Healthy Planet, Healthy You!

People ask me why a registered dietitian should care about sustainable seafood. The heart of the answer is the idea that nothing exists in a vacuum.
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Let me explain: Enjoying a variety of seafood is a great way to benefit from the heart-healthy omega-3 fats that are in all seafood.

Like many health care professionals, I recommend that people enjoy seafood twice a week as part of a heart-healthy diet. Doing so contributes to an increased demand for seafood, for better or for worse.

Since there is seafood out there that is well-managed and caught in environmentally responsible ways, and because it can be confusing to find it, I want to do my best to guide people towards those choices that are good for human health as well as the health of the community and planet.
Nutritionist-Recommended

For seafood that provides omega-3s, is lower in mercury and scores a better than average sustainability rating, try some of my favorites:

 

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  • For more of my healthy living tips, all with great savings, check out my Healthy Living for Less section.

  • To easily find high-quality sustainable seafood at a glance, check out the star ratings and sustainability ratings at our seafood market.

  • For practical tips on how to cook and store seafood, visit How to Cook It in the FreshDirect seafood department.