Wild Alaskan Salmon may help you live longer, fight CVD

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From Dr. Mercola archives | April 15, 2013 

Eating the wild Alaskan salmon once or twice a year, will increase longevity by at least two years and lessen incidence of cardiovascular diseases.

It is better to take the wild variety rather than the farmed salmon.  The farmed salmon may even be infected by ISA (Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus) also known as salmon influenza.

Why is omega 3 fat useful for health?  

According to Darius Mossafriah, professor of medicine at Harvard, you need omega 3 fatty acids because 95% of body cell membrane are made of fat so you need these fats for cells to function properly. 

Best source of mercury free fish

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Fish can be source of  Omega 3 fatty acids and DHA.  However, some bigger fish can contain mercury that can be toxic.  After being fed for 58 days, mice fed with fish contaminated with mercury exhibited bizarre behavior.

The wild salmon is better than farmed salmon.  However farmed salmon crowded out the wild Alaskan type salmon (in some NY restaurants, pla2 is being claimed as salmon)  Other best bet are anchovies, sardines, and herring.  Avoid eating fish that are large (high in food chain) for they may be mercury intoxicated.

Featured in this link is the interview of Dr. Mercola with Randy Hartnell, a commercial salmon farmer turned wild salmon fisherman.

Choose your fish diet wisely (and still minimize mercury intake)