FISH AS FOOD: PRODUCTION, BIOCHEMISTRY, AND MICROBIOLOGY

By N. CARAD

CONTENTS CHAPTER I FISH CONSUMPTION AND HEALTH CHAPTER II HOW TO OBTAIN THE HEALTH BENEFITS ASSOCIATED WITH EATING FISH FROM OTHER SOURCES CHAPTER III DIFFERENCES IN UNDERSTANDING OF THE RISKS AND BENEFITS OF FISH CONSUMPTION IN THREE COASTAL ESTUARIES IN NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY CHAPTER IV FISH CONSUMPTION: A PARADOX OF GOOD HEALTH CHAPTER V PROTEIN-ENERGY WASTING, CHRONIC INFLAMMATION AND PUFAS: METABOLIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK IN ESRD CHAPTER VI OMEGA-3 DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS AND THE RISK OF CARDIOVASCULAR EVENTS: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW CHAPTER VII FISH CONSUMPTION AND CANCER: SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE CHAPTER VIII FEDERAL AND STATE ADVISORIES ON MERCURY IN SEAFOOD: AN ASSESSMENT OF WOMEN’S FISH CONSUMPTION BEHAVIORS AND ADVISORY AWARENESS CHAPTER IX EMERGING HEALTH RISK DUE TO SHELLFISH CONSUMPTION? CHAPTER X ROLE OF PARENTERAL FISH OIL LIPID EMULSIONS IN PEDIATRIC NUTRITION: BENEFITS AND CONCERNS CHAPTER XI DO SPECIFIC IMMUNOGLOBULIN E LEVELS HAVE ANY ROLE IN THE DIAGNOSTIC OF CORN ALLERGY IN CHILDREN? FATTY ACIDS, WITH SEVERAL HEALTH BENEFITS AND PARTICULARLY AS FAR AS CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE IS CONCERNED THERE IS GOOD EVIDENCE THAT MODEST FISH CONSUMPTION OF APPROXIMATELY TWO SERVINGS OF FISH PER WEEK LOWERS THE PRIMARY RISK OF CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE FISH OIL IS RICH IN N-3 FATTY ACIDS WHICH HAVE ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, ANTITHROMBOTIC, ANTIARRHYTHMIC, HYPOLIPIDEMIC, HYPOTENSIVE AND VASODILATORY PROPERTIES FISH CONSUMPTION ALSO HAS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS IN TYPE 2 DIABETES, STROKE, RENAL DISEASE, TYPES OF CANCER AND ESPECIALLY BREAST, ENDOMETRIAL, COLORECTAL, RENAL AND PROSTATE, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, ASTHMA AND CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE FURTHERMORE ADEQUATE FISH CONSUMPTION IS NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ENSURE PROPER BRAIN DEVELOPMENT AND COGNITIVE PERFORMANCE DEFICIENCIES IN N-3 LONG CHAIN FATTY ACIDS OR IMBALANCE IN THE N-6 TO N-3 FATTY ACID RATIO HAVE BEEN IMPLICATED IN A VARIETY OF CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS, SUCH AS ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AND PSYCHIATRIC ILLNESSES, INCLUDING DEPRESSION AND MOOD DISORDERS ON THE OTHER HAND FISH CONSUMPTION IN LARGE AMOUNTS HAS BEEN RELATED TO HEALTH RISKS, MAINLY DUE TO ITS CONTENT IN TOXIC HEAVY METALS, POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS AND DIOXINS FISH IS THE MAIN SOURCE OF METHYLMERCURY FOR THE GENERAL POPULATION, THUS THERE IS A POTENTIAL HARM FROM MERCURY PRESENT IN FISH, ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING AGE AND CHILDREN