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  • Nutrition Blog

    Seafood Benefits for Adults

    Eat Seafood to Improve Your Health Brain Health Fight Depression and Accelerated Brain Aging The omega-3s found in seafood are a key component of a brain-healthy diet. Studies have shown that peopl...

  • Health Blog

    Reporting On Tuna Study Fails Readers

    Not a Health Study When the LA Times and San Diego Union Tribune recently reported on a tuna study about contaminants in fish they both made a major mistake in their reporting… or, really, in what ...

  • Health Blog

    Doctors’ Confusing Stance Ignores The Benefits of Fish… Sort Of

    Ignoring The Benefits of Fish is Malpractice Processed meat, sugary beverages, candy, and… seafood? One of these things is not like the others. Doctors Tom Rifai and Mark Liponis were interviewe...

  • Sustainability Blog

    Fisheries Expert Says World Stocks Stable

    When marine ecologist Boris Worm proclaimed in 2006 that the “global collapse” of fish stocks would occur by the year 2048, media outlets took the bait, splashing hyperbolic headlines on the procl...

  • Advocacy Blog

    Another Greenpeace Stunt Falls Flat

    Greenpeace is once again using a half-baked ploy to mislead the public and entice credulous reporters into providing it with free publicity. In a carbon copy of previous failed efforts, the group has ...

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    Another Greenpeace Stunt Falls Flat

    Greenpeace is once again using a half-baked ploy to mislead the public and entice credulous reporters into providing it with free publicity. In a carbon copy of previous failed efforts, the group has ...

  • Nutrition Blog

    New York Times: nutrition experts “agree on the value of fish”

    A new report in the New York Times takes a look at whether supplementing baby formula with the omega-3 fatty acid DHA (found in fish) actually boosts baby brain health. The findings, regarding supplem...

  • Health Blog

    A mixed bag of reporting from the Washington Post

    The Washington Post features what it calls “A user’s guide to buying seafood” today. And they get… some of the story right. They’re spot on when they write: “Do you avoid seafood fo...

  • Health Blog

    Science Based Perspective on New Mercury Study

    Recent reporting on a new study published in Environmental Science & Technology suggests mercury levels in Atlantic bluefin tuna have decreased during a similar period of time when mercury levels ...

  • Nutrition Blog

    Just Say No to Nuanced Nutrition Messages

    There's a temptation among those who give nutrition advice almost as powerful as a freshly baked cupcake - lists.  Whether we call the categories eat this/not that, red/yellow/green, or the dirty doz...