Fish Promotes Breast Cancer and Heart Disease (Continued) – 31 December 2007
This will be my fourth and last Blog concerning the myths fed to the
public about the “benefits” of eating fish. I just had to mention a few
more facts about the harmful effects of fish consumption.
In his column “Doctor in the House,” Neal Barnard, M.D. mentions the
fact that a study published in “The New England Journal of Medicine”
shows that “…people who followed a diet emphasizing poultry and fish,
called the National Cholesterol Education Program Step II Diet, found
that their cholesterol levels changed very little.”
Dr. Barnard also mentions the fact that “Anywhere from 15% to 30% of
the fat in fish is plain old saturated (“bad”) fat,” and that “Fish
flesh contains plenty of cholesterol too. Ounce for ounce, shrimp and
other mobile shellfish have nearly twice the cholesterol of beef.”
Where we live in the Hudson River Valley, there has been a lot of
concern about industrial contamination of the river water with PCBs. So
I’m glad that Dr. Barnard mentions that “Fish are also often
contaminated with PCBs, which have been linked to cancer and birth
defects,” and that “Consumer Reports” found PCBs in 43% of salmon, 50%
of whitefish, and 25% of swordfish.”
Another interesting fact he mentions is that “About 40% of fish
samples have so much bacterial contamination that they have already
begun to spoil before they are sold.”
After all these proven facts about the harm to health that fish can
cause, why in the world would anyone ever want to eat them? It’s time
for the public to be told the truth, even if they don’t care about the
cruelty inherent in the killing of fish! Maybe just plain old selfish
concern for their own health and the health of their loved ones would
motivate them to switch to a vegan diet!
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