Sea Foods - Know Everything About Them

Submitted by Elizabeth on May 7, 2010

Seafood is diverse, fascinating and has immense nutritional value. Twice a week is generally the norm of recommended seafood intake, especially for its benefits for one’s heart. At the same time seafood is associated with certain risks such as the well known risk of mercury consumption in addition to other dangerous contaminants. What is needed is a governmental mechanism to inform its people about which kinds of such fish and other seafood would be safer. It is because of this health scare and ignorance about safer options that most people have cut seafood from their lives altogether.

One of the great aspects about eating seafood is that it’s really simple enough to cook. Protein is just one of the many nutritional benefits available in seafood. You can also get plenty of iron from options like cuttlefish.

Its healthy oils make it a great choice for a meal. Remember that even with seafood, cholesterol is still a concern. For instance, lobster and shrimp are typically considered to be high cholesterol seafood.

Similarly, they are also rich in several types of fats and overindulging in these foods can cause rapid weight gain.

Perhaps the most wonderful benefit of all is the benefit to the heart. The specific benefits from individual varieties differ.

For instance, the consumption of both salmon as well as oysters has its uses in stopping the thinning of hair. If lustrous, healthy hair is the goal, this is the seafood one should be looking for. Instead of eating weekly meals of seafood at a restaurant, people are better off finding ways of preparation at home. The whole experience of sea food commences with making a choice and purchasing the kind of food you want. While fish is commonly available, also readily available is shellfish. Sometimes the canned variety makes for convenience. Remember that fish and other seafood preparation would probably benefits from methods such as baking and poaching as opposed to frying with too much oil. The oils that the fish are already steeped in are the ones that are best for the individual, such as omega-3 fatty acids. Seafood is also an intrinsic part of many of the ever popular Mediterranean diets. Besides the earlier mentioned foods, fresh tuna, sardines and snapper are good options. If raw seafood is one’s preferred choice, one has to proceed carefully. While raw fish, Atlantic Mackerel, black caviar and calamari are a good option, you have to be careful about how you obtain and store such seafood.