Health & Nutrition

BC farm-raised salmon is not only delicious and easy to prepare, it is also incredibly good for you. Our salmon is an excellent source of protein, low in saturated fats and contains Omega-3 fatty acids, which play a key role in reducing the risk of many health issues. We take great care in raising healthy salmon in a way that respects the environment to provide the global market with a stable supply of healthy farmed salmon.

The scientific community is continually discovering the multiple and varied nutritional benefits of salmon; wild and farmed. From brain development and the maintenance of cognitive function to the treatment of inflammatory diseases, we continue to benefit from the powerful nutritional benefits of salmon.

We invite you to check out the Health Articles presented below. These articles present a balanced scientific and medical view on the health value of salmon including nutritious, delicious BC farm-raised salmon. (raised on BC fish farms.)

Health Articles

American Heart Association

Wild and Farmed Salmon Safest
The safest seafoods are farmed and wild salmon, along with oysters, shrimp, farm-raised channel catfish, farm-raised rainbow trout, flounder, perch, tilapia, clams, scallops and red swamp crayfish. These have the lowest level of mercury and can be eaten more than once a week.

Composition of Foods Raw, Processed, Prepared
USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 13 (PDF)
The USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference (SR) is the major source of food composition data in the United States. It provides the foundation for most food composition databases in the public and private sectors. As information is updated, new versions of the database are released.

The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN)
The Council for Responsible Nutrition (CRN), founded in 1973, is a Washington-based trade association representing ingredient suppliers and manufacturers in the dietary supplement industry. CRN members adhere to a strong code of ethics, comply with dosage limits and manufacture dietary supplements to high quality standards under good manufacturing practices.

Eating *fish* may reduce risk of Alzheimer's, study suggests
CHICAGO -- Older people who eat *fish* at least once a week may cut their risk of Alzheimer's by more than half, a study suggests.

Fatty Acid Content of Wild and Farmed Fish

Lack of vitamin D made worse in winter: 'We can't rely just on sunlight'
WASHINGTON -- Millions of North Americans may not get enough vitamin D, a nutrient important for strong bones. It is a problem made worse in the winter, when the sun's rays are not intense enough in most of the continent to help bodies make the sunshine vitamin.

New York Seafood Data
Seafood is generally considered to be a low fat food. Current dietary recommendations suggest that we reduce our total fat consumption, and limit our intake of certain kinds of fat.

Omega-3 wild/farmed salmon myths
Juan Silva writes that omega-3 fatty acid content in oils of farmed fish is dependent on feed composition, species, and environmental conditions. This is also true of wild fish. A scan of the literature shows variation in composition both within farmed and within wild species as well as differences between the two classes.