“When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain.”  Mark Twain

Do you know where the fish comes from that you’re eating?

Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn.  (John 21:11; NIV)

Now, I am not a fish connoisseur, nor will this be a treatise on fish.  We used to eat more fish than we do now though.  Fish used to be a healthy food for us to eat.  However, sad to say, fish has now become so contaminated that one has to be quite watchful about what type of fish they eat as well as where the fish came from.

Sorry to say, eating farm-raised fish is NOT the answer.  Farm-raised fish are raised in so-called “feed lots of the sea.” Here they are put into overcrowded pens where disease and parasites like sea lice flourish. They are fed synthetic diets that wild fish would never eat and their waste devastates the marine life living on the ocean floor beneath the pens.

Not to mention that they’re pumped full of pesticides, chemicals, and artificial coloring — and are widely known to be chock full of cancer-causing toxins like PCB’s.  Since farm-raised fish do not eat a natural diet, their flesh would be gray if not for artificial additives.

Since farm-raised fish are fed grains such as corn, and we know that grains do not form the beneficial fatty acids, DHA and EPA, we don’t receive all the benefits that many studies ascribe to eating fish.  Farm-raised fish may also be exposed to tremendously high pesticide levels, which results from run-off coming from nearby agricultural crops that are heavily sprayed.

When I buy fish, I buy wild-caught fish preferably from the Pacific or Alaska or even New Zealand.  I never buy farm-raised fish.

Prayer Power
Lord, we are so grateful to You for the wisdom You give to us.  Thank You for helping us to make the right food choices for ourselves and our families.Link of the Day
Lemon Baked Fish

Blessings on you as you as you enjoy some fish.