Comments on: Tilapia has Dangerous Levels of Fatty Acids

By: Pam

Pam — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 03:53:55 +0000

Did you see the episode of “Dirty Jobs” featuring Talapia used in the sewage waste system to eat the poo ….EWEEEEE

By: jule

jule — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:32:23 +0000

definitely disappointing news but i am still eating it for dinner tonight!

By: Elan Vital

Elan Vital — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:07:51 +0000

Paul:

I most strongly disagree with your suggested diet for tilapia. Algae, duckweed, worms are all exceptionally bland. Tilapia should be fed a diet rich in arugula, bacon and cheese. Even better if you can get them to swim in extra-virgin olive oil.

Yes, it is more work and considerably more expensive than dumping a bag of corn / sawdust / asorted industrial waste into a fish farm pond but it would produce a fish of superior flavour!

By: cribcat

cribcat — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:16:40 +0000

The starch in corn was not meant for cattle or fish.

By: Maddox Ford

Maddox Ford — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:13:56 +0000

You should also look at where your food is coming from. If its country of origin is a third-world shithole, the third-world shitholeness is most likely going to be absorbed into the food. Wild caught is the way to go.

By: Hoo Kahamayong

Hoo Kahamayong — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:05:35 +0000

Beef no good! Much better have farm-raise shrimp and chicken. No bird flu in cow though.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 00:36:35 +0000

How cum South Koreans will riot in the streets against U.S. beef? What do they know that we don’t know? Is corn feeding a factor?

By: paul

paul — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:59:00 +0000

The ratio of omega 3 to omega 6 in corn fed beef is up to 1:15 but in grass fed beef it is closer to a healthy 1:1 ratio. Corn is not a natural or healthy food for fish and cattle. Only through human intervention did they evolve to eat corn. Tilapia should be fed algae, duckweed, hyacinth, worms and lettuce. If fish and cattle are fed green waste water and last years corn surplus will the food be healthy and nutritious? No, the quality of the animal food is paramount. Corn fed cattle are more prone to e.coli, because of a more acidic irritated stomach, which necessitates anti-biotics. There are many reasons why feeding an animal or a plant a balanced and appropriate diet will be healthy for the consumer. Know what the animals that you consume, have eaten.

By: H

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:35:25 +0000

I am from this part of Maguindanao, Mindanao Philippines and my province is a producer of good tilapia especially those from Lake Sebu and Buluan. This is my first time to know that tilapia has this bad effect on health, maybe if its eaten excessively. So the thing I guess is to eat it moderately or in moderate amounts, but if you eat it everyday then that wouldn’t really serve the effects of the omega fats found in fish and good for our health. In fact, the dried tilapia is very tasty, tastier than that crispy fried boneless fish served along with beef tapa in one of those popular fastfood chain in the Philippines. Please contact me if you’re interested with the dried tilapia, I assure you its yummy especially served during breakfast. Contact me thru +639218245814 and I’ll send you you a sample, you just have to pay for the freight fee.

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 03:02:25 +0000

I think the key phrase in the study is “Chilton said tilapia is easily farmed using inexpensive corn-based feeds, which contain short chain omega-6s.” Corn-fed fish is the problem.

Research has already shown that grass-fed beef has a higher omega-3 content (with less omega-6) than corn-fed beef; so it stands to corn-fed fish will have the same high omege-6 content. And there are a lot of other foods high in omega-3s, like fish and walnuts for peopel looking to eat healtheir diets.