How should you choose the right salmon

Salmon is one of the most valuable fish in the human diet, and many experts in the field of healthy nutrition strongly recommend it to their patients to use. Which contains the most essential fatty acids Omega-3: fresh salmon, smoked or salted?

Salmon   It is the richest source Omega-3 Which are necessary for the brain and prevention of heart disease. You'll find 2, 1 gram of omega-3 per 100 g of fresh fillets salmon And about exactly the same amount of 100 grams of smoked salmon or salted. The recommended daily dose is 241 mg.

But to buy frozen salmon is strongly recommended! In this case, 100 g of fish you get only 0, 9 g Omega-3 . This is due to the fact that these acids decompose over time due to freezing. Therefore we do not advise to keep the fish in the freezer.

The process of disintegration of salted salmon Omega-3 is considerably more slowly, so that it is well within the specified expiration dates on the packaging of the product. As for the smoked salmon, the smoking process Omega-3   not in any way affected. So this is probably the best option salmon.

By the way, great value for determining the amount of mineral acid is also a place where the fish was caught. If the salmon is bred in captivity in special closed waters, the omega-3 it is somewhat less so that in salmon from natural reservoirs. This is due to the fact that wild salmon is a predator that eats flesh. A salmon, bred in various fisheries, this "vegan". He gets only vegetarian food.

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