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vinnyfindley g Vinny Findley
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Scott on your healthy shopping list for life you state for fish:
Fish ( tilapia, Cod, Halibut, and on occasion Salmon and sea bass ).

Why on occasion Salmon? I eat Alaskan wild caught pink Salmon 2 to 3 times a week alternating with Albacore tuna. Salmon and tuna are mostly what my lunch at work consists of alternating the 2 to 3 times a week with each other. Lean beef and skinless chicken make uf most of my dinner. Some might say boring but I know it's good for me so eating the same thing doesn't bother me at all.

Vinny in little Rhode Island

jmboiardi
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Posted By: vinnyfindley

Scott on your healthy shopping list for life you state for fish:
Fish ( tilapia, Cod, Halibut, and on occasion Salmon and sea bass ).

Why on occasion Salmon? I eat Alaskan wild caught pink Salmon 2 to 3 times a week alternating with Albacore tuna. Salmon and tuna are mostly what my lunch at work consists of alternating the 2 to 3 times a week with each other. Lean beef and skinless chicken make uf most of my dinner. Some might say boring but I know it's good for me so eating the same thing doesn't bother me at all.

Vinny in little Rhode Island

I too eat wild Alaskan salmon. Pound-for-pound, salmon is the best fish you can eat. It has as much protein as tuna with less mercury and it has higher Omega 3 fats than any other fish. Tilapia is more often than not farmed and is a very "dirty" fish based on contamination with PCBs and other nasty stuff. I would avoid Tilapia. Cod and Halibut are good choices but don't match salmon or tuna for protein and Omega 3 content.

 

 

If I had to rank fish, I would rank them like this:

 

1) Alaskan Salmon

2) Bluefin Tuna

3) Albacore Tuna

4) Mackeral

5) Cod

6) Halibut

7) Tilapia

 

 

John

34 years of lifting and nutritional experience and resident "old man" :-) MS Athlete and past Super Hermanite since 2013.
Scott_Herman
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Posted By: vinnyfindley

Scott on your healthy shopping list for life you state for fish:
Fish ( tilapia, Cod, Halibut, and on occasion Salmon and sea bass ).

Why on occasion Salmon? I eat Alaskan wild caught pink Salmon 2 to 3 times a week alternating with Albacore tuna. Salmon and tuna are mostly what my lunch at work consists of alternating the 2 to 3 times a week with each other. Lean beef and skinless chicken make uf most of my dinner. Some might say boring but I know it's good for me so eating the same thing doesn't bother me at all.

Vinny in little Rhode Island

Nothing wrong with having salmon more often. It's just more expensive which is probably why it's mentioned as 'on occasion' haha. But you can keep doing what you're doing Vinny and eating it multiple times a week 😊 

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Posted By: jmboiardi

I too eat wild Alaskan salmon. Pound-for-pound, salmon is the best fish you can eat. It has as much protein as tuna with less mercury and it has higher Omega 3 fats than any other fish. Tilapia is more often than not farmed and is a very "dirty" fish based on contamination with PCBs and other nasty stuff. I would avoid Tilapia. Cod and Halibut are good choices but don't match salmon or tuna for protein and Omega 3 content.

 

 

If I had to rank fish, I would rank them like this:

 

1) Alaskan Salmon

2) Bluefin Tuna

3) Albacore Tuna

4) Mackeral

5) Cod

6) Halibut

7) Tilapia

 

 

John

Fish intake is mainly Salmon and albacore tuna. Anything other it is usually cod. Wild Planet pink salmon is really good aside of the amount of sodium in one can. 600 mgs total. It puts me at average of 3000 to 3200 mgs sodium for the day. Chicken of the sea has a low sodium variety but it is pretty gross with the amount of bones and what looks to be cartlage or just little round bones. I also have salmon steaks to add to the mix, Not all canned stuff. Way back when I was big into weights I consumed 2 cans of tuna a day for 6 days for about 1 1/2 years. Didn't turn into a thermometer LOL.

vinnyfindley
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Posted By: Scott_Herman

Nothing wrong with having salmon more often. It's just more expensive which is probably why it's mentioned as 'on occasion' haha. But you can keep doing what you're doing Vinny and eating it multiple times a week 😊 

The canned salmon isn't to bad price wise. I started to buy Wild Planet brand which is the albacore of salmon. Nice chunky meat in the can. Sodium is kind of high for the entire can which is 3 servings but I manage to keep sodium intake respectable even with the 600mgs total 36 grams of protein. I'll also buy a monster piece of salmon from BJ'S and cut it into 4 to 6 oz portions and freeze it. Walmart has frozen wild caught in 4 to 6 oz packets vacuum sealed which is pretty good price wise. I weigh all my food so I know what I'm taking in.

 

Vinny in little Rhode Island

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Fish intake is mainly Salmon and albacore tuna. Anything other it is usually cod. Wild Planet pink salmon is really good aside of the amount of sodium in one can. 600 mgs total. It puts me at average of 3000 to 3200 mgs sodium for the day. Chicken of the sea has a low sodium variety but it is pretty gross with the amount of bones and what looks to be cartlage or just little round bones. I also have salmon steaks to add to the mix, Not all canned stuff. Way back when I was big into weights I consumed 2 cans of tuna a day for 6 days for about 1 1/2 years. Didn't turn into a thermometer LOL.

I buy frozen Alaskan salmon fillets as there is no sodium versus the versions in the can. The problem with canned fish is they take what is left of the good cuts they sell to restaurants and grind it all up to put in the can. That is why you see bones and cartilage. It is kinda like the flotsom and jetsom of the fish.

 

I too ate 2 cans of albacore tuna a day for 8 years and also didn't turn into a thermometer :-)

 

John

34 years of lifting and nutritional experience and resident "old man" :-) MS Athlete and past Super Hermanite since 2013.
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The canned salmon isn't to bad price wise. I started to buy Wild Planet brand which is the albacore of salmon. Nice chunky meat in the can. Sodium is kind of high for the entire can which is 3 servings but I manage to keep sodium intake respectable even with the 600mgs total 36 grams of protein. I'll also buy a monster piece of salmon from BJ'S and cut it into 4 to 6 oz portions and freeze it. Walmart has frozen wild caught in 4 to 6 oz packets vacuum sealed which is pretty good price wise. I weigh all my food so I know what I'm taking in.

 

Vinny in little Rhode Island

Nice! Keeping that diet on point with your tracking - I like it 😁 Enjoy your salmon Vinny!

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