7 Reasons Grass-Fed Beef Benefits Are Overhyped...

pzarnosky

JanetYellen wrote: »

I'm poor. I don't have a choice.
Now, show me an article on farm raised salmon being ok.
That wild caught alaskan stuff is almost $9 a pound.
Killing me.

I'm almost done with a grueling Clinical Nutrition class at my university and we've actually talked about this. In an attempt to make fish farming more sustainable they're being fed a more plant based diet as opposed to other fish. Because the fish aren't receiving the appropriate nutrition that their body's require, they themselves aren't able to synthesize EPA and DHA (omega-3's) in the amounts that they should which means the farm raised salmon generally have less than wild caught. It's up to you to determine whether or not the amount is enough to make up the cost difference..

Rage_Phish

drwilseyjr wrote: »

As an ancestor of the teosinte plant, corn is technically a type of grass. The difference between teosinte and maize (corn) is about 5 genes.

Chimps and bonobos share 99% of genetic makeup with us, homo sapiens. 5 genes is not "basically the same" and to quote this as if five genes is nothing is scientifically inept. And genetic makeup is completely different then DNA build. Yes, teosinte may only have five different genes than maize, but the DNA build/order is not the same, either.

lol

drwilseyjr

Rage_Phish wrote: »

drwilseyjr wrote: »

As an ancestor of the teosinte plant, corn is technically a type of grass. The difference between teosinte and maize (corn) is about 5 genes.

Chimps and bonobos share 99% of genetic makeup with us, homo sapiens. 5 genes is not "basically the same" and to quote this as if five genes is nothing is scientifically inept. And genetic makeup is completely different then DNA build. Yes, teosinte may only have five different genes than maize, but the DNA build/order is not the same, either.

lol

@Rage_Phish Care to elaborate?

J72FIT

pzarnosky wrote: »

JanetYellen wrote: »

I'm poor. I don't have a choice.
Now, show me an article on farm raised salmon being ok.
That wild caught alaskan stuff is almost $9 a pound.
Killing me.

I'm almost done with a grueling Clinical Nutrition class at my university and we've actually talked about this. In an attempt to make fish farming more sustainable they're being fed a more plant based diet as opposed to other fish. Because the fish aren't receiving the appropriate nutrition that their body's require, they themselves aren't able to synthesize EPA and DHA (omega-3's) in the amounts that they should which means the farm raised salmon generally have less than wild caught. It's up to you to determine whether or not the amount is enough to make up the cost difference..

and if it's that big a deal, take a fish oil supplement...