We want to eat fish rich in Omega-3 fatty acids. But we also want fish free from toxins.
From the University of Minnesota comes this suggestion on how to make sure the fish we’re eating is indeed rich with Omega-3s but as free of pollutants as possible.
“Eat smaller fish and fish that are lower on the food chain — fish that are more vegetarian,” is the advice from Dr. Deborah Swackhamer, professor with the university’s environmental health sciences department.
“The contaminants are carried up the food web and are retained at each level of that web. So the top predators have a lot more contaminants than those lower on the food chain.”
Small fish rich in Omega-3 include sardines and anchovies.