Tilapia Is Bad For The Health

Years ago, galunggong was the poor man's fish, nowadays, its tilapia. Tilapia dishes are also included in most restaurants now so almost everyone knows what it is. Its as popular as the bangus and I think most kids eats tilapia compared to bangus unless its boneless bangus.

Although I am not that overly fond of tilapia, I do cook it for my family since you can buy it fresh (alive) from the market and is always available even in supermarkets.

However, upon reading the article --- Eating Tilapia Is Worse Than Eating Bacon ... I began to have some doubts about this fish.

1. It says in the article that "tilapia may worsen inflammation which can lead to heart disease, arthritis, asthma, and a world of other serious health problems."

2. "Contains cancer causing pollutants." This, I believe is true since farmed fish- like chickens, are being fed chemically enhanced pellets to grow fast and multiply.

3. And "to keep them alive, farm owners give antibiotics to the fish to stave off disease."

Hmmmm ... so what fish do I buy now? Luckily, hubby and daughter prefers gindara, tanigue, tuna and the occasional salmon. We also love lapu-lapu but after being sold a fake one (formalin laden, I think) two years ago, we scraped it off our list.