IMO, is that while scientists who may or may not ( :mad2 ) know the practical implications of their work, the general public gets their news from the media which is a) completely uninformed of the practical implications and b) has a slight tendancy to exagerate or sensationalize the story. This is only made worse by the funding structure for scientific research where the most immanant threat or most sensational research gets the most money. So if I were to say I wanted to research something that probably isn't a threat but would help me better undertand and be able to explain the world, no money for me. If I said that I wanted to measure something that could kill us all in a few weeks, big $$. Meanwhile, even if my results find no problems, there's still that initial story: "scientists believe immanant danger".
On a like note, it's complete foolishness to believe that vegan diets are more healthy than omnivorus ones, and vice verse. The danger does not lie in any particular food group, but rather the diet as a whole. We are omnivorous beings, period. As such, we were made to have a balance of meats, grains and vegetable matter. Yes, we can certainly do fine with meat substitutes, but it's naive to believe that the root of societies health problems can be laid at the feet eating animals.
A healthy balance of all foods is easily achievable. Balance it with a proper amount of exercise and you get a healthy person. Whatever your dietary choice if you do no exercise, you won't be healthy, whatever your weight and BMI suggest.
Fad diets are sneaky ways to try to trick people into balanced lifestyles. Atkins tries to break people from their carb dependance, and if after kicking the habit you return to the food guide's recomended daily intake, you're in good shape. But as a long term diet, no, it is certainly not healthy to base your daily coloric intake on meats and fats.
Some folks seem to think that there's some magical formula waiting to be discovered or to be found in a book to bring them the proper, healthy diet, but it already exists, it's called the Food Guide (ours is called Canada's Food Guide, I don't know what the US version is called). That and exercise.
Oof, so far off topic but I couldn't help myself...
Yes, I love fishies for watching and for eating. But I won't eat Atlantic Cod because it should be under full moratorium until the stocks can grow back, which would take 10-15 years of full moratorium at least.
On a like note, it's complete foolishness to believe that vegan diets are more healthy than omnivorus ones, and vice verse. The danger does not lie in any particular food group, but rather the diet as a whole. We are omnivorous beings, period. As such, we were made to have a balance of meats, grains and vegetable matter. Yes, we can certainly do fine with meat substitutes, but it's naive to believe that the root of societies health problems can be laid at the feet eating animals.
A healthy balance of all foods is easily achievable. Balance it with a proper amount of exercise and you get a healthy person. Whatever your dietary choice if you do no exercise, you won't be healthy, whatever your weight and BMI suggest.
Fad diets are sneaky ways to try to trick people into balanced lifestyles. Atkins tries to break people from their carb dependance, and if after kicking the habit you return to the food guide's recomended daily intake, you're in good shape. But as a long term diet, no, it is certainly not healthy to base your daily coloric intake on meats and fats.
Some folks seem to think that there's some magical formula waiting to be discovered or to be found in a book to bring them the proper, healthy diet, but it already exists, it's called the Food Guide (ours is called Canada's Food Guide, I don't know what the US version is called). That and exercise.
Oof, so far off topic but I couldn't help myself...
Yes, I love fishies for watching and for eating. But I won't eat Atlantic Cod because it should be under full moratorium until the stocks can grow back, which would take 10-15 years of full moratorium at least.
Yes, I eat fish, but not the one's in my aquarium. There's not a whole lot of edible flesh on cories, harlequin rasboras and mollies anyway.
As far as freshwater fish are concerned, my grandfather used to fish for and catch some brook trout that were fantastic (especially the smaller ones) when saute'd with some butter.
As far as freshwater fish are concerned, my grandfather used to fish for and catch some brook trout that were fantastic (especially the smaller ones) when saute'd with some butter.
:laugh: What type of wine would you have with, say, Harlequin filets served on a bed of wild rice?Sensei_the_dojo said:
Seriously, I did see a full-grown giant gourami at the zoo last year, and you could get a few meals out of one, believe me! (I think they are used as food fish in Asia, if I'm not mistaken). I also read in a book about Oscars that they're a form of bass and people catch and eat them - not sure if I buy that though.
Heh, I hadn't heard that. PETA obviously have never met my mollies... the most unintelligent creatures ever. I wonder, in fact, what they are basing this claim on. Well, it doesn't matter. Radicals have never been to my liking anyway. The ideals are good, but the people that espouse them usually turn me off. This goes for any extreme. For instance, militant Vegans (you know the ones - "I can't believe you're eating a cow. That animal was once alive and then" they go into detail about the slaughterhouse, etc. Like I give a rat's rump) or hunters that go overboard just to make people mad (you know the ones - "I'll shoot anything that moves, strap it to the hood in plain sight, and eat it... raw!"). I am an omnivore. I eat meat, fish, vegetables, tofu... pretty much whatever.Lauren said:
As for the discussion on vegetarianism: My sister-in-law has been one for ten years now. She isn't a total vegan. She is ova-lacto...something, meaning she eats eggs and dairy products. Vegetarianism is a perfectly healthy way to go, so long as you understand about how carbs and proteins work. Heck, look at the Hindu people.
I love fish, cod, bass, trout, salmon, haddock, plaice, flounder, jellied eel, monk fish, ect, i could go on with a list.
I wouldnt eat catfish like in Laurens avatar though, you'd get hair balls...
I wouldnt eat catfish like in Laurens avatar though, you'd get hair balls...
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