Thank you very much!

Dr. Axe, what are your thoughts on canned wild caught salmon and also canned tuna?

So how is it worst then bacon? What is wrong with bacon?

did you know this!

So why do you have to bash bacon, where’s the backup evidence to support your claims that bacon is not good for you – I disagree!

I’d like to see evidence that bacon or hamburger is inflammatory. I avoid teh same thing wild fish avoid: corn and soy but also wheat.

I do appreciate you bringing to light the dangers of eating farm raised fish, but there are other healthy sources of Omega-3 fats, EPA and DHA without eating fish, including flax and chia seeds for the omegas and algae & seaweed for EPA and DHA. Also not everyone can afford to spend $16 to $35 a pound for fish from your online fish source. One ounce of Salmon has:
total Omega-3 fatty acids 316 mg
while one 1/4 ounce of ground flaxseeds has: total Omega-3 fatty acids 1597 mg
At over $2 an ounce for the fish source you suggested and a little over 5 cents for the flaxseeds, I think I will stick to the flaxseeds.

The nutrition data was from nutritiondata.self.com

Because The Creator said so in Lev. 11 and Deu. 14.

Thank you for this article! I know pork is extremely unhealthy (its a scavenger, it will eat its own feces! After all, you are what you eat… including what they ate)! I also knew the way conventional beef and chickens are raised is unhealthy too but I didn’t realize so many of the same practices are used in farming fish! I can’t afford really good quality fish online, but I can afford the canned wild salmon. Also, my husband loves to fish, but even so you have to check with others to make sure which lakes are okay to eat the fish out of. I live in FL where there are plenty of lakes but some (especially in park areas where lots of people are at) are too poluted to eat the fish. If you don’t agree about conventional meat being unhealthy for you, I seen a couple of documentaries that will turn your stomach called “Frankensteer” and “A River Of Waste” (both can be found on Netflix too).

I was at a health conference in Atlanta where Dr. Axe was teaching along with Jordan Rubin and Dr. Caroline Leaf. I actually asked this same question and Dr. Axe said he is fine with canned wild caught salmon and finds it to be an affordable alternative to fresh.

Thanks Dr. Josh Axe I’ll keep that in Mind
I Take fish oil omega 3 gel caps with D3 in it.
I will try the wild sockeye salmon.

A note on pork poop:

Not only will hogs eat their own feces, but, many animals do so when food is scarce or they’re under nourished.

When hogs are humanely raised thru organic methods, rarely, if at all, will they eat their own feces.

Basically, any conventionally raised animal, regardless, if it is on a family farm or commercial farm, is all bad. Don’t be fooled by the “family farm” hype.

We have been involved with humane animal practices and organic farming for sometime and it’s very frustrating to see so many farmers are claiming to have organic methods, free range and grass fed. That’s only on the surface!

Thank you Susan!!

What about the bpa in the lining of cans??

I have been wondering about the safety of Alaskan Salmon lately, due to the radiation from Japan. Do you have any info about that? I haven’t found too much info online about this issue.

I do think you should look into the The Weston A. Price Foundation’s articles on Fish Oil_in the U.S. a naturally produced, unheated, fermented high-vitamin cod liver oil that is made using a filtering process that retains the natural vitamins.
The high-vitamin fermented cod liver oil is sold as a food so does not contain vitamin levels on the label. However, after numerous tests, the approximate values of A and D have been ascertained at 1900 IU vitamin A per mL and 390 IU vitamin D per mL. Thus 1 teaspoon of high-vitamin fermented cod liver oil contains 9500 IU vitamin A and 1950 IU vitamin D, a ratio of about 5:1.

I am quite concerned about any fish coming out of Alaska or the Pacific right now due to the radiation from Fukushima. Most of the fish from the web site recommended in this article is from the Pacific. Do you recommend any other sites where we can purchase non-Pacific, non-Alaskan wild caught fish?

Yes, I would like to know this too.

“The Creator” also outlined the proper procedures for selling daughters into slavery…

Thanks, Dr for the info. Change in my fish
diet right away.

i find really good wild caught (sometimes fresh) fish at harris teeter on hwy 100, and they will answer questions about them.

What about aquaponics? See http://heavytable.com/greens-in-winter-cold-weather-farming-in-minnesota/
Are you condemning all farmed fish?

Dr. Axe, what brand of canned wild caught salmon and canned tuna do you recommend?

Wild fish may be better for you but it’s really not a viable option for anyone that cares about the environment. Wild fishing is notoriously hard to regulate and as a result most of our fisheries have been wiped or are on track to be depleted within decades (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/11/02/AR2006110200913.html) .

The last thing we need is for everyone to get it in their head that they should only eat wild fish. I agree that conditions at farms should be better but that’s no reason to go wiping out species.

When I go to check out vital choice as a source of Wild Salmon, it says that it is Sustainably Harvested. Isn’t that just another way of saying Farmed?

I am interested in all the perspectives, but choosing an acceptable balance between price, quality, taste, ease of purchase, nutritional value, and availability is sometimes just an exercise in futility.

Gotta die of something, right?

I guess I’ll have my bacon burger with a side of tilapia, a multivitamin and a eulogy.

My son lives in Fairview and has 15 acres. He has free range chickens that run all over the yard and eat poop and all kinds of worms and bugs. So, I buy good eggs at Kroger.

I can appreciate your cost conversion on omega 3s from a vegetarian source to a animal one, but you fail to realize that it is not the same comparison. The value of both are derived from their EPA/DHA content. Vegetarian sources have been studied and Schmit at NASA Ames has published data that states that for every one hundred molecules of flax seeds, only 1 can be converted into EPA/DHA. Additionally, it is a long and arduous metabolic pathway requiring many nutrients as co factors for this conversion to occur. If you don’ t want to eat the fish, for your vegan diet, consider taking the fish oil. But do continue to eat the seeds for their lignans.
Best,
Dr. Marks

You could always go fishing too.

Recently I was in the Caribbean snorkeling and instead of viewing a beautiful reef, I viewed old shoes, plastic bottles and glasses, tin cans, etc.Not to mention that tons of garbage and nuclear waist is polluting our vast ocean resource. Therefore, I don’t understand how fish caught in the wild is any better than farm raised.

Chickens naturally work through manure to find bugs and seeds. Their digestive systems are designed to eat those things. Your son’s free-range chickens are living a much healthier life than the chickens who provide eggs for grocery stores. Those chickens are kept in confinement, kept awake 23 hours a day, have their beaks filed down (to prevent cannibalism), and are fed a steady diet of soy, corn, antibiotics, hormones, and chemicals. So you’re much better off with your son’s eggs.