Popular Fish, Tilapia, Contains Potentially Dangerous Fatty Acid Combination

Wednesday, July 9, 2008 - 23:21 in Health & Medicine

Farm-raised tilapia, one of the most highly consumed fish in America, has very low levels of beneficial omega-3 fatty acids and, perhaps worse, very high levels of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research. The researchers say the combination could be a potentially dangerous food source for some patients with heart disease, arthritis, asthma and other allergic and auto-immune diseases that are particularly vulnerable to an "exaggerated inflammatory response."

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