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Why Eat Fish? Fish Meal For Healthy Eating-Healthy Living Part 5
Posted by Haiyan Lai-Heskin at Mar 25th, 2009 in Nutrition
Almost all heart researchers agree that when people who have defective fat metabolism eat a high-fat diet, heart disease often results. In addition to prolonging your life by controlling your weight, correct diet can save you from heart and blood vessel disease.
The low-fat diet will add immeasurably to your general health and well-being. Fish is natural low-fat and is a good quality protein, filled with vitamins like riboflavin, which aids the body in the metabolism of amino acids, fatty acids, and carbohydrates and Vitamin D, which aids calcium absorption to help prevent osteoporosis.
It is not necessary attempting to drain off fish fats in cooking. Unlike meats, very little fats will be cooked out of the fish
Some fish such as perch, haddock, flounder, sturgeon, smelts, scallops are especially low in fat. Others like brook trout, porgy, cod, and croakers are somewhat higher in fat content, but are still quite low in fat content when compared with meats.
Shell-fish are outstandingly low in fat and cholesterol content. Lobster, shrimps, and crabs are ideal examples. Clams are next in line; oysters are a bit higher in fat content, but are still low in comparison with beef, lamb, or veal.
For the connoisseurs, frogs-legs are also low in fat content. Tuna is now packed in dietetic form called “Chicken-of-the-Sea Brand” and is particularly low in fat. Many canned fish when not packed in oil are very low in fat.
The Food Standards Agency recommends that we should all consume at least two portions of fish a week for health, as they are proven to offer multiple nutritional benefits - they are high in protein, low in saturated fat and they contain many other nutrients that are important for proper growth and development.
Fish that are safe for children to eat up to 3 times a week include smaller species such as: Atlantic and Tasmanian salmon barramundi blue-eye cod also known as blue-eye trevalla bream flathead jewfish hake hoki mackerel mullet ocean and rainbow trout redfish sardines snapper, and whiting.
Fish is so easy to cook, just remember: keep it fresh and keep it quick. It can be cooked under the grill, it just needs to be attended very closely and only takes a few minutes per side. You can also cook fish in the oven which allows the fish to be infused with the flavours of other ingredients.
Fish is so delicate that it dries out quickly and is easy to overcook. It is done when the colour turns from translucent to opaque (white) or has reached 140 degrees F to 145 degrees F internal temperature.
By adding fish to your diet 1-2 times a week not only reduces your risk of coronary heart disease and will help you manage your weight, but what does a healthy diet consist of.
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