In case you needed one more reason to tout healthy supplemental sources of omega-3s such as krill and fish oil, check out this disturbing ABC News report. Most of our seafood (80 percent) in the U.S. is being imported from developing nations, along with filth, banned chemicals, antibiotics and cheap prices.
Much of the problem resides with farmed fish, apparently. Foreign producers are using things like U.S. banned fungicides (malachite green was the one mentioned in the report) to keep the number of parasites down. Fish in Vietnam are being farmed in sewage water. Loads of antibiotics are being used to stave off the infections that would otherwise kill the fish being farmed in crowded pens.
America’s food-supply chain is a mess. Movies like Food, Inc., King Corn, and The World According to Monsanto have begun to awaken some Americans, but until a lot more of us begin demanding better controls on our food … and stop buying stuff just because it is cheap (in the short run), we’re going to slowly poison ourselves.
Is it time for a food revolution yet?
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It's scarry to think that food--fish in Paricular that is recommended for a healthy diet-- that appears to be approved may not be safe. I've cut out all meat so rely on fish and chicken. Like to hear more about our food supply
ReplyDeleteWe'll be reporting more on food on WellWise.org in the future, but right at the moment I can suggest buying only wild-caught fish at your store. Most of the fish the report talks about is farm-raised fish from developing countries. Wild-caught fish don't need the antibiotics, for instance, that farm-raised fish do. They are healthier by far.
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