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Salty Facts – Heart Failure and Sodium

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Mar 10, 2019 | Replies (79)

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I did a study on salmon. NutritionData.com listed Atlantic and Pacific salmon both wild caught and farmed. They also list other salmon types. I decided to average the data to come up with a GENERIC entry for my study (who knows what you are getting). This proved fruitful in that most data items were similar; calories, fat, etc. I did find one anomaly with Omega 3 and Omega 6. Most salmon has a healthy ratio with Omega 3 being higher than Omega 6. This was reversed with farmed Atlantic salmon. I emailed the site nutritionist and she confirmed the error. It turns out the farming operation was feeding their salmon improperly. They have fixed the problem. What I was seeing was the old data which she indicated the FDA would be updating soon.

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@plaid I have read that farmed salmon (east coast) does not have nearly the healthy advantages that wild salmon does. Personally, I think the taste of the two is so different it's like a totally different fish. From everything I have read, I will not eat farmed salmon. I have never seen east coast wild salmon in any store! I'm sure it must be a thing, but maybe it's not common.

Perhaps what I read was not up to date, but why take chances? Of course the color is achieved artificially also, unless that is not true. I have read both of those things in enough places though that I am inclined to believe them.
JK