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Tilapia as bad as bacon?

healthy4self
healthy4self Posts: 198
edited October 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Uhhh crap, I eat tilapia all the time!!! I thought it was a go-to diet food, no?
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  • Brandicaloriecountess
    Brandicaloriecountess Posts: 2,126 Member
    Where did you hear that?!? I eat tilapia. It is low in calories and fat. It has not adversely affected my weight loss.
  • TluvK
    TluvK Posts: 733 Member
    Uhhh crap, I eat tilapia all the time!!! I thought it was a go-to diet food, no?

    The only way Tilapia could be as bad as bacon is if you pan fried it in bacon grease (and even then, it wouldn't be as bad). That's just crazy talk.
  • irisheyez718
    irisheyez718 Posts: 677 Member
    I eat tilapia at least once or twice a week, who said that?
  • hottottie11
    hottottie11 Posts: 907 Member
    Wait bacon is bad?
  • Gwen7121
    Gwen7121 Posts: 126 Member
    Why would tilapia be a bad thing? I just googled it, and found nothing but good stuff.
  • healthy4self
    healthy4self Posts: 198
    It's been brought up a few times on these forum boards. Something about the omega-6 combination in the fish. I will be very sad if this is true
  • taso42
    taso42 Posts: 8,980 Member
    This is a tricky riddle. I guess i give up. Why IS tilapia as bad as bacon?
  • red01angel
    red01angel Posts: 806 Member
    If you bread the *kitten* out of it, deep fry it in bacon fat, then spread butter on it, and dip it in tartar sauce before eating, then yes. Tilapia is as bad as bacon.
  • rmartin72
    rmartin72 Posts: 1,085 Member
    I had talpia today for lunch, it was low in calories.
  • bhagavatilad1
    bhagavatilad1 Posts: 277
    indian people eat Tilapia all the time because they consider it a tasty fish
  • sonnyless
    sonnyless Posts: 142 Member
    Is this a joke??? Please expain. Thanks! (coming from an almost daily tilapia eater) :-)
  • ibbray04
    ibbray04 Posts: 227 Member
    It's been brought up a few times on these forum boards.

    I'm sure you can find posts about how every single thing is bad for you on these forums. I read a few days ago that anthing more than 12 glasses of water is going to kill you...


    That being said, I love tilapia and eat it quite often.
  • MrsCon40
    MrsCon40 Posts: 2,351 Member
    Almost all tilapia is farm raised and void of almost all nutritional value - so maybe that is how it's worse?
  • healthy4self
    healthy4self Posts: 198
    IDK, that's why I'm asking! I was dumbfounded when I heard this rumor, too!
  • grimm1974
    grimm1974 Posts: 337 Member
    I don't think its bad at all unless, as others stated, you do not cook it in a healthy way. Someone mentioned the possibility of it being bad because of the speed at which it grows, but that's actually one of the things that makes it really good for you. Tilapia has a low mercury level due to this which makes it a great choice for expecting mothers.
  • staps065
    staps065 Posts: 837 Member
    If you bread the *kitten* out of it, deep fry it in bacon fat, then spread butter on it, and dip it in tartar sauce before eating, then yes. Tilapia is as bad as bacon.

    Too funny! :laugh:
  • staps065
    staps065 Posts: 837 Member
    Wait bacon is bad?

    Nothing burps better than bacon! :bigsmile:
  • bhagavatilad1
    bhagavatilad1 Posts: 277
    If you bread the *kitten* out of it, deep fry it in bacon fat, then spread butter on it, and dip it in tartar sauce before eating, then yes. Tilapia is as bad as bacon.

    Too funny! :laugh:

    agree
  • bhagavatilad1
    bhagavatilad1 Posts: 277
    Wait bacon is bad?

    Nothing burps better than bacon! :bigsmile:

    Of course bacon is bad for you especially if its fried in oil and it contains a lot of fat the kind that clogs your arteries.
  • dieselveins
    dieselveins Posts: 65 Member
    Yes most all tilapia is all farm raised in fish hatcheries and those ones are not good. They have been found to carry the bad omega.. but if you research where you tilapia comes from.. make sure its wild and not farmed.. that's the only way it can be bad for you.. fresh/ wild is good .... Farmed is bad good luck
  • calibri
    calibri Posts: 439 Member
    Yes most all tilapia is all farm raised in fish hatcheries and those ones are not good. They have been found to carry the bad omega.. but if you research where you tilapia comes from.. make sure its wild and not farmed.. that's the only way it can be bad for you.. fresh/ wild is good .... Farmed is bad good luck
    Source, please?
  • Rilke
    Rilke Posts: 1,201 Member
    ALL the fish you eat should be wild caught, period.
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    Uhhh crap, I eat tilapia all the time!!! I thought it was a go-to diet food, no?

    The only way Tilapia could be as bad as bacon is if you pan fried it in bacon grease (and even then, it wouldn't be as bad). That's just crazy talk.

    omg that sounds delicious.
  • XFitMojoMom
    XFitMojoMom Posts: 3,255 Member
    bacon? BAD?!:noway:
  • Mmmary212
    Mmmary212 Posts: 410 Member
    Frying the tilapia in bacon fat just made it that much more good for you.....I'm not sure i'm following any "bad for you" accusation here whatsoever.
  • tigersword
    tigersword Posts: 8,059 Member
    Tilapia isn't bad for you. Then again, bacon isn't bad for you, either.
  • Suziq2you
    Suziq2you Posts: 396 Member
    Mmmmmm. Bacon.
  • servilia
    servilia Posts: 3,452 Member
    Bacon is good! I used to throw the bacon in a pan, and when it's done, fry my eggs in the leftover bacon fat! YUM and I was the skinniest kid and track field star in school :p Now I don't buy it but that's just because my husband doesn't eat pork :sad:
  • JeremiahStone
    JeremiahStone Posts: 682 Member
    I think the real question is who told you that?
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 49,175 Member


    Of course bacon is bad for you especially if its fried in oil and it contains a lot of fat the kind that clogs your arteries.
    Who fries bacon in oil? Bacon has it's own oil. And while it does have saturated fat, bacon isn't as bad as you claim. An average slice is 46 calories. A large egg has more than that.
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