Researchers Say Popular Fish Contains Potentially Dangerous Fatty Acid Combination (Tilapia)

www.newswise.com ^ | 08 July 2008 | Staff

[Pablo64]

Your recipe sounds good. I tend to lean towards a slight Italian flavor. Basically just rinse off the filets, roll them in Italian seasoned bread crumbs and saute them in some good olive oil. I’ll have to give the Panko a try. I bet that makes a nice coating (I’ll probably skip the tarragon - I like it, but it tends to overpower the other seasonings, and the rest of the family isn’t so keen on it).

[MosesKnows]

research revealed that farm-raised tilapia, as well as farmed catfish

Farm raised may be the deal breaker.

A healthy diet should consist of roughly one omega-3 fatty acids to four omega-6 fatty acids. A typical American diet, however, tends to contain 11 to 30 times more omega-6 than omega-3 fatty acids.

In contrast, a Mediterranean diet is made up of a healthier and more appropriate balance between omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids. The Mediterranean diet includes a generous amount of whole grains, fresh fruits and vegetables, fish, olive oil, and garlic; plus, there is little meat, which is high in omega-6 fatty acids.

There are several different types of omega-6 fatty acids. Most omega-6 fatty acids are consumed in the diet from vegetable oils as linoleic acid (LA; be careful not to confuse this with alpha-linolenic acid [ALA] which is an omega-3 fatty acid). Linoleic acid is converted to gamma-linolenic acid (GLA) in the body and then further broken down to arachidonic acid (AA). AA can also be consumed directly from meat, and GLA can be ingested from several plant-based oils including evening primrose oil (EPO), borage oil, and black currant seed oil.

[tet68]

Tilapia is too mushy, I prefer Crappie or white or striped bass. Mmmmmmmmm.

I do like Pacific Slimehead though.
(Otherwise known as Orange Roughy...)

[hedgetrimmer]

Fish farmers put tilapia in their ponds after they pick out the striped bass, because tilapia eats the fish waste from the bass.

Tilapia is one of those foods that the UN, the internationalists and environmentalists want you to eat so there is more of the good stuff for them. It will also help them achieve their goal of population decimation because you’ll die sooner than them too from eating bad food.

[tet68]

Try some striped bass, cut into good sized chunks put into
ramkins and cover with shrimp bisque, bake at 350 for 20 minutes, cover with grated white cheese then put under the broiler for 4-5 minutes to brown. mmmmmmmm.

Striped bass is firm white flesh that is the best in fish eating, fried broiled smoked, SMOKED, its ambrosia!!
Plus it is usually a good sized fish with some filets weighing as much as 10 to 20 pounds. Pricey in the market
best fresh caught in the surf or fresh water rivers.
Terrific fighter too.
my best is 28lbs. but my 8year old nephews record is 35lbs.

[Alia]

I've never had striped bass. I want striped bass. I'm going to engine search restaurants, hopefully along the NC coastline serving striped bass.

28 lbs? 35 lbs! WOW. Those are very memorable catches. A friend of mine caught an 800-lb tuna in the Atlantic. Saw the photo, etc. But I couldn't resist referring to him as the Tuna Master, thereafter; the idea of such a catch being so mind boggling. He sold the Tuna to a Japanese firm and made quite a bundle.

I had to tell you this story in figurative retaliation for that mouth watering description of striped bass on a plate. Mmm-mm.

I can imagine a fight with a 28 pounder or a 35-pounder (not that I've had such an occurrance). But an 800 lb tuna catch had me imagining Captain Ahab, the white Whale, and the ever flapping arm as Ahab died, lashed to the beast. Beam me up...asap...

[tet68]

Tuna that size are no joke, I’ve caught some in the thirty/fifty lb size and that was working up a sweat,
I have a friend who fishes for them in the big size, he says
it’s like being hooked to a volkswagen.

They do bring a pretty penny at market though, especially if you know how to treat them after boating.

I got the striper bug about 15 years ago and turned into a fanatic, took my ex a lot, once she turned to me with tears
on her cheeks and asked, “Why are we here?”
I said, “To catch stripers , why? “
“Oh she replied, I thought we were here to have fun, wimper”. I think that is what you call an epiphiny or something, so now I’m laid back about it, too bad about the ex though, she finally had learned to chop bait too.

[Alia]

it’s like being hooked to a volkswagen.

That's pretty much how I imagine it: The Tuna Wagging the boat!

I also know that when I find a fish that tasty, I become quite happily looking for any opportunity to fish.

I got the striper bug about 15 years ago and turned into a fanatic, took my ex a lot, once she turned to me with tears on her cheeks and asked, “Why are we here?” I said, “To catch stripers , why? “ “Oh she replied, I thought we were here to have fun, wimper”. I think that is what you call an epiphiny or something, so now I’m laid back about it, too bad about the ex though, she finally had learned to chop bait too.

Forgive me for laughing, but your telling of it is very entertaining. Sounds like an epiphany moment for both of you, then. You with dreams of striper bass; she with dreams of you, her striper bass.

Well, lol, in re her skill attained to chopping bait. It's kinda simple. As my dad used to say to me at moments in my life: "It's fish or cut bait time, dear..." I can do both. I think tho on that Tuna hunt, I'd be cutting bait, by choice, not wanting my arms yanked off, toppled into the drink by the lurch of being yanked by line by Charlie the Tuna.:)

I'd have given my eye teeth to have been on that boat, tho. WOW. Anything I could do to help reel him in. Yep. I like a good fish fight.

[Amelia]

I don’t eat any farm-raised seafood since I heard a report about the fish farms in southeast Asia feeding the fish waste from chicken houses. You just don’t know where that frozen stuff came from...