Best and Worst Seafood Dishes for Your Health
What Makes the Difference?
Best: Salmon
Worst: Fish and Chips
Have Sparingly: Broiled Swordfish
Best: Shrimp Cocktail
Worst: New England Clam Chowder
Best: Manhattan Clam Chowder
Best: Salad With Anchovies
Best: Canned Tuna
Best: Oysters
Best: Baked Catfish
Best: Grilled Sardines
Best: Ceviche
Have Sparingly: Sushi
If You’re Cooking
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SOURCES:
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics: “Is Raw Seafood Safe To Eat?”
CDC: “Vibrio and Oysters,” “Hepatitis A Questions and Answers for the Public.”
Environmental Defense Fund: “Mercury alert: Is canned tuna safe to eat?” “Seafood Selector.”
European Journal of Nutrition: “Fish consumption and frying of fish in relation to type 2 diabetes incidence: a prospective cohort study of Swedish men.”
FDA: “Fish and Fishery Products Hazards and Controls Guidance,” “Mercury Levels in Commercial Fish and Shellfish (1990-2012).”
Mayo Clinic: “Pregnancy and fish: What's safe to eat?”
New England Today: “Manhattan Clam Chowder,” “Classic New England Clam Chowder.”
Seafood Health Facts: “Mercury in Seafood.”
Tox Town: “Mercury,” “Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs).”
USDA Mixing Bowl (What’s Cooking?): “Baked Fish with Corn Crust.”
USDA Nutrient Database.
FoodSafety.Gov: “Safe Minimum Cooking Temperatures.”