| Omega 3 fatty acids and protein are great for | | | | what wild salmon eat. Wild salmon eat other sea |
| healthy skin. Hair, skin and nails are mostly made | | | | residents such as shrimp and krill. And it is this diet |
| of protein, though the minerals, vitamins, and | | | | that gives them the lovely pink color we |
| phytochemicals we get from the best type of | | | | associate with salmon. On the other hand, farmed |
| carbohydrates - fruit and vegetables - are also | | | | salmon are fed soybean pellets and other cereal |
| crucial if skin care is your goal.Protein is needed to | | | | based food, which changes their ratio of essential |
| repair cells, it is important for energy levels, | | | | fatty acids. They become characterized by higher |
| balancing blood sugar levels, and is involved with | | | | levels of saturated fats and omega 6 fatty acids |
| glutathione production. Glutathione is an important | | | | (linoleic acid), which we get plenty of in our diets |
| antioxidant, and antioxidants are essential | | | | anyway, and their levels of the beneficial omega 3 |
| components of eating your way to beauty.So | | | | fatty acids become lower. Given that the whole |
| what are some good sources of protein that are | | | | point many people eat fish for is to change this |
| somewhat under-represented in our average | | | | very ratio in themselves, it seems to negate the |
| diet?Fish is excellent as it supplies both protein, | | | | point somewhat.On top of this, farmed salmon, |
| and the omega 3 fatty acids, which are believed | | | | like their counterparts in the poultry and beef |
| to contribute to skin health. The oily fish like | | | | industries, are fed antibiotics to keep them |
| salmon, tuna, cod and mackerel are good natural | | | | healthy and protect the farmer's investment. |
| sources of omega 3, that have the advantage of | | | | There is an expectation of cost effectiveness and |
| avoiding the reflux problem associated with many | | | | market value that determines the type of |
| fish oil supplements. Being a whole food, these fish | | | | conditions farmed salmon grow in. To compensate |
| also have DMAE, which is excellent for protecting | | | | for the lack of pink color, colors are added that |
| cellular membranes and improving skin tone. | | | | can be made both naturally and synthetically. |
| (Angyal) Recommended sources of DMAE from | | | | Whether they are natural or synthetic is generally |
| fish are anchovies, sardines, and wild | | | | up to the farmer.This is not to say farmed |
| salmon.Canned salmon is a good option, generally. | | | | salmon is bad, or has no omega 3 fatty acids. It |
| Although it may seem strange to encourage | | | | does, and it is better than nothing. And fresh fish |
| people to eat canned salmon over fresh salmon, it | | | | is a lovely meal. But like eating free range eggs in |
| has some important advantages that are the | | | | preference to battery cage eggs, wild salmon is |
| direct result of farming practices for fresh fish. | | | | an infinitely better nutritional choice.References: E |
| According to Erica Angyal, the author of | | | | Angyal, Gorgeous Skin In 30 Days (Lothian, |
| Gorgeous Skin In 30 Days, canned salmon is | | | | 2005)Do you have acne? Learn which vitamins |
| typically wild salmon. Wild salmon and farmed | | | | and minerals are best to help repair the skin and |
| salmon that was raised in crowded pens made of | | | | manage acne in this acne nutrition article. Or learn |
| nets (think of an underwater battery cage), have | | | | more about the effects of carbohydrates on |
| some important differences in nutrient value.The | | | | acne in this diets to clear acne article. |
| food farmed salmon are fed is very different to | | | | |