Fish Benefits

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Benefits

The benefits to eating fish in general vastly outweigh risks: The Pros and Cons of Sushi including (quoting from that article)

• reduce the risk of heart disease (American Health Association)
• might help in warding off depression (ScienceDaily)
• make for smart babies (more benefit than risk) (MedPage Today)
• less aggressive juvy prisoners (British Journal of Psychiatry)
• protect against and/or slow the progression of Alzheimer’s Disease (WebMD Medical News)
• benefits of eating fish (especially for the heart) outweighed the risks (Harvard School of Public Health)
• study ... on maternal fish consumption and child IQ showed that mothers who ate the most fish (more than 340 grams or 12 ounces of fish per week) had kids who scored highest on IQ tests. They also had showed the most prosocial (nice) behavior. (Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC))

Also: Omega 3 benefits: 2007-12-25 Science Blog: Anti-Alzheimer's mechanism in omega-3 fatty acids.

Be aware of

It's important to be careful about mercury levels etc. (citation needed)

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