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Updated 16 June 2014.

There are so many wonderful things about salmon is hard to know where to start.

This is a fish that even people who do not like fish can enjoy (eg my husband). It is firm enough to grill, you can cook it in many different ways, and not dry out as easily as many other fish. It is fresh, frozen, smoked and canned. Wild salmon are eaten without fear of excessive pollutants and mercury and has a very high nutrient profile, including the coveted Omega-3 fatty acids, fatty acids. What's not to love?

Salmon nutrition

Salmon is a highly nutritious food. Of course, that is rich in protein and "good fats". But did you know that a 4 ounce serving of wild salmon provides a full day requirement for vitamin D? It is one of the few foods that can make that claim. The same piece of fish, with more than half of the required B12, niacin, and selenium, and is an excellent source of vitamin B6, and magnesium. Canned Salmon also contains large amounts of calcium (as bones).

Health Benefits of Salmon

People who eat fish appear to protect against a variety of conditions. Part is probably due to the omega-3 fatty acids, but it can also be other advantages except that. The science is not yet clear why fish (particularly fatty fish such as salmon) food seems to be so darn good for us.

Omega-3 fatty acids appear to work primarily by reducing inflammation in our body. Inflammation seems to be the cause of many health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, some cancers and arthritis. Omega-3 is also used to prevent blood clots that cause many strokes.

A rather interesting development is the recent discovery that omega-3 fatty acids have the potential to slow cognitive disorders such as Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline to help with aging. Also, people who have sufficient amounts of omega-3 fatty acids (especially compared to omega-6 fatty acids) seem less risk of depression and suicide, and less aggressive are - in a study give these prisoners fat (more vitamins) reduced aggressive behavior by a third in just two weeks.

The healthiest foods in the world: More information and references of research into the benefits of salmon acids and omega-3 fatty acids.

Farmed salmon against nature

It's kind of a dispute about eating wild to farmed salmon. The questions are divided into three main categories:

Pollution: Most salmon for human consumption is grown today, but several independent studies have shown that the concentrations of PCBs and other contaminants in concentrations up to 10 times higher in farmed salmon. In Europe, there were situations in which fished harvested with high heavy metals such as lead and cadmium investigated. These pollutants seem fish food, which are concentrated in salmon oil.

Farmed salmon in the United States by the USDA and the FDA, that higher levels of pollutants to wild salmon, which is regulated by the EPA allowed. A common argument is that the EPA has reviewed the scientific literature and makes new recommendations recently the FDA. FDA regulations have since 1984, when the people in the United States updated much less ate salmon and other fish. More information about contaminants in farmed salmon.

. Omega-3: Farmed fish is thicker - so that animals "fed" the same is true of salmon This means that there are higher amounts of omega-3 fatty acids, but there are warnings about :.

1. Since impurities, often is recommended that farmed salmon is to reduce the fat content cooked.
2. New foods are developed with less fish meal in them and more plant foods. In general, herbal ingredients more omega-3 fat levels in salmon. (Note that in the ocean, salmon are carnivores: they eat no plants at all.)
3. Even today, the proportion of omega-3 sub in farmed salmon, which obviously led to soy, wheat, etc. in the food to them.

Environmental problems: Breeding fish produce a lot of environmental problems. Read more about it in the Seafood Watch website.

But there is good news. Two wild and farmed salmon have low levels of mercury. Moreover, not overused salmon - especially Alaskan Salmon is in good shape. More on Seafood Watch

Additional note: canned salmon is wild.

Page two: Select the salmon, cooking and recipes

Sources:

Sublette, ME and Hibbeln, JR, et al. "State of Omega-3 polyunsaturated essential fatty acids as a predictor of future suicide risk." American Journal of Psychiatry 163rd (2006): 1100-2.

Business, Bernard and Hammond, Sean, et al. ". Influence extra vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids on the antisocial behavior of young adult prisoners," The British Journal of Psychiatry 181: 22-28 (2002)