Down South Seafood

The Worst Dish to Order From a Seafood Restaurant

Seafood is known as an excellent option for clean eating, but there's one dish that you should make sure to avoid on the appetizer list.

Why Buy Marinated Meat From Your Butcher?

We all have marinated meat or bought marinated meat from the butcher. There are spicy marinates and sweet. They add something that a spice dry rub just can't.

Is this the world’s freshest seafood?

On a Korean island, female divers plunge into the ocean’s depth to catch, cook and serve unique sea-to-table cuisine.

The Amazing Health Benefits of Eating Raw Fish

Eating fish may boost blood flow to the brain which could stave off dementia in later life, researchers have discovered. The health benefits of a diet rich in omega-3, a fatty acid found in oily fi…

EWG’s Consumer Guide to Seafood

Which fish are richest in healthy omega-3 fatty acids, lowest in mercury contamination and sustainably produced?

Shocking Facts About Farmed Salmon

Wild salmon is a great healthy dinner choice, but farmed salmon isn't so great. Here is the truth about farmed salmon and exactly why you should avoid it.

3 easy rules for eating seafood

For a healthy and sustainable diet, Michael Pollan famously offered the rules: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.” Could it be that simple for fish as well?

What Nutritionists Order a Seafood Restaurant

Fish Conservation Zones: How to save fish and eat them too

Fish Conservation Zones (FCZs) have emerged as a popular management strategy in the Mekong Basin that allows people to both protect and harvest their local fish. FCZs are areas that restrict some or all fishing within their borders,

Why Seafood Should Be a Diet Staple

You might want to consider eating more fish for its long-term health benefits.

Why This Seafood Can & Should Be Part Of Your Vegan Diet (Let Us Explain)

Six Tips for Selecting Salmon

As Whole Foods Market’s dedicated Alaska port buyer, I spend four months of the year on docks and piers, selecting the finest salmon for our fresh seafood cases. In the process, I’ve developed a few tips for picking a delicious fish.

Study: Baked, Broiled — But Not Fried — Fish Is Good for the Heart

Want a healthier heart? Try adding fish to your diet. But be careful how it's cooked, a new study warns: baked or broiled fish will boost heart health, but fried fish is probably better left uneaten.

Why Eat Seafood? Take the "Eat More Fish" Challenge

September's Goal: Make seafood the centerpiece of two meals a week.

Health Goodies for Little Seafoodies: Benefits of Seafood for Kids

The benefits of seafood for kids are big! Fish and shellfish supply the nutrients, vitamins and omega-3s essential for strong bones, brain development, and healthy heart and immune system. Nutrients found in seafood that promote healthy growth and development.

Sustainable Seafood & Healthier Oceans

 On the run? Listen to our post! Wandering the seafood counter in the grocery store can be overwhelming. There’s a global map at your fingertips of Pacific cod, Ecuadorian mahi-mahi, U.S. Gulf shrimp, New Zealand mussels, and Chilean swordfish. For a healthy dinner, should you choose fresh or frozen, or farmed or wild-caught? Conversely, […]

Balancing Risks and Rewards of a Seafood Diet

We hear that eating fish is important for a healthy diet. But we also hear that we should be cautious of fish that pick up contaminants from polluted waters. So should we be eating more seafood? And if the answer is yes, then what should we think about when selecting fish to eat? These are issues that continue to challenge nutritionists and toxicologists, along with state and federal health officials. It turns out that eating fish is important, but some fish are more…