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FARMRAISED SALMON VS. WILD SALMON

Not all salmon may be healthy! Supermarket salmon may not come from the sea but from a fish farm which may be raised in unsanitary underwater cages and fattened up with soybean pellets and antibiotics! Also, a synthetic dye is used on them to give the farm-raised fish meat its pinkish color, otherwise the meat would be an unappetizing pale grey color. The pink dye used contains "canthaxanthin", an ingredient used in sunless tanning pills, which has been banned for human use!

Farm-raised salmon is fattier than wild salmon and may contain two-thirds less of the healthy omega-3 fats! Moreover, the farm-raised fish may contain higher levels of cancer-causing PCB's and dioxins compared to wild salmon.

Incidentally, farm-raised salmon contain more antibiotic residue than eggs, meat or any other farm-raised animal products! This use of antibiotics creates resistant strains of bacteria that is reportedly killing other fish in the ocean!

Additionally, the pesticides used by salmon farms kills shellfish and other bottom-dwelling sea creatures. Consider avoiding farmed salmon and eat only wild salmon IF you can find it. Wild salmon may only be found at gourmet restaurants and natural food stores. When in doubt simply ask the chef, waiter or store manager.

SUPPLEMENTAL SOURCE: BOTTOM LINE SECRETS.COM MAY 2004

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