• Health Blog

    Newport seafood

    My Columbus Day weekend was spent celebrating, not exactly the discovery of America, but the discovery of Newport, Rhode Island. Lloyd just started a three month Marine JAG training there at the N...

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    Greenpeace Tries to Profit Off Of Pollock Scare Story

    There is no doubt the economic downturn is hurting everyone these days and apparently Greenpeace is no exception. Take a look below at a fundraising email that went out on Friday. Greenpeace is using ...

  • Health Press Release

    Emerging Science: Oysters May Aid In Breast Cancer Fight

    October 13, 2008 Washington, DC Louisiana State University (LSU) research released today finds ceramides, fat compounds found in oysters, appear to arrest breast cancer cells grown in lab tests. The L...

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    Extremists In Action

    Wow, what can you say about PETA? The group whose leader famously said, "Even if animal research resulted in a cure for AIDS, we'd be against it" is at it again. This time it's launched an anti-fishin...

  • Health Blog

    Salmon, farm-raised and wild

    Monday night I whipped up my favorite salmon burgers, mixing in some of the green olives left over from my pasta. I made sure to use lemon juice as well. In the past I've skipped this ing...

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    Dissecting Jane Hightowers Diagnosis Mercury

    Dr. Jane Hightower is a San Francisco physician who has been described in media reports as someone who's "made something of a cottage industry" out of anecdotally linking various and sometimes vague s...

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    Greenpeace Announces the Sky Is Falling But Only Over Alaska

    The Alaska pollock fishery is not in danger of collapse. The always measured and restrained folks at Greenpeace were at it again today. This time insisting they were right that overfishing has pushed...

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    More Seafood Sleuthing from The New York Times

    Before she was admonished by the New York Times public editor for the failures of her now discredited story about mercury in sushi tuna, Marion Burros was sleuthing around Gotham spiriting fish sample...

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    Bad Choices at the Chicago Tribune

    It wasnt long ago that we told you about some questionable standards at the Chicago Tribune and how the official online biography of the Tribune Companys new media chief used the word "crap" 6 times a...

  • Health Blog

    The deal with cholesterol and shrimp

    I finally got around to making shrimp and olive oil pasta Friday night, which started out a bit uninteresting, but improved greatly with the addition of green olives and red pepper flakes. On...

  • Health Press Release

    New Flyer Encourages Pregnant Women to Eat Fish

    October 6, 2008 Boston, MA Grocery stores and nutrition educators now have access to a new nutrition education flyer that helps moms and moms-to-be understand the important benefits of eating seafood...

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    The Japanese Paradox

    Last night Lloyd and I ate at a fun French restaurant in our neighborhood that offers over ten types of les moules (mussels). You'll notice in the before and after pictures, we also ate pom...

  • Health Blog

    What to do with frozen shrimp

    Yesterday for lunch I ate some curried salmon loaf from last week. I wasn't sure how well it would freeze, but it was officially just as good reheated as straight from the oven. While I was in the...

  • Health Resource

    Downloadable Resources

    Fish School pocket-sized foldout
    Learn to shop for, store, and cook seafood.Includes four fresh recipes.Seafood and Pregnancy Flyer(English PDF) (Spanish PDF)
    A tool that talks to moms-to-be...

  • Health Blog

    Are there vegetarian sources of omega-3s?

    I am finally back in DC after back-to-back trips to Boston (work) and Austin (play). The play part involved attending the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival with my whole family. The festival was ...