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...reason fish is so good for the brain is the so-called omega-3 fatty acids it contains. Oily fish, like salmon, sardines, mackerel, herring, bluefish and black cod, are the best sources of those special fats. One of the omega-3s?DHA?is the main constituent of cell membranes in the brain, and a deficiency of it can weaken the brain's architecture and leave it vulnerable to disease...
FISH OIL The good news about omega-3s--the fatty acids in oily fish, such as salmon, sardines and mackerel--continued to accumulate. One report suggested that 2 g of fish-oil supplements taken every day could help protect against heart attacks in the elderly and improve overall heart health in the rest of us in as little as three weeks. But there was bad news too. Another study found that heart patients with implantable defibrillators risk increased heart-rhythm abnormalities if they take too much omega...
...teams that date back to 1972. But in the past year, these pranks have been getting fishier—literally. In October 2004, members of the men’s varsity lightweight crew team reportedly snuck through a second story window of the Weld Boat House with 20 dead mackerel and a five-foot eel. “The place stunk to high hell,” says Mark A. Adomanis ’07, coxswain for the men’s lightweight team and also a Crimson editor. Despite the maritime trend, lightweight rower Alex M. Phillips...
...Perspectives, is a new wrinkle in the debate over the safety of fish consumption for pregnant women.Currently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommends that pregnant women limit their seafood intake to two servings per week.FDA guidelines say that some types of fish, such as shark, swordfish, and king mackerel, contain high levels of mercury, which has been shown to cause nervous system defects and occasional death in infants. “For most people, the risk from mercury by eating fish and shellfish is not a health concern,” states a March 2004 FDA report...
...keep their product eco-friendly, Johnson Seafarms feeds its crop pellets of commercially caught herring and mackerel. Predators like seals and otters are repelled by a second net around the cages, instead of being shot or trapped. "We want to innovate the whole aquaculture industry to show it can be environmentally sound," says Rzepkowski. And at the same time save that great English culinary invention, fish and chips...