Should You Eat Fish To Get Your Omega3 Fatty Acids?
July 18, 2009 by Peter Bertonich
Filed under Diet
It’s a good question isn’t it. Fish is contaminated with mercury, so should we be eating fish to get those good omega3 fatty acids in our diets?
And if eating fish is a bad idea because of the mercury, how else do you get that Omega3 in your diet?
There are other places to find Omega3 fatty acids, like some plant sources, but by far the best place to find the right types of Omega3 is fish.
But surely there’s a problem with eating fish, because we all know that now fish is contaminated with mercury.
According to the EPA there is mercury contamination in all fish.
And it’s not a good idea to get mercury into your body, particularly for children. Your body doesn’t get rid of it.
But notwithstanding, the EPA doesn’t tell us to remove fish from our diet. Fish is ok in small quantities and they do offer some guidelines…
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