Salmon fears

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  • PhoenyxRose
    PhoenyxRose Posts: 70 Member
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    I absolutely love salmon and what worries me is that companies may be less than honest in the whole wild/farmed thing. With the new genetically modified salmon it worries me even more. Before anyone says the gmo aspect doesn't matter, I respect your opinion, but you feed your family what you want and I'll do the same ;)

    Whether or not gmo hurts people isn't an opinion. It's a fact that we have genetically modified nearly everything we eat and it doesn't hurt and in fact helps us. Take for instance, bananas, they used to have seeds, now because we treat their seeds with colchicine (a toxin commonly found in colchicum autumnus, the autumn crocus) they end up with an odd number ploidy which makes them seedless (and safer for children to eat 'cuz choking hazards). If you don't want genetically modified food be prepared to not eat bananas, corn, all meat, strawberries, apples, and well, everything else that's edible.
  • jeepinshawn
    jeepinshawn Posts: 642 Member
    PhoenyxRose wrote: »
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    I absolutely love salmon and what worries me is that companies may be less than honest in the whole wild/farmed thing. With the new genetically modified salmon it worries me even more. Before anyone says the gmo aspect doesn't matter, I respect your opinion, but you feed your family what you want and I'll do the same ;)

    Whether or not gmo hurts people isn't an opinion. It's a fact that we have genetically modified nearly everything we eat and it doesn't hurt and in fact helps us. Take for instance, bananas, they used to have seeds, now because we treat their seeds with colchicine (a toxin commonly found in colchicum autumnus, the autumn crocus) they end up with an odd number ploidy which makes them seedless (and safer for children to eat 'cuz choking hazards). If you don't want genetically modified food be prepared to not eat bananas, corn, all meat, strawberries, apples, and well, everything else that's edible.

    I'm not going to bother correcting all the miss information in that post
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
    jeepinshawn wrote: »
    PhoenyxRose wrote: »
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    I absolutely love salmon and what worries me is that companies may be less than honest in the whole wild/farmed thing. With the new genetically modified salmon it worries me even more. Before anyone says the gmo aspect doesn't matter, I respect your opinion, but you feed your family what you want and I'll do the same ;)

    Whether or not gmo hurts people isn't an opinion. It's a fact that we have genetically modified nearly everything we eat and it doesn't hurt and in fact helps us. Take for instance, bananas, they used to have seeds, now because we treat their seeds with colchicine (a toxin commonly found in colchicum autumnus, the autumn crocus) they end up with an odd number ploidy which makes them seedless (and safer for children to eat 'cuz choking hazards). If you don't want genetically modified food be prepared to not eat bananas, corn, all meat, strawberries, apples, and well, everything else that's edible.

    I'm not going to bother correcting all the miss information in that post

    Because there isn't any.
  • prestige89
    prestige89 Posts: 1 Member
    Hey guys just thought I would toss in a word of advice we get bombarded with through medical school. Never be afraid of calories more than eating healthy. There are tons of new processed foods that have barely any calories, but have almost no nutritional content either, which is actually worse. Salmon do have high amounts of fat, but its good fat. Fat that your body really needs keep running at peak levels. Studies show that polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, such as those found in salmon and many other fish, are very important for your body. The fats to avoid are saturated fatty acids, which are actually very low in salmon. The Mediterranean diet is proving to be one of the healthiest lifestyles leading to a blue zone (high amount of people >100 yrs old) in Greece. One key to this diet is fish.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Maybe they ringed it out and washed it so it's not as oily :tongue:

    I guess if it's a well known brand then trust the label or just go with the U.S. Food database thing which seems like a good source of this information.
  • Merkavar
    Merkavar Posts: 3,082 Member
    Does gmo include selecting specific plants to grow? Like say you have a fruit, but it's small and bitter but over time you select the larger fruits, the sweeter fruits to replant so you get bigger and sweeter fruit with each harvest.
  • KendraMonster
    KendraMonster Posts: 46 Member
    Pacific Northwest girl here...yum to the salmon! Almost everything I can buy here locally is wild. I can literally walk down the street from my moms house and buy a freshly caught salmon from the local tribe.
  • RebelDiamond
    RebelDiamond Posts: 188 Member
    Are you sure it says 100cals for 4 ounces? or does it say 100cals per serve?
    The serving size may be less. It's always best to double check these things, it's easy to read it wrong accidentally.
  • jeepinshawn
    jeepinshawn Posts: 642 Member
    FunkyTobias wrote: »
    jeepinshawn wrote: »
    PhoenyxRose wrote: »
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    I absolutely love salmon and what worries me is that companies may be less than honest in the whole wild/farmed thing. With the new genetically modified salmon it worries me even more. Before anyone says the gmo aspect doesn't matter, I respect your opinion, but you feed your family what you want and I'll do the same ;)

    Whether or not gmo hurts people isn't an opinion. It's a fact that we have genetically modified nearly everything we eat and it doesn't hurt and in fact helps us. Take for instance, bananas, they used to have seeds, now because we treat their seeds with colchicine (a toxin commonly found in colchicum autumnus, the autumn crocus) they end up with an odd number ploidy which makes them seedless (and safer for children to eat 'cuz choking hazards). If you don't want genetically modified food be prepared to not eat bananas, corn, all meat, strawberries, apples, and well, everything else that's edible.

    I'm not going to bother correcting all the miss information in that post

    Because there isn't any.

    Lolol yeah that's why many other countries ban gmo's.
  • jsuh1993
    jsuh1993 Posts: 28 Member
    Farmed salmon imported especially from Norway has MUCHHHHH more fat content than wild ones (from Alaska).

    The less amount of white stripping you see, the better it is!!!!
  • FunkyTobias
    FunkyTobias Posts: 1,776 Member
    edited February 2016
    jeepinshawn wrote: »
    FunkyTobias wrote: »
    jeepinshawn wrote: »
    PhoenyxRose wrote: »
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    I absolutely love salmon and what worries me is that companies may be less than honest in the whole wild/farmed thing. With the new genetically modified salmon it worries me even more. Before anyone says the gmo aspect doesn't matter, I respect your opinion, but you feed your family what you want and I'll do the same ;)

    Whether or not gmo hurts people isn't an opinion. It's a fact that we have genetically modified nearly everything we eat and it doesn't hurt and in fact helps us. Take for instance, bananas, they used to have seeds, now because we treat their seeds with colchicine (a toxin commonly found in colchicum autumnus, the autumn crocus) they end up with an odd number ploidy which makes them seedless (and safer for children to eat 'cuz choking hazards). If you don't want genetically modified food be prepared to not eat bananas, corn, all meat, strawberries, apples, and well, everything else that's edible.

    I'm not going to bother correcting all the miss information in that post

    Because there isn't any.

    Lolol yeah that's why many other countries ban gmo's.

    Irrational fears of the populace, nothing more.

    The worldwide scientific consensus on the safety of genetic engineering is as solid as that which underpins human-caused global warming. Yet this inconvenient truth on G.M.O.s — that they’re as safe as conventionally cultivated food — is ignored when ideological interests are threatened.

    The scientific community is facing a new European reality. Last November, the European Commission’s president, Jean-Claude Juncker, chose not to reappoint Prof. Anne Glover as his science adviser after lobbying by Greenpeace and other environmental groups.

    “We hope that you as the incoming Commission president will decide not to nominate a chief scientific adviser,” they wrote.

    Never mind that Professor Glover’s advice on G.M.O. safety reflected the scientific consensus. Mr. Juncker, hoping to make his political life easier, complied with their demand. Europe now has no chief scientific adviser.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/25/opinion/sunday/with-gmo-policies-europe-turns-against-science.html?_r=0
  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,346 Member
    FunkyTobias wrote: »
    jeepinshawn wrote: »
    FunkyTobias wrote: »
    jeepinshawn wrote: »
    PhoenyxRose wrote: »
    Cynsonya wrote: »
    I absolutely love salmon and what worries me is that companies may be less than honest in the whole wild/farmed thing. With the new genetically modified salmon it worries me even more. Before anyone says the gmo aspect doesn't matter, I respect your opinion, but you feed your family what you want and I'll do the same ;)

    Whether or not gmo hurts people isn't an opinion. It's a fact that we have genetically modified nearly everything we eat and it doesn't hurt and in fact helps us. Take for instance, bananas, they used to have seeds, now because we treat their seeds with colchicine (a toxin commonly found in colchicum autumnus, the autumn crocus) they end up with an odd number ploidy which makes them seedless (and safer for children to eat 'cuz choking hazards). If you don't want genetically modified food be prepared to not eat bananas, corn, all meat, strawberries, apples, and well, everything else that's edible.

    I'm not going to bother correcting all the miss information in that post

    Because there isn't any.

    Lolol yeah that's why many other countries ban gmo's.

    Irrational fears of the populace, nothing more.

    I believe some of them - particularly in Europe - have enforced bans not out of concern for health risks but as an economic measure and a way of protecting traditional local industry. GMO crops would be too efficient and affordable and so would have a negative impact on more traditional farming methods and there is concern for preserving the culture.
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