canned salmon

[rez]

why do so few people eat this? is it the high level of sodium or taste? its high in protein and good fats...

 

[anthrax]

maybe because it is more expensive than tuna

but, as you said, it is a good choice:

lots of proteins
EFAs (omega 3s)
few saturated fats
no carbs
taste great (just with lemon)
no more salt than tuna

 

[Bullit]

I eat it. More expensive, but tastes way better than tuna.

 

[muffbs1]

canned vs. fresh

is one better than the other?(canned or fresh) if so why?

 

[anthrax]

fresh salmon (or tuna) is definetively better than canned one

less salt
tastes better
no preservative

 

[chillin408]

According to http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/cgi-bin/nut_search.pl, canned sockeye salmon contains .664 g of 22:6 and .492 g of 22:5 omega 3 fatty acids per 100 grams of edible portion. Sockeye salmon (uncanned although it probably does not make much, if any, of a difference) contains roughly the same amount of those 2 omega 3's. On the other hand, dry heat cooked wild and farmed Atlantic salmon contains roughly 1.4 g of 22:6 and approx. the same amount of 20:5 as the Sockeye salmon. This is not much at all (gram per gram of lipids) compared to canned tuna. Canned white tuna contains .629 g of 22:6 and .233 of 20:5 per 100 grams of edible portion. Keep in mind that white tuna only contains 2.97 grams of fat per 100 grams of edible portion and salmon contains (if I remember correcty) around 12 grams per 100 grams of edible portion, so white tuna has more omega 3's per gram of lipids.

If anyone has more info. on this subject please post it. This stats that I used come from that website I listed above.

Note that I question the accuracy of the data on that site because many other sources claim that farm-raised salmon have considerably less omege 3's than wild salmon and also that sockeye salmon contains the most omega 3.

 

[anthrax]

Yes, farm-raised salmon have considerably less omega 3's than wild salmon and more saturated fats.

 

[chillin408]

Where does one buy wild salmon?

Also, on the topic of omega 3's, I was reading starkist.com and they claim that every 2 oz. serving of their white albacore contains 450mg of omega 3's. I think that tuna may have some ALA in it, if so, they actual amount of "fish" omega 3's would be slightly less.

 

[anthrax]

you will hardly find wild salmon

They are so much more expensive than intensive farm-raised salmons

Scotland still have wild salmon,
may be also Alaska ?