Posted on 06/23/2024 6:42:22 PM PDT by ConservativeMind
A new study has found evidence linking the intake of small fish, eaten whole, with a reduced risk of all-cause and cancer mortality in Japanese women. The study highlights the potential life-extending benefits of habitually eating small fish.
Japanese people habitually eat small fish, such as whitebait, Atlantic capelin, Japanese smelt, and small dried sardines. Importantly, it is common practice to consume small fish whole, including the head, bones, and organs, which are rich in micronutrients, such as calcium and vitamin A.
The research team investigated the association between the intake of small fish and mortality risk among Japanese people. The study included 80,802 participants (34,555 men and 46,247 women) aged 35 to 69 years nationwide in Japan.
The participants' frequency of the intake of small fish was assessed using a food frequency questionnaire at baseline. The researchers followed them for an average of nine years. During the follow-up period, 2,482 deaths from people included in the study were recorded, with approximately 60% (1,495 deaths) of them being cancer related.
One of the most striking findings of the study was the significant reduction in all-cause and cancer mortality among women who habitually eat small fish. Women who eat small fish 1–3 times a month, 1–2 times a week, or 3 times or more a week had 0.68, 0.72, and 0.69 times the risk of all-cause mortality, and 0.72, 0.71, and 0.64 times the risk of cancer mortality, compared to those who rarely eat small fish.
After controlling for factors that can affect mortality risk, the researchers found women in the study who ate small fish frequently were less likely to die from any cause. These findings suggest that incorporating small fish into their daily diet could be a simple but effective strategy to reduce the risk of mortality among women.
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“The practice of eating fish bones and poultry bones is widespread throughout Asia”
LOL!
Still remember first time getting some Chinese take out from a local Honolulu place.
We ended up calling the chicken dish “machete chicken” as it was just sections of bird, bones and all whacked into chunks and cooked.
We were not into chewing up chicken bones with each bite.
including the head, bones, and organs
I get the head, bones, thing but having just watched an ‘Alone’ episode, where they said eating the gall bladder was toxic, and then looking up bile poisoning, I’d advice the gall bladder be removed from the ‘all organs’ list
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1155/2014/194129
Calcium is NOT a "micronutrient."
The minimum Recommended Daily Requirement is 1000 milligrams for men aged 19-70, and 1,200 milligrams for men aged 71 and older.
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“But eating small fish whole will also make me hurl.”
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Wait ‘til they stop wriggling...
Family recipe for pasta alicci:
1/2 cup or so olive oil
2-3 tablespoons garlic
4-5 cans anchovies
Saute on medium heat until it slurries.
Toss in 1 lb angel-hair pasta (cooked al dente)
“ I eat whole sardines on crackers out of a can often. Does that count? I am in my nineties.”
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If you are a Japanese woman it would.
Just kidding. Yes, sardines would definitely help keep you healthy.
Well they usually temper that with some garlic...
I have a stack of those on the shelf. I really should eat them more often.
Not doin’ it.
I’m old enough.
A very important factor here is that these fish provide a good amount of iodine (as does seaweed) which promotes apoptosis, the natural death of abnormal cells.
In the US, we really have NO IDEA how important iodine is. They added a pinch to table salt back in the 20’s/30’s and the epidemic of goiter went away. If we got decent, continuous doses of iodine in our diets, we would be much healthier as a population.
RDA in the US is 150mcg (miniscule)...in Japan, they get 13-15MG per day. 1000 x more
not all of them. read the label and make sure they are not skinned, deboned, beheaded, etc.
Never eaten a Blue Gill or Crappie whole. Fish bones lead to problems later. Not interested in supposed nutritional value of their guts or lower digestive track. They are tasty though! Make for great Sammy’s!
yep!!!
yep!!
if only they would help with the back and other aches and pains!
Curiously, I am still in the 1990's.
Most Japanese are lactose intolerant as most Asians are. The practice of eating fish bones and poultry bones is widespread throughout Asia for this very reason.
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is your point that lactose tolerant westerners eating sardines would not get as much benefit?
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