{"id":424,"date":"2020-01-17t09:44:50","date_gmt":"2020-01-17t09:44:50","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/?p=424"},"modified":"2020-01-17t18:36:40","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17t18:36:40","slug":"eat-more-fish-the-ultimate-health-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/eat-more-fish-the-ultimate-health-food\/","title":{"rendered":"eat more fish: the ultimate health food!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>many studies through the years have shown that fish and shellfish have amazing nutritional benefits.<\/strong> besides the fact that fish is high in protein, full of vitamins and minerals (like vitamin d, riboflavin b2, calcium, phosphorous, zinc, iron, iodine, magnesium, potassium and selenium) seafood contains the wonder fatty acids <strong>omega 3<\/strong>s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>around the time we opened the market in 1979, research studies by danish investigators <a title=\"fatty acid composition (dyerberg &amp; bang)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ajcn.org\/cgi\/content\/abstract\/28\/9\/958\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">dyerberg and bang<\/a> associated health benefits with the native diets of greenland eskimos.<\/strong> the health benefits of this regional diet came as a surprise for most researchers and clearly contradicted all the nutritional recommendations of the day. greenland eskimos commonly consumed 1 lb. of seal and whale meat daily\u2014a relatively fatty diet. despite the unusual pattern of eating, greenland natives experienced less heart disease, cancer and diabetes. it was because of their high omega 3 consumption from fish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6438\" src=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mackerel.jpg\" alt=\"mackerel\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mackerel.jpg 450w, \/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mackerel-300x300.jpg 300w, \/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mackerel-100x100.jpg 100w, \/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/mackerel-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>as research continued other great benefits were discovered. we now know that omega 3s also are linked to lower risk of stroke, depression, high blood pressure, arthritis, mental decline with age and more.<\/strong> it seems that new benefits are discovered every year and the beauty is that these benefits can occur with <a title=\"seafood twice a week\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hsph.harvard.edu\/nutritionsource\/fish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">as little as two fish meals per week.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>all fresh water, ocean and shellfish contain some levels of omega 3s, but the highest levels occur in the colder water, fattier species.<\/strong> the best are salmon (especially wild king and silver salmon), mackerel, herring, sardines, bluefish, black cod, escolar, to name a few. i always knew there must be a reason that i\u2019ve always felt so good after a nice fish dinner! <em><strong>isn\u2019t it great that the world\u2019s most interesting, delicious, versatile, seasonal and ever-changing food can also help us live healthier lives?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>at monahan\u2019s we have lots of recipes for many of the fish high in omega 3s.<\/strong>\u00a0here\u2019s one that <a title=\"nobu matsuhis wiki\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/nobu_matsuhisa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nobu matsuhisa<\/a> has made famous in the u.s. this sweet and silky fish dish is easy, but needs a bit of planning as it requires at least 24 hours of marinating.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"nobu matsuhisa's black cod with miso\" href=\"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/nobu-matsuhisas-black-cod-with-miso\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">recipe: nobu matsuhisa\u2019s black cod with miso<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>many studies through the years have shown that fish and shellfish have amazing nutritional benefits. besides the fact that fish is high in protein, full of vitamins and minerals (like vitamin d, riboflavin b2, calcium, phosphorous, zinc, iron, iodine, magnesium, potassium and selenium) seafood contains the wonder fatty acids omega 3s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[254,240,77],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/\/www.bulkreeftv.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}