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Do you know the right answer?.
Question number 29 in our School of Fitness.
We have previously talked about getting enough natural amounts of omega 3 in our food.
So let us cast our net a bit wider and deeper as we go hunting for natural Omega 3 sources in the deep sea.
Yes, we are what we eat kiddos.
And so, the time has come to talk about one of the better Omega 3 sources out there, which is fish
( like cows, fish love munching away on plant-based food such as Algae and so they end up with a ton of Omega 3, and so can you. ), and outside of Omega 3 fish also
used to be a
sustainable source of proteins and omega 3 amongst other things.
The key word is used to be. But like us, and the cows, fish are what they eat.
And today, outside of depleted fish stocks, fish swim in bodies of waters, polluted, and depleted of oxygen and ruined by us, the human species.
And as health & fitness loving professionals and human beings, we always have to consider the world we live in, because we are all what we eat and the way we live becomes the state of our body & mind, life, and health. And if the fish you eat is full of toxins, plastic, and other unhealthy things, that is what you too will consume and thus, become.
So, here is my question:
How prevalent is plastic pollution in deep sea fish right now?.
2050AD
[ Oceans run the risk of having more total weight of plastic than fish.]

Make up your mind, and once you have made your pick click the "And the Correct Answer is" label down below to reveal the right one.
1.
According to fresh studies published early 2018, almost 75% of deep sea fish consume plastic particles. So while fish that is sustainably caught provides us with a lot of wonderful nutrition we also ingest all the toxins and plastic particles they have in turn consumed.
Which is why close to 90% of all Europeans today have traceable amounts of plastic particles in their own blood.
( And the situation is worse in other regions, such as the United States of America )
2.
Fish is such a healthy source of proteins, omega 3 and iodine that no one should consider the minimal toxins and pollutions they might digest. It is 100% safe to eat fish and fish products in our stores contain zero harmful chemicals, toxins and plastic matter.
Last few years have seen several revealing studies from all over the world about the sad state of all of our oceans. And the latest was recently published by the 'National University of Ireland in Galway' which found high levels of plastic in 73% of the dead deep-sea fish they managed to catch in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean by trawling depths up to 600m.
Outside of this study we have previously noticed rapidly growing amounts of plastic litter in fish and other seafood, such as salt, and at the top of the food chain, in human blood. And I have, of course, previously written about the insane amount of plastic litter in our oceans.
So this is just one more sad little piece making that old saying 'we are what we eat' 100% true, the way we ruin lakes and oceans propagate through the entire ecosystem and in the end, that human-made pollution which we have created. end up being consumed by us, we drink it, eat it, breathe it, swim and live in it, and that man-made pollution is a ticking timebomb that is already affecting our own health and the entire planet.
And that is precisely why it matters for every fitness interested human being because we can never be healthier than the state of the world which we create.
Quoting from the study, and as always, you can find the link to it down below.
Quote
"While there is clearly a concern that the ingestion of microplastics with associated toxins may have harmful effects on these fish, or even the fish that feed on them, our study highlights that these seemingly remote fish located thousands of kilometres from land and 600 metres down in our ocean are not isolated from our pollution."
- Dr Tom Doyle, co-author of the study.
One more quote.
Quote
Alina Wieczorek, lead author of the study.
PhD candidate from the School of Natural Sciences and Ryan Institute at NUI Galway.
“Deepwater fish migrate to the surface at night to feed on plankton (microscope animals) and this is likely when they are exposed to the microplastics. One of the inspected Spotted Lanternfish, which was 4.5 centimeters in size, had 13 microplastics extracted from its stomach contents"..... "In total, 233 fish were examined with 73% of them having microplastics in their stomachs, making it one of the highest reported frequencies of microplastic occurrence in fish worldwide.”
This particular study was published 19 February 2018 in the peer-reviewed journal 'Frontiers in Marine Science'.
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