If you've been in our office, you've probably heard that wild-caught fish is better than farm raised fish because it's higher in Omega 3 fatty acids, which we all need.
Here's another reason to eat wild-caught fish:
A recent article in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease highlights scientists' concerns over the common practice of feeding farm raised fish cattle by-products.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is the human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy AKA mad cow disease. It is thought that Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is transmitted from eating meat products from animals who have the disease. The incubation period for CJD can last for decades before symptoms become evident, it is incurable nad ultimately fatal. While it's not yet been proven that fish can transmit the disease to humans, more studies need to be done before the possibility can be ruled out.
As perfectly stated by one of the researchers, "Fish do very well in the seas without eating cows."
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