Category: Fish

Digestive Health Benefits The fiber you get by consuming a tuna sandwich or eating fiber-rich side dishes with tuna steaks is important for your digestive system health. Fiber regulates your bowel movements, which helps prevent diarrhea and constipation. Is tuna a laxative? Specifically, four of five samples of white tuna were actually escolar, a fish […]

Canned salmon, tuna, sardines, kippered herring, and other types of fish are pretty much on a par with fresh fish. They give you as much heart-healthy omega-3omega-3Omega−3 fatty acids, also called Omega-3 oils, ω−3 fatty acids or n−3 fatty acids, are polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) characterized by the presence of a double bond, three atoms […]

Kiyoshi Kimura, who owns the Sushizanmai chain, paid 333.6 million yen ($3.1 million) for the 278-kg (613-lb) fish caught off the coast of northern Japan’s Aomori prefecture, or double what he had paid six years ago. Where was the 3 million dollar tuna caught? David Edwards caught enormous specimen three miles off Ireland’s south coast. […]

Skipjack and canned light tuna, which are relatively low in mercury, can be eaten as part of a healthy diet. However, albacore, yellowfin and bigeye tuna are high in mercury and should be limited or avoided. What is the healthiest canned tuna to eat? Canned light tuna is the better, lower-mercury choice, according to the […]

While they’re both highly nutritious, salmon comes out ahead due to its healthy omega-3 fats and vitamin D. Meanwhile, tuna is the winner if you’re instead looking for more protein and fewer calories per serving. Is canned salmon healthier than canned tuna? So, which one should I eat? So technically, salmon is a tiny bit […]

The species does not reach reproductive maturity until the age of 8 (bluefin may live to 40), so overfishing has seriously curtailed the replenishment of fishing stocks. (The northern bluefin tuna, which can exceed 1,000 pounds, is also in danger, though a bit less so than its tastier cousin.) Is tuna the cheapest meat? by […]

If you’re in doubt about freshness, ask for a smell; the fish should have a fresh sea-air smell, not an overly fishy odor. All tuna steaks will have a strip of darker meat running through them. This nutritious meat is perfectly edible but has a strong flavor that many people don’t like. What is the […]

Albacore and Yellowfin Tuna are fantastic game fish, and they’re both good eating, too. However, if you’re after a bigger catch, your choice should obviously be Yellowfin. If you’re just getting into Tuna fishing, go with Albacore, and you won’t regret it. Is yellowfin tuna better than regular tuna? Difference Between White Tuna (Albacore) and […]

A November 2011 study — the only one of its kind — published in Public Health Nutrition found water-packed tuna has about three times more of the beneficial EPA and DHA omega-3 fats as tuna in oil. This is because when you drain oil from oil-packed tuna, some of the omega-3s in the fish go […]