Paul Saladino
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And there are parallels across all the species. I have a dog, and I feed my dog raw meat, raw organs, and bone. I always get a little sad when I see people feeding their dogs kibble. And again, this is no judgment if people feed their dogs kibble. I understand that there are financial limitations and not everyone is going to feed their dog just raw animal foods.
But there are better and worse types of kibbles. The majority of kibble for dogs is full of seed oils and really badly processed grains full of pesticides. Well, essentially what they're feeding, the lowest quality kibble that you're feeding to a dog is what they're feeding to fish. So you're feeding your fish kibble in a farm-raised salmon operation, and the fish are just less healthy.
But there are better and worse types of kibbles. The majority of kibble for dogs is full of seed oils and really badly processed grains full of pesticides. Well, essentially what they're feeding, the lowest quality kibble that you're feeding to a dog is what they're feeding to fish. So you're feeding your fish kibble in a farm-raised salmon operation, and the fish are just less healthy.
But there are better and worse types of kibbles. The majority of kibble for dogs is full of seed oils and really badly processed grains full of pesticides. Well, essentially what they're feeding, the lowest quality kibble that you're feeding to a dog is what they're feeding to fish. So you're feeding your fish kibble in a farm-raised salmon operation, and the fish are just less healthy.
They accumulate pesticides, pharmaceuticals, contaminants, microplastics, and PCBs. And so farm-raised fish is not something that humans should be eating. Most people don't know this, but every time I talk about it, it gets a lot of engagement. Farm-raised salmon has coloring added, and sometimes they use beta-carotene, which is a natural coloring, but those farm-raised salmon are not getting
They accumulate pesticides, pharmaceuticals, contaminants, microplastics, and PCBs. And so farm-raised fish is not something that humans should be eating. Most people don't know this, but every time I talk about it, it gets a lot of engagement. Farm-raised salmon has coloring added, and sometimes they use beta-carotene, which is a natural coloring, but those farm-raised salmon are not getting
They accumulate pesticides, pharmaceuticals, contaminants, microplastics, and PCBs. And so farm-raised fish is not something that humans should be eating. Most people don't know this, but every time I talk about it, it gets a lot of engagement. Farm-raised salmon has coloring added, and sometimes they use beta-carotene, which is a natural coloring, but those farm-raised salmon are not getting
the nutrients necessary to make things like astaxanthin, which gives fish its normal pink color in the wild because they're not eating algae. They have to give the fish extra color. So farm-raised salmon would be the color of tilapia or sea bass. It would be white if you didn't feed it more coloring. And so don't eat farm-raised fish.
the nutrients necessary to make things like astaxanthin, which gives fish its normal pink color in the wild because they're not eating algae. They have to give the fish extra color. So farm-raised salmon would be the color of tilapia or sea bass. It would be white if you didn't feed it more coloring. And so don't eat farm-raised fish.
the nutrients necessary to make things like astaxanthin, which gives fish its normal pink color in the wild because they're not eating algae. They have to give the fish extra color. So farm-raised salmon would be the color of tilapia or sea bass. It would be white if you didn't feed it more coloring. And so don't eat farm-raised fish.
But even when it comes to wild fish, you have to realize that large wild fish shark, some of the big tunas, swordfish, are very highly contaminated with heavy metals, such that in medicine, if a woman is pregnant, we say, don't eat that in your pregnancy.
But even when it comes to wild fish, you have to realize that large wild fish shark, some of the big tunas, swordfish, are very highly contaminated with heavy metals, such that in medicine, if a woman is pregnant, we say, don't eat that in your pregnancy.
But even when it comes to wild fish, you have to realize that large wild fish shark, some of the big tunas, swordfish, are very highly contaminated with heavy metals, such that in medicine, if a woman is pregnant, we say, don't eat that in your pregnancy.
The biggest ones, swordfish, shark, and some of the big tunas. Even mahi, pretty high. The bigger the fish... the higher it is up the food chain, and the more it accumulates heavy metals. The smaller fish have less heavy metals, but they still have significant amounts. There are documented cases of mercury poisoning from eating sushi. And, you know, sushi could be a mix of salmon plus tuna.
The biggest ones, swordfish, shark, and some of the big tunas. Even mahi, pretty high. The bigger the fish... the higher it is up the food chain, and the more it accumulates heavy metals. The smaller fish have less heavy metals, but they still have significant amounts. There are documented cases of mercury poisoning from eating sushi. And, you know, sushi could be a mix of salmon plus tuna.
The biggest ones, swordfish, shark, and some of the big tunas. Even mahi, pretty high. The bigger the fish... the higher it is up the food chain, and the more it accumulates heavy metals. The smaller fish have less heavy metals, but they still have significant amounts. There are documented cases of mercury poisoning from eating sushi. And, you know, sushi could be a mix of salmon plus tuna.
But if you ate tuna every day, you would unequivocally see the levels of heavy metals, mostly mercury, but also cadmium, arsenic, and lead in your body go up just geometrically. So this is the problem. And some tuna is better than other tunas, but tuna is such a big fish that it just has a lot of heavy metals. And this probably wasn't an issue for fish 200 to 300 years ago.
But if you ate tuna every day, you would unequivocally see the levels of heavy metals, mostly mercury, but also cadmium, arsenic, and lead in your body go up just geometrically. So this is the problem. And some tuna is better than other tunas, but tuna is such a big fish that it just has a lot of heavy metals. And this probably wasn't an issue for fish 200 to 300 years ago.
But if you ate tuna every day, you would unequivocally see the levels of heavy metals, mostly mercury, but also cadmium, arsenic, and lead in your body go up just geometrically. So this is the problem. And some tuna is better than other tunas, but tuna is such a big fish that it just has a lot of heavy metals. And this probably wasn't an issue for fish 200 to 300 years ago.
We have this industrial cycle where we put these pollutants into the air and then they go into the ocean and they bioaccumulate in the food chain. And we've done this to the ocean. We've created this problem of pollution in the ocean with fish. Even wild caught fish has a significant amount of microplastics. Microplastics are things, there's little tiny, tiny fragments of plastic