Tilapia is a popular fish selection for many reasons, primarily it’s pretty cheap and doesn’t seem to have that fishy taste so many people despise. But are there serious reasons it should be avoided beneath the white tasteless flesh? Sure their are…
Tilapia has become the ubiquitous fish in America today. It’s cheap, not “fishy” tasting, boneless and skinless, and is hard to mess up by overcooking, which is a problem with many other fish varieties.
However, the tilapia we’re eating is almost entirely a farmed fish, meaning you cannot find wild tilapia in any grocery store or on any restaurant menu. And the farming is usually done on an industrial scale, with thousands of fish being harvested every day. Their feed is not natural — in the wild, tilapia would eat algae and lake plants, but the farms fatten up the fish on GMO corn and soy pellets. The amount of healthful fish oils in these creatures is almost non-existent, negating the main reason why fish is so good for us. Keep reading…
Why You Should Never Eat Tilapia
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