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Nutrition–Toxicological Dilemma on Fish Consumption

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Key Points

• Fish is important in a healthy and balanced omnivorous human diet due to high-quality amino acids, long-chain ω-3 fatty acids, vitamin D, iodine, and other trace elements.

• The favourable health perception of seafood is troubled by less favorable information regarding the potential adverse health impact that contaminants in seafood may have on the general population and particularly on pregnant women and the unborn child they are bearing.

• The overall picture with health benefits and risks of fish is a potential basis for an important public health conflict between dietary recommendations on the one hand and toxicological safety assurances on the other hand.

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Sioen, I., De Henauw, S., Van Camp, J. (2010). Nutrition–Toxicological Dilemma on Fish Consumption. In: De Meester, F., Zibadi, S., Watson, R. (eds) Modern Dietary Fat Intakes in Disease Promotion. Nutrition and Health. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60327-571-2_19

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  • Online ISBN: 978-1-60327-571-2

  • eBook Packages: MedicineMedicine (R0)

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