Rhonda Patrick· PhD
Wild Alaskan salmon is high in omega-3 & low in mercury.
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Wild Alaskan salmon is high in omega-3 & low in mercury.
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So I know that was a bit of a tangent. It's important because people are kind of scared of eating fish and there are some fish that you should be scared of, like swordfish, which is terribly high in mercury and not so high in omega-3. But things like salmon, wild-caught salmon is low in mercury, high in omega-3.