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                                                                                         ince 2013, fish con-
                                                                                         sumption in the US
                                                                                         has been on a steady
                                                                                         climb; enough so
                                                                                Sthat the US now
                                                                                ranks second in seafood con-
                                                                                sumption, behind China. The
                                                                                Office of Disease Prevention
         YOUR HEALTH                                                            gests Americans should con-
                                                                                and Health Promotion sug-

                                                                                sume between eight and 10
                 WITH  FISH                                                     ounces of seafood each week
                                                                                - and for good reason.
                                                                                    Loaded with omega-3
                                                                                fatty acids, fish is a staple of
                                                                                the Mediterranean region.
                                                                                Studies show the people of
                                     By Chad Ruiz                               this region suffer with heart
                                                                                disease and other inflamma-
                                                                                tory disorders less than any
               It’s ubiquitous, it’s renewable, it’s extremely healthy          other locale.
             and now Americans are finally buying into its nutritional              “Adherence to a Mediter-
                 benefits. It’s fish and it’s catching on according to          ranean diet confers a consid-
               the most recent study published by NOAA’S National               erable reduction on Cardio-
                              Marine fisheries service.                         vascular Disease (CVD) risk…
                                                                                even subjects with unhealthy
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