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December 4, 2008

eat fish confidently--text application helps!

you may still be thinking about turkey (and that includes thinking that you never want to eat turkey again), but i've moved on to fish. [insert yet another joke about me being greek.]

i've posted several times (and have more posts up my sleeve) about fish resources that help suss out safe fish options that are also environmentally friendly. this SUPER COOL APP allows you to text 30644 to get up-to-date info on seafood. just send the message "FISH" followed by the name of the fish in question. you'll get a reply from the Blue Ocean Institute's assessment (which you can also access directly online here). they've also conveniently formatted fishphone.org for cell phones if you've got a mobile that goes online.

thanks, coolhunting, for the find!

-S

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May 3, 2008

low mercury AND sustainable fish

this is THE fish list. (well, for now.)

find out what’s sustainable and low mercury to feed your family.

almost every time I buy fish for Isaac (about every other week), I repeat the same Google search: low mercury fish sustainable. I’ve gotten to a couple of great sites (that I then forget to bookmark) and may have even listed one or two here a while back. If I have, here’s another… and I’ve bookmarked this one. I like how it very clearly cross references mercury level info with sustainability info, and the list is comprehensive. It seems to have been most recently updated in June 2007. I hope they keep maintaining this. It’s super useful.

 http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/115/nofish

-S

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March 3, 2008

eat fish!

We get a lot of questions about fish—is it safe to feed your baby? When? What are the health benefits? What about mercury?

I believe that fish is an important part of a well-balanced diet. That said, it is important to consider appropriate portion size and overall intake, as well as serving fish lower in mercury. Wild and organic fish tend to be safer, but I always google and read up on any fish that I serve to Isaac.

 I find this fish calculator really useful: http://www.iatp.org/foodandhealth/fishcalculator/ (I originally found this on Dr. Greene’s site.) 

-S

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