Tilapia is one of the most popular fish among consumers. There are several reasons for this. First of all it is inexpensive, it does not contain too many bones and is easy to cook.
I was a big consumer of this fish myself until I published a video on my facebook page Lyvie’s cooking. I noticed a lot of comments from my subscribers who told me not to eat this fish, that it was dangerous to health, etc. Curious as I am, I did some research on the Internet and actually came across a lot of reports that confirmed what they said. I’ll let you find out for yourself what I’ve discovered.
Why is breeding Tilapia dangerous?
There have been numerous reports that farmed Tilapia is fed from animal feces and can therefore increase your risk of cancer by 10 times more than wild-caught fish. Farmed fish are reported to be fed with duck, chicken and pig droppings.
Tilapia are more prone to disease because they are raised in crowded fish pens. Farm owners give them antibiotics to prevent them from getting sick. They also receive pesticides to treat sea lice, a common problem. These chemicals are effective but are harmful to human health when ingested.
Another toxic chemical in tilapia is dioxin, which has been linked to the development and progression of cancer and other serious health problems.
A study conducted at Wake Forest University (North Carolina) in 2008 found that tilapia contains more omega 6 than omega 3. Although omega 6 is also needed by the body. Superior Omega 6 means an increased risk of asthma, arthritis and other inflammatory conditions, as it is known to cause inflammation inside the body.
All these reports on cultivated tilapia are sure to leave a bad taste in your mouth but don’t worry; Tilapia is not the only fish in the world. Many others are safe and won’t endanger your health.
source: http://www.lifehack.org/314139/3-alarming-reasons-you-should-stop-eating-tilapia-immediately
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11 Comments
nathan
Posted on: 3 October 2017No I Work at an American fish Farm and this could not be more then wrong but for foreign raised it is true differentiate them
Ray
Posted on: 3 October 2017Is pollock fish safer to eat than tilapia fish?
Krystyna kaniewski
Posted on: 3 October 2017Thank you for informing the public about this fish i use to work in major retailer n sell this fish from Indonesia. I ate it few times but never will again.
jocelyn juaneza
Posted on: 3 October 2017yes im one not est telapia becuase we history of ashma.i do believed that this fish trigger allergy.thank you so much for further information about telapia.
Edward Mijarez
Posted on: 3 October 2017Are non farmed Tilapia safe to eat? My family loves Tilapia eats it on a regular bases.
Kimberly
Posted on: 3 October 2017Thats why you clean it from inside and out. Remove the scales, the insides of it cut it in the middle and place your fingger remove the insides of the fish. Thats how we filipinos do it
yo mama
Posted on: 3 October 2017who cares
Terryn Risk
Posted on: 3 October 2017I Love Tilapia… Now I Can’t Eat It!
Lua
Posted on: 3 October 2017God gives you the brain to write, so write with responsibility. Tilapia is the most hardy fish and rarely needs any chemical in their farming. Not all fish are farmed in overcrowded cages. These conditions you mentioned are mostly done by western fish farmers.
Anyway, in the photo you included, most of the fishes there are not tilapia. And why the perish is not known
Laurence
Posted on: 3 October 2017These seem like just general issues with fish farming. Is it better to fish the natural depleted population? or to farm them in these conditions? It is difficult to see which is the morally right choice.
Sylvia DeGruy
Posted on: 3 October 2017Thank you for your information. I would like to add that pretty much all fish now are harmful. Although it has not been studied enough to know how harmful, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that consuming plastic, which are in All fish, has to be bad for our bodies.