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Back in the 1970s. researchers scratched their heads when they studied the Greenland Eskimos. Seems they ate fat with impunity yet suffered low rates of heart disease. No, it wasn't [...]

Tuna species such as bluefins and albacores are good sources of omega-3s, eicosapentaenoic, docosahexaenoic and linolenic fatty acids, that are essential for normal eye and brain development. They are also good sources of the amino acids required for optimum muscle-building.

Want to get a woman's attention? Tell her she could poison the baby she is carrying, nursing or hoping to conceive if she eats too many albacore-tuna sandwiches. The federal [...]

A case study of three physicians who suffered from scombroid food poisoning from tuna is presented. Improper storage of the tuna caused histamine to develop, which led to the onset of food poisoning., 5 CASE Three physicians were in a large midwestern city attending a medical convention. After a grueling day of meetings, they decided to dine together at a local seafood restaurant. [...]

Byline: Runner'S World - Editorial, N/A Training Table What the elite eat "I take tuna and salmon packets with me when I travel. Tuna offers 19 grams of protein, and [...]

....U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) is calling on America's tuna industry to take steps to protect consumers from high mercury levels in some cans of tuna. In a letter to [...]

Fish is good for you. Eat more, experts say. And with the specter of mad cow disease rearing its ugly head (see page 3) and Campylobacter organisms running rampant among [...]

Women who are pregnant, or intend to become pregnant, have been advised to limit their intake of certain fish by the Food Standards Agency. This week, the Agency advised that [...]

SAN FRANCISCO: A California environmental group plans to expand its ongoing public-opinion campaign aimed at getting retailers and restaurants to stop selling swordfish. The Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN) has [...]

Your customers look to you for answers about negative press on seafood Consumers are constantly bombarded with sound bites delivering gloom and doom, fear and frustration, tragedy and despair. This [...]

I'M ONE OF THE MOST HEALTH-CONSCIOUS people I know. I do yoga, meditate, hike, run. I love health food, and it doesn't bother me that my friends don't call me […]

THE TUNA FISH SANDWICH has a bad odor these days. A slow decline in sales of canned tuna became a free fall in 2004, the same year the FDA and [...]

An updated recommendation regarding the risks of tuna consumption during pregnancy has become a top priority at the Food and Drug Administration's Center for Food Safety and Nutrition, according to [...]

A list is presented of the eight most popular edible fish, what they cost, their nutritional value, and how to prepare and cook them. Fish is lower in saturated fats than chicken and red meat, and is a superb source of low-calorie protein, and powerful fatty acids that help prevent heart disease.

The way it boosts neural development in babies and protects the hearts and minds of adults, tuna could be considered health food. Yet mercury found in the fish can erase [...]

For building strong bones and healthy bodies, calcium alone doesn't cut it. You also need at least 400 units of vitamin D every day, says the American Academy of Pediatrics. [...]

A major new international project was launched this week to ensure the long-term sustainability of tuna. The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation, which includes marine scientists, non-profit organisations and leading fish [...]

The JHCI (Joint Health Claims Initiative) earlier this month formally endorsed the importance of long chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC Omega-3 PUFAs) for cardiovascular health. This comes as welcome [...]

The editors asked nine nutrition authorities to share their healthful-food choices. Tuna is tops for Marianne J. Legato, M.D., founder of The Partnership for Women's Health at Columbia University. 'I [...]

Pregnant women have been given the go-ahead to eat more tuna by British food safety bosses. The Food Standards Agency has updated its advice so pregnant women, and women intending [...]

The U.S Food and Drug Administration and Environmental Protection Agency are joining forces to warn pregnant women, nursing mothers, and parents of young children about the dangers of mercury in [...]

A tuna a day makes the cat slow to play Most cats love fish, espacially tuna. But overindulging that craving could have serious repercussions -- a dramatic and chronic malaise, [...]