today we are going to be talking about whether or not fish and other seafood is
a part of the carnivore diet a lot of people who eat a carnivore diet seem to
eat only beef but can you include fish and other seafood as well and is there
any concern for the mercury in these foods keep watching to find it hey guys
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share new posts every single day the carnivore diet is a way of eating that
is based around eating only animals and animal products
so we gas fish and other seafood do fit this criteria but do you have to include
them in a carnivore diet and is there any downside to doing stuff today we are
going to look at both the pros and the cons of including seafood in a carnivore
diet the pros of eating seafood on a carnivore diet one of the most important
nutrients we can get from fish and other seafood is omega-3 fatty acids this
nutrient is essential meaning we have to get it through diet there are three main
types of omega-3 fatty acids ala DHA and EPA ala is the precursor to DHA and EPA
our bodies need to convert it other carnivore diet foods such as beef lamb
pork and chicken they do contain some Omega threes but the Omega 3s they
contain is ala this is why we often hear people talking about the Omega 3 to 6
ratio in these foods both of these nutrients are essential but modern diets
have up to 30 times more omega-6 than Omega 3 the problem with this is that
both omega-3s and omega-6s are converted through the same pathway in the body so
if we are consuming too much omega-6 very little or no omega-3 is going to be
converted and this is why the ratio matters when you are
eating land animals higher quality meat tends to equal a more favorable omega-3
to omega-6 ratio but when you are eating fish and other seafood most of the
omega-3 in these foods is already converted it is already DHA and EPA and
this means that the ratio between omega-3 and omega-6 doesn't matter as
much you are skipping the conversion step omega-3 is especially high in cold
water oily fish so those are fish such as salmon sardines mackerel herring and
anchovies omega-3s are also high in oysters crab and lobster and this might
be one of the biggest reasons why you would want to include seafood in a
carnivore diet is for these omega-3s but with that being said if you're eating
carnivore that means you've already cut out the biggest source of omega-6 that's
in Western diets and that is vegetable oil so whether it is necessary or not to
include seafood in a part of our diet I don't know but I do know that it can be
beneficial the cons of eating seafood on a
carnivore diet one question I'm often asked when it comes to seafood is should
we be concerned about the mercury in these foods here's the thing when it
comes to mercury in fish the higher up the food chain you go the more mercury
will be in these fish so sharks for example a large predator are high in
mercury fish low on the food chain such as sardines aren't low in mercury so
choosing fish that are lower on the food chain can be one way to avoid mercury
toxicity but there's also one really important nutrient that comes into play
here and that is selenium mercury binds to selenium fish they contain more
selenium than mercury protect us against mercury toxicity as long as you are
eating fish high in selenium mercury shouldn't be a concern anyways guys this
is just a really quick video for you today let me know in the comments down
below if you include seafood on your carnivore diet and if you're just
starting out and want to know more about the car
you can check out my video about chicken on a part of our diet here if you want
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here thanks again guys I will see you next time
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