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Monday, July 20, 2009

A Dose Of Mineral Salts From Sea Food.

By Anastacia Sampson

Sea foods are commonly eaten; while shellfish is taboo for some or allergy causing and deadly for others. Sea foods can be used as a term to cover all foods from the sea, from fish to shellfish to seaweed. Apparently fish is healthier than red meats; fish is more easily digested and provides high levels of protein. It is cold current water fish that have more essential fatty acids and overall fish deliver polished wooden furniture essential fatty acids to our bodies, with plant sources delivering unpolished wooden furniture to us. The plants bringing these fats include sunflower seeds, flax seeds, sesame seeds, their oils, safflower oil, nuts and leafy vegetables. We derive types of fatty acids that are more easily used by the body and brain from fish and shellfish. Wake up and smell the coffee but not the fish! Fishy smells signify it is not fresh and has rancid essential fatty acids.

Do be aware that with high amounts of minerals in shellfish this is always healthy, but occasionally eating it may be a great benefit. There are types of shellfish eaten, from crabs to lobsters to oysters.

It is not all white meat and there is the vegetarian seafood of seaweed. We often picture seaweed as a slimy green, brown or reddish algae found floating in the sea waters. It is not purely plant when seaweed contains plantain; which are minor sea-animals. We can purchase seaweed in dried form and eaten (after soaking) or added to flavour soups or used in other ways. There are types of seaweed which are known to be fine to consume, with some types that are more suitable for consumption. Seaweed may be in cosmetic-make-up products and certain carbohydrate sections of it can be incorporated in some processed foods. Fortunately seaweed with its high mineral levels can also be a fertilizer and this is relevant for land plants.

The supplement known as kelp is derived from seaweed. Kelp delivers iodine, an essential mineral, which can only be sourced from the sea. Consequently all land plants near sea spray and seafood have iodine. Iodine is needed by our thyroid glands, in our necks, to make thyroid hormones to regulate our metabolism. We need healthy thyroid function to be healthy.

There have been cases of noxious sea foods due to them carrying excess toxic metals or minerals. Reports of tuna fish having high levels of mercury have been revealed. Then we know that is due to polluted sea waters where those fish were caught. High levels of arsenic, another poisonous substance, have been shown in shell fish. Yet that is generally not a problem unless we eat shell fish excessively. Sea foods deliver such high levels of minerals due to absorbing more of surrounding minerals in the sea. Pollution of the sea with noxious substances does go into sea foods. Generally sea foods occasionally eaten are healthy and there are international government measures to ensure safety in quality and quantity of sea foods. - 17273

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