• Health Blog

    No fun in the sun

    It's been rainy and windy for about a week now on Oahu, so there was no fun in the sun over the weekend. But there was still fun. Yesterday after a girls' trip to the brand new Target (I'm fully stoc...

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    AP: Interested Parties May Be Targeting Tuna

    The Associated Press' Nairobi, Kenya Bureau Chief has gotten back to us regarding the problems we highlighted in its reporting on the U.N.'s gathering of environmental ministers in Kenya. It would app...

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    A bit of a bummer

    Yesterday I ate fish twice. That is more than almost 80 percent of Americans eat in an entire week. And the effects are starting to show. A new study published in the Journal of Nutrition reveals tha...

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    Kwon And Hightower Team Up For More Mercury Misinformation

    KPIX in San Francisco has produced another mercury in fish scare story. Here's our YouTube rebuttal video and below you'll find our letter to KPIX management about our concerns with the report: Ma...

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    How I keep my diet in check

    Just like a good psychologist has her own psychologist, I like to keep my diet in check via an outside source at least a few times a year. My go-to tool is the website, FitDay. If you can ignore the b...

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    What I am in the mood for

    Today for lunch I had the last bit of our delicious seared Ahi tuna and shredded cabbage. I thought about heating up the fish, but actually really liked it cold. Lloyd and I are sharing one ca...

  • Consumer Protection Press Release

    FDA Says theres no Such Thing as White Roughy

    March 4, 2009 Washington, DC In a letter to the Better Seafood Bureaus (BSB) secretary, Lisa Weddig, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) makes the agencys policy on the use of the name white rough...

  • Health Press Release

    Food Safety Bill Moves FDA in the Right Direction

    March 3, 2009 Washington A review of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009 by the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) finds a bipartisan endeavor that appears committed to progressive thinking ...

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    From farm to fork

    The last few days I've had a look at the seafood chain from beginning to end. On Thursday of last week I visited the Oceanic Institute (OI), a non-profit aquaculture research and development organiza...

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    Sneaky seafood

    I don't always wear my heart-healthy food on my sleeve - some of my omega-3s are out of sight. The eggplant and spinach lasagna spirals we ate last night had the subtlest nutty, salty flavor thanks to...

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    AP: Out Of Town, Out Of Mind?

    On February 19th you'll remember I challenged the AP's Nairobi, Kenya Bureau Chief to take a close look at the reporting on mercury coming out of her bureau. If I could be so presumptuous to characte...

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    Piven, you can fool some of the people all of the time

    The star stuck New York Times is out shilling for Jeremy Piven. The Old Gray Lady appears to be smitten with the actor, perhaps that's why it's the only paper reporting that Piven, "convinced a group ...

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    Piven Faces The Fishy Music

    Hollywood blogs are a buzz this morning as actor Jeremy Piven has his quasi day in court-also known as a hearing before the Actors' Equity committee. You'll remember producers filed a grievance agains...

  • Consumer Protection Press Release

    BSB Testifies Before FDA on Short Weight Issue

    February 26, 2009 Washington, DC The Better Seafood Bureau (BSB) has made its case for economic integrity to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). BSB secretary Lisa Weddig testified before the FDA...

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    Hiking fuel

    I had an action-packed weekend, fueled by some tasty fish meals. Friday we had crab cakes and baked sweet potato fries, which were both a little overcooked, but still satisfying. I followed the "Most...