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eat fresh
eat fresh

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
and Health Promotion sug-
gests Americans should con-
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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