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A Dose Of Mineral Salts From Sea Food.
Filed under Alternative MedicineJul 22Shellfish is not for everyone. It can be taboo for some, allergy causing and deadly for others. Yet there are many who do like sea foods. Sea foods cover all foods from the sea, from fish to shellfish to seaweed. Fish is touted as being healthier than red meats generally, it is more easily digested. Fish can provide high levels of protein. Fish supply more essential fatty acids generally if they swim in cold current waters. Fish deliver polished wooden furniture to our bodies. While plant sources of essential fatty acids deliver unpolished wooden furniture to us. Plant sources of essential fatty acids include sunflower seeds, flax seeds, sesame seeds, their oils, safflower oil, nuts and leafy vegetables. Fish and shellfish provide types of fatty acids that are more easily used by the body and brain. Fish should not have a fishy smell that is usually the odour of rancid essential fatty acids. Fishy fish is not fresh fish. For healthy fats you need healthy fresh fish.
Shellfish is extremely high in minerals. Too much shellfish is unhealthy. Occasionally it can do one a great service by delivering a benevolent dose of minerals. There are many types of shellfish, 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 kelp supplement of iodine is from seaweed. Land plants near sea spray and seafood have iodine. Why do we need iodine? It is needed by our thyroid glands, in our necks, to make thyroid hormones to regulate our metabolism. This maintains our health.
Sea foods can be a threat as there is potential that they can carry excess toxic metals or minerals. There have been reports of tuna fish having high levels of mercury that caused problems. All due to polluted sea waters where those fish were caught! Other times there have been high levels of arsenic, another poisonous substance, shown in shell fish. Generally this is not a problem unless we eat shell fish excessively. The greater levels of minerals in sea foods are due to absorption of surrounding minerals in the sea. Do realise that the sea is not a waste site and should not be used as one, as pollution of the sea with noxious substances does go into sea foods. Occasionally eaten, sea foods are healthy while there are international government measures to support safety in quality and quantity of sea foods.
About the Author:Anastacia Sampson is a Nutritional Medicine Practitioner and freelance journalist, and lives in East London in South Africa. It is through consulting and advising the public on nutritional information that her health book has been published. Anastacia Sampson also runs a website, Healthy Living, where you will find information on her books.
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