Side effects of eating salmon everyday

Fish is considered a high-quality protein offering numerous health benefits, but since the 1950s, scientists have been raising legitimate concerns that eating too much can expose us to dangerous environmental contaminants, including mercury, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), chlordane, and DDT. Some species of fish have been deemed safer than others in this regard, however.

And fortunately for Tasting Table readers — nearly half of whom regard salmon as their favorite fish to cook – salmon is known to harbor lower concentrations of contaminants compared with many other fish, including snapper, halibut, Chilean sea bass, mahi-mahi, and yellowfin tuna, all of which are nevertheless considered to be generally "safe" choices when eaten in moderation.

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Indeed, both the U.S.

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regard salmon as among the "best choices" one can make when it comes to fish consumption, according to the Keck School of Medicine at USC (KSM). But even these may harbor contaminant

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