3 Types of Fish It's Dangerous to Health

 Famous fish with healthy fats such as omega-3. However, some of these fish more precisely the content is not healthy.

Because a delicacy, some types of fish are overfished, endangered thereby disrupting the marine ecosystem that will be bad for life.

Although famous for its delicious taste, but the sea conditions are increasingly polluted, making this fish can actually be bad for your health.

• Meat and shark fin

Besides threatened with extinction due to overfishing of the fishermen, the marine ecosystem also be disrupted due to the lack of top predators such as sharks, shark meat is not considered more healthy to eat.

According to CNN reports since 20 years ago, the level of mercury in shark can cause loss of coordination, blindness, and even death. Moreover, the level of mercury in shark meat rated increasing lately.

Scientists think it happens because sharks can accumulate mercury in their bodies through the small fish are eaten.

"What we found is that one-third of the 124 shark studied had very high mercury levels exceed the normal limits recommended the Food and Drug Administration," said Robert Hueter, director of Mote Marine Laboratory's Center for Shark Research.

A 2004 report on the EPA was: "Do not eat shark, swordfish (swordfish), king mackerel, or tilefish because they contain high levels of mercury."

• This type of fish orange roughy

Orange roughy is a fish menu is delicious and can be found in a variety of seafood restaurants. However, according to the Environmental Defense Fund, these fish already contain high levels of mercury, so dangerous if consumed.

Besides unhealthy, where fish species are threatened with extinction. You are advised to take other deep sea fish, such as arctic char fish, sole, or skate, equally delicious but not endangered.

• tuna

In Japan, this fish is known as "hon-maguro" in many of the sushi restaurant. Unfortunately, this type of tuna is increasingly rare due to excessive demand in countries with the highest sales sushi, such as Japan.

If you overeat, the marks are considered indifferent to the survival of these fish. Thus, you are much better off choosing a different tuna species such as yellow tail fish, yellowfin tuna pacific kind, or albacore tuna. Albacore tuna is tuna species commonly found in canned tuna.


Source: health.kompas.com