Cold water fish

[Upper-cruster]

What would you recommend ?

Which one is a good source of Omega 3's amd 6's?

 

[sawastea]

Your best bests are salmon, tuna, halibut, snapper, grouper...There are several out there with the first three easily found at grocery stores

 

[obiwan9962]

i stick to salmon, tuna, and mackerel
if you have a source for the livers (japanese food stores)...those have even more oil but not very tasty
my fav thing is the belly flap of salmon esp pacific salmon
grilled and wrapped in nori.....yum!
ps belly flap of most fish have more omega3 than rest of the fish

 

[anthrax]

salmon
sardines
tuna
mackerel
cod

 

[Mr.X]

What would you recommend ?

Which one is a good source of Omega 3's amd 6's?

Contrary to popular belief, fish is not dripping with Omega-3s 6s. You'd have to eat a lot of fish because each (normal) serving of fish has about 50cal of healthy oil per 4oz. When you talk about canned fish, much of the oil will be vegetable oil. There is nothing wrong with eating fish, but it's not what you expect as far as Omega content.

Many oils that you usually relate to cooking like corn and canola oil have EFAs but I suggest using whole unprocessed food sources like walnuts and/or pumpkin seeds - note that you can get cold pressed walnut/pumpkin seed oils too. Cold-processed flaxseed oil, although a little on the expensive side, would be my #1 EFA choice.


Check out some
Cold-pressed Flaxseed Oil

Mr.X

 

[obiwan9962]

i agree with mr X
but i should add a warning about fish
do not convert your entire protien intake to seafood!
lots of fish contain trace amounts of mercury
i eat 6-8 servings of fish a week
read an article about a gal in california that eat 14-20 servings a week and became depressed, her skin was dry and scaly and her hair fell out, she went and saw a specialist and was diagnosed with mercury toxicimia
all the things she was afflicted with were what she ate seafood to prevent
mind you she ate fresh tuna daily (bitch must be rich!)
lol
canned tuna seems to be low for some reason
but fish high in mercury are marlin, swordfish, tuna and salmon (listed highest to lowest)
i will try to find that article and post it

btw for something really tasty try italian canned tuna packed in olive oil
and by the way anchovies also have lots of EFA's if you can stand the sodium i like to add a few to mayo but lol still not enough EFA to make a difference as stated by mr X

 

[Mr.X]

Also, bigger fish like shark contain almost 1000x the levels of mercury of smaller fish - think shark fin soup.

Mr.X

 

[obiwan9962]

who can afford shark fin soup?
lol
i make it upon occasion but the fin is still expensive and take two days
lol
but yes you are right
whale blubber anyone?
lol (sic)

 

[Mr.X]

who can afford shark fin soup?
lol
i make it upon occasion but the fin is still expensive and take two days
lol
but yes you are right
whale blubber anyone?
lol (sic)

Try Hong Kong...Great prices there

Mr.X

 

[obiwan9962]

true nuff
i still get decent prices in chinatown
but something i make only once a year
again thinking of the mercury levels