Does cooking Salmon destroy the beneficial EFA's?

[JG1]

Was curious about this since I eat about a lb of Salmon every day.

 

[playazdub]

the efa are certainly going to be some what reduced, however they will still be present enough to make salmon a great choice for your diet.
personally I prefer tuna steak pan seared and very rare in the middle ( thus preserving many more of those lovley efas).

 

[anthrax]

yes, a little :

Approximate amounts of EPA/DHA per 60g serve (60 g of fish/meat looks like the size of 2 match boxes)

salmon (fresh Atlantic) 1200mg,
canned salmon 500mg,

fresh tuna 600mg
canned tuna 145mg,

smoked salmon 1000mg,
sardines 1500mg,
smoked mackerel 1000mg,
fresh trevally 1000mg,
gemfish 700mg,
snapper 275mg,
trout (fresh rainbow) 300mg,
fresh whiting/blue eye/shark 250mg,
sea mullet/abalone 200mg,
orange roughie 70mg,
crayfish 150mg, oysters (12) 500mg,
prawns 100mg,
blue mussel 250mg,
squid/scallop/calamari 200mg

(Sinclair et al. Aust J Nutr Diet 1998; 55: 3: 116-20):

 

[Lumberg]

What about catfish? It's a really cheap fish. I Fried up some catfish "nuggets" (they weren't breaded) and they were really greasy. I hope at least some of that grease was EFAs!

JC

 

[anthrax]

what is catfish ?

BTW fried food is not healthy since most of the piece of food is fried with saturated fats (not the good ones)

 

[Lumberg]

Catfish--it's a member of the carp family I think, it's a freshwater bottom feeder. It has little whiskerlike things over its mouth.

And I fried it in a pan with no added oil. I said they weren't breaded. I just dropped catfish in a fan and fried it. A lot of oil came out of the fish though.

JC

 

[anthrax]

well I think "natural/regular" fish with a little flax/canola/hemp/olive oil on it (after you have the fished cooked in the oven or microwave) is better

 

[Lumberg]

What do you mean by "Natural/Regular"? Catfish is a regular supermarket staple here.

JC

 

[anthrax]

I mean either fresh or frozen w/o any process (cooking/breading/frying/seasoning) ==> just proteins with very few carbs and fats