| As I mentioned in the title, we used to be eating | | | | have fish two or three times per week. It is |
| fish several times per week, it was a staple part | | | | mainly the larger fish species that carry large build |
| of our diet. Now however, because of the | | | | ups of toxins, species like Tuna, Shark etc. I am |
| pollution in our oceans and indeed in the fish | | | | sure you get the picture. Most small fish species |
| themselves, we can no longer afford to eat so | | | | have a low build up of toxins. And as I said, it is |
| much fish. These days it is a lot safer just taking | | | | still safe to have a fish meal now and then. |
| a purified omega 3 supplement on a daily basis. | | | | Did you know that eating fish may play a role in |
| Personally I like eating fish, I think most of my | | | | mental health. Yes, experts in the US have |
| generation do. Unfortunately the heavy metals | | | | discovered a correlation between the declining |
| and the toxins in the fish make it too dangerous | | | | consumption of fish and the rising incidence of |
| to eat as much as we used to, or as we would | | | | depression. Other studies have found that |
| like. The lead, mercury and the PCBs are really | | | | countries that eat a large amount of fish have far |
| dangerous, the PCBs alone take hundreds of | | | | fewer cases of depression. |
| years to break down, and molecular distillation is | | | | And that is not all, a study carried out recently |
| the only method of getting rid of them. | | | | found that taking Omega 3 fatty acids on a daily |
| Do not let this put you off eating fish, it is still OK | | | | basis reduced the severity of schizophrenia by |
| to eat a fish meal now and then, just do not | | | | about 25%. |