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How much fish should I eat a week?
ShareStudies have shown that consuming fish is heart healthy. A study involving participants shows that eating fish one to two times a week reduces the risk of dying from heart disease by 36 percent.
Heart Disease
There are many ways in which consuming fish fights heart disease:
- The omega 3 fatty acids found in fish protect the heart against the development of cardiac rhythm disturbances.
- The omega 3 fatty acids help lower blood pressure, improve vessel function;
- The omega 3 fatty acids found in fish are anti inflammatory.
How much fish should I eat per week?
The current recommendation is to eat 2 servings of fish per week. Unfortunately, not everyone heeds that advice.
Benefits and risks of eating of eating fish:
Benefits: Harvard School of Public Health professors Dariush Mozaffarian and Eric Rimm concluded that eating around 2 one or two servings of fatty fish a week, reduces the chances of dying from heart disease by more than one-third. Other studies have also confirmed that the omega-3 fats in fish are important for the optimal development of a baby’s brain and nervous system.Benefits: Studies show that eating fish once or twice a week may also reduce the risk of stroke, depression, Alzheimer’s disease, and other chronic conditions.
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