Eating Tilapia is worse than eating processed food! Stop eating tilapia before it's too late!

Fish is the best source of Protein that our body needed However, the type and quality of fish you eat really matters.

Tilapia has become the ubiquitous fish in Philippines today; it was named as the Universal Fish because we can always see Tilapia in the Market unlike other varieties of fish. It’s cheap, not “fishy” tasting, boneless and skinless. But do you know the bad effects of eating this yummy fish?

Tilapia is a cheap, delicious, and popular fish. Unfortunately, however, America’s third most consumed fish has a much darker side involving possible heart attacks and cancers.



Tilapia, the third most consumed fish in America.
So why is something once believed to be so good for you actually so horrible? Well, it was not always that way. In fact, most of the health issues can be linked to Chinese fish farms.
On one hand, tilapia is quite inexpensive, can be bought skinless and boneless and is really tasty as it doesn’t pack the familiar fish taste.

But, the real problem with tilapia is linked to its origin. Most of the tilapia we consume today is farm-bred instead of wild. Today, it’s virtually impossible to come across wild tilapia on the market. Even, restaurants mainly serve farm-bred tilapia. In fact, it’s such large scale farming, that thousands of fish are harvested each day.

The thing is that while wild tilapia eats lake plants and algae, farm-bred tilapia is fed on soy pellets and GMO corn. Healthy fish oil in wild tilapia is basically lacking in farm-bred one. Actually, farm-raised tilapia is not health beneficial for several reasons.

Why Farm-Bred Tilapia is Bad for Your Health

1. Inflammation

Recent studies confirm that consuming farm-bred tilapia can lead to inflammation. In fact, eating tilapia can worsen already existing inflammation caused by a number of health issues including asthma, heart disease, and arthritis. People often wrongly believe that they’re getting their omega-3 fatty acid from the fish oil in tilapia to reduce the risk of heart attacks, but the real truth is that tilapia is a much more serious risk factor for inflammation than bacon or hamburgers.

2. Cancer Causing PollutantS

Farmed-raised fish is generally exposed to cancerous organic pollutants 10 times more than wild tilapia. Moreover, one of the main ingredients in the feed is chicken poop. And, pig and duck waste processed into fish food is also quite common.

3. Higher Pesticides and Antibiotics

Farm-bred fish generally pack higher content of pesticides and antibiotics. This basically comes down to the fact that farm fish are bred in a crowd, which makes them more susceptible to diseases. That’s why they’re often given antibiotics so as to keep them healthy. Pesticides are also part of their menu in order to kill sea lice. These pesticides are in fact so strong that can kill wild salmon when exposed to them accidentally. This is not all because these pesticides are then released into the sea, which then produces toxic effects on other marine life when ingested.

4. Low Omega-3 to Omega-6 Ratios

Farm-raised tilapia packs less healthy nutrients than the wild. For one thing, the omega 3 fatty acids in farm-bred tilapia are not as beneficial for us as opposed to the omega fatty acids in wild tilapia. Plus, farm-raised tilapia also contains less protein. The fish are raised in pools, which makes them fattier and they often contain more omega 6 fatty acids. Over consumption of omega 6 fatty acids makes us more prone to inflammation. In farm-bred tilapia the omega 3 to omega 6 ratios are misbalanced, which in turn negatively impacts our bodies.

5. High Dioxin Levels

Last, but not least, farm-bred tilapia also contains higher dioxin levels. These actually pack 11 times more dioxins than wild tilapia. Dioxins are not only toxic, but can also affect your proper body and can even trigger cancer development. The worst thing is that as soon as dioxins get into the body, they take a long time to get out – around 7-11 years is half of what it takes for dioxin to be removed from the body.

5. Pesticides and Antibiotics

Farm raised tilapia are raised in giant groups and as such are given antibiotics and pesticides to keep them healthy. The problem is, this practice creates antibiotic resistant diseases, as well as the pesticides used, are enough to kill schools of wild salmon.

All in all, it’s important to know that the farm-bred tilapia is deficient in the vital nutrients your body needs. Instead, you should opt for healthier fish or wild tilapia.

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