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However, you can easily cancel out these health benefits if the fish you eat is contaminated with mercury, antibiotics, or harmful chemicals like PCBs. Use this quick-and-dirty guide to help you steer clear of suspect species that carry higher-than-average health risks.
1.Imported Catfish
catfish
Consumption: Not recommended
Catfish can grow to quite a considerable size. Yet, to accelerate their growth, several fish farmers feed them growth hormones, particularly those from Asian countries. Free-grown catfish are a lot less dangerous and have more nutritional value.
2.Mackerel
Mackerel
Consumption: Adults 200g, children 100g per month
Mackerel contains mercury, which is a disease-causing chemical that the human body cannot eliminate. The Atlantic mackerel is the least hazardous in this regard, and you’re safe to eat as much of this as you like.
3.Tuna
Tuna
Consumption: Adults 100g per month, not recommended for children
Tuna contains a big amount of mercury, especially blackfin and bluefin tuna. Moreover, there’s precious little free-grown tuna in stores as it is near extinction in the wild. All the tuna you will find comes from farms where it has been fed antibiotics and hormones.
4.Tilapia
TILAPIA
Consumption: Not recommended for those with heart disease, asthma, or arthritis
There aren’t many healthy fatty acids in tilapia, yet the concentrations of harmful fats in it are almost as high as in lard. Excess consumption of this fish leads to an increase in cholesterol levels and makes the body more sensitive to allergens.
5.Eel
Eel
Consumption: Adults 300g, children 200g per month
Eels contain a lot of fat and, as a result, they easily absorb any industrial and farm waste that is in the water they live in. American species of eel have the highest levels of such toxicity. Furthermore, European eels are well known for being contaminated with large amounts of mercury.
6.Pangasius
Pangasius
Consumption: Not Recommended
Most of the pangasius that we can buy in our stores come from Vietnam, namely from the Mekong River – one of the most contaminated bodies of water in the world. Moreover, this fish contains an elevated level of nitrofurazone and polyphosphates, which are known carcinogens.
7.Tilefish
Tilefish
Consumption: Men 100g per month, not recommended for women and children
This fish contains more mercury than any other fish, and it is often caught in breach of health and safety rules, leading to an increased risk of food poisoning.
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8.Sea Bass
Sea Bass (Centropristes Striatus) illustrated by Sherman F. Denton (1856-1937) from Game Birds and Fishes of North America. Digitally enhanced from our own 1913 Portfolio Edition of the book.
Consumption: Adults 200g, children 100g per month
Sea bass also contains a lot of mercury. Furthermore, if you order this somewhere as a filet, there is a very high chance that you will be given pangasius or some other cheaper fish.
