Is your salmon really good for you?

A salmon’s diet is what produces the quality and nutrient level of salmon. In the wild, adult salmon eat other fish (including anchovies, very rich in long chain omega 3 fatty acids), squid, eels and prawns. Farmed fish are fed an unnatural diet of only 30 percent marine with the remainder produce including plants and sometimes by-products of livestock industries, GMO soy pellets, canola oil, wheat byproducts and other unnatural ingredients.

This unnatural environment and diet creates high levels of omega 6 and low levels of the anti-inflammatory omega 3 fats. We already have far too much omega 6 in our modern day diet which causes inflammation in our body, and we desperately need more anti- inflammatory omega 3 to reduce this inflammation. Inflammation is now undoubtedly proven as one of if not “the” root cause of many modern diseases. (hmmm I need to do a post on this!)

On top of that, while wild fish have a natural pink colour from feeding of algae and seaweeds, farmed fish have an unenticing  grey flesh colour. Colour dyes are injected or chemically synthesised astaxanthin is fed into farmed salmon to change their flesh to a more healthy pink colour. OMG!

I learned, along with Scandinavian and Shetland, it seems wild caught Canadian Salmon is pure and high in omega 3, I came across this this company  which seemed to be promising and I was excited to learn it was sold at my local Fresh Provisions but unfortunately they stopped stocking it. With uncanny timing the local fish shop next to it had a sign out saying Salmon “no antibiotics or chemicals and double the omega 3”, so that’s where I bought it. The girl explained it was wild caught Pacific Salmon from New Zealand and she found the taste much nicer.

So in conclusion, it seems with salmon, overseas, frozen will be best, at least in Australia. Ask your fish monger if his/her salmon is free from antibiotics and chemicals, let me know if and where you can source it, I’d love everyone to know.

Here is the recipe: Roasted Salmon with Mustard & Dill

I am not sure if it was the fish or the recipe but I actually loved this, it wasn’t as fishy tasting as I’ve experienced with salmon. I’d love you to give it a try and let me know what you think.

Update November 2018:

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