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    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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    • 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.
    • 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.
    • Posts: 677 Member
      I eat tilapia at least once or twice a week, who said that?
    • Posts: 907 Member
      Wait bacon is bad?
    • Posts: 126 Member
      Why would tilapia be a bad thing? I just googled it, and found nothing but good stuff.
    • 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
    • Posts: 8,980 Member
      This is a tricky riddle. I guess i give up. Why IS tilapia as bad as bacon?
    • 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.
    • Posts: 1,085 Member
      I had talpia today for lunch, it was low in calories.
    • Posts: 277
      indian people eat Tilapia all the time because they consider it a tasty fish
    • Posts: 142 Member
      Is this a joke??? Please expain. Thanks! (coming from an almost daily tilapia eater) :-)
    • 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.
    • 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?
    • Posts: 198
      IDK, that's why I'm asking! I was dumbfounded when I heard this rumor, too!
    • 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.
    • 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:
    • Posts: 837 Member
      Wait bacon is bad?

      Nothing burps better than bacon! :bigsmile:
    • Posts: 277
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      Too funny! :laugh:

      agree
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      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.
    • 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
    • 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?
    • Posts: 1,201 Member
      ALL the fish you eat should be wild caught, period.
    • Posts: 3,450 Member
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      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.
    • Posts: 3,255 Member
      bacon? BAD?!:noway:
    • 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.
    • Posts: 8,059 Member
      Tilapia isn't bad for you. Then again, bacon isn't bad for you, either.
    • Posts: 396 Member
      Mmmmmm. Bacon.
    • 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:
    • Posts: 682 Member
      I think the real question is who told you that?
    • Posts: 49,185 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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