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Eat Vegetarian Fish Only

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DISCLAIMER: FISHY INGREDIENTS

It seems that eating “carnivorous fish” can increase the amount of mercury that we intake during a fishy meal.
Mercury in fish

The fish accumulate mercury in their muscles and cooking does not appreciably reduce the mercury content. Mothers can pass on the ingested mercury to a foetus and through her breast milk into a nursing infant. Experts advise pregnant or breastfeeding women and women of child-bearing age to avoid consumption, or limit eating not more than once a month, of fishes such as swordfish, king mackerel, shark and tilefish.

If you still suspect that there’s something fishy being served in your local fish & chips outlets, just ask for the chips!





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  • shadowfox

    All fish will eat smaller fishes that can fit in their mouth, and will eat any available organic matter like shit, other dead fishes, etc.

    I’ve never seen a fish that survives on veggies only. Even the DBKL algae eating pleco will eat tubifex worms and other dead fishes by sucking them non-stop.

    All fish fry, one way or another, will have to rely on daphnias and worms and other types of infusoria for food.

    But seriously, why would vegetarians wanna eat fish ? Or vegetarian fish if such a thing exist ? hehehehe. They wouldn’t be called vegetarians then if they start taking meat, even that of a ‘vegetarian fish’

    Maybe vegetarians should consider eating Cows lah, since these animals are pure vegetarians. :-P

  • http://www.meshio.com yowchuan

    Yeah, I don’t encourage eating any fish if it can be helped. But then again, the fishing and whaling industry is a multi-billion ringgit business, not unlike why people are popping anti-biotics, not knowing how dangerous it can be to their immune system in the long run.