Day In Day Out ...?

[drone_dragon]

So today at my job I made a fascinating discovery about tilapia being a major bottom feeding fish. Now does this convince me to stop eating tilapia all together and not support my local eateries that serve it? Hell no! In fact this only solidifies my theory that tilapia is the most brutal fish ever! Consider this mostly a heads up for all you

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[drone_dragon]

If you dig Rammstein. Also be sure to check out another band called: Oomph!
They're just as cutting edge and in your face as Rammstein!

[drone_dragon]

Agreed. Especially regarding preservatives and hydrogenated oils found in foods.

[sirsuckerpunch]

YOU SAW RAMMSTEIN?! WHAT IS THIS MADNESS

[drone_dragon]

THIS WAS MY SECOND TIME SEEING RAMMSTEIN. THIS YEAR TRUMPED LAST YEAR!

[expandranon]

I saw just today that Rammsmtein is coming to town tomorrow. I jokingly told my boss, "Sorry man, gonna be out sick tomorrow". I do like the band, but not enough to skip work for 'em. :P

The thing I don't like about tilapia, and any farm-raised fish, is that fish farming is poorly-to-not regulated, and tends to spread pollution and disease to the last few parts of the world we haven't managed to completely ruin yet. :P

[drone_dragon]

I probably would have called in sick for Rammstein. Unfortunately their shows have been sold out every location that they go. So most likely you would have had a very difficult chance getting one ticket!

Farm-raised fish still falls under the investigation of the FDA before it can hit the market. Depending on how and where you acquire your fish- there shouldn't be any contaminates or antibiotics in farm-raised fish. Should you trust the FDA 100%? Absolutely not- but it does help us filter out some of the healthy from the non-healthy. You're better off really catching your own fish from a neutral environment that isn't affected by any other water sources. Otherwise you're pretty much just putting your trust into ANY real food source, assuming that it hasn't been altered or contaminated by anything when presented before you.

[expandranon]

It's not the edibility of the fish that's on my mind, but the damage done to the environment by those largely unregulated farming practices. Don't forget that most of the world's farm raised fish is raised in places where there is no oversight whatsoever.

While on the topic, though, the troubles with factory farmed land animals exist with fish, too. That farm raised fish is not as good for you, because its diet is not as varied or healthy. They're dosed with scary-high levels of antibiotics, too, so yum. :P

[drone_dragon]

Well I'm guessing it would probably be a no-brainer as far as what kinds of fish you probably look for in the market or being served in public restaurants. Personally I don't really eat fish very frequently to warrant a dietary outline on exactly what I should be eating and where I should be eating it from. But since I do work for a food company- it's important for me to also keep myself at least generally educated or at least mindful of the trends/irregular news reports/ingredients of concern in our food as well where it comes from and their safety practices as far as cleanliness and the addition of hormones. Thankfully all of our products are absent of hormones, artificial flavors, preservatives, nothing genetically modified, MSG, and added Trans Fats.

[drone_dragon]

The whole dinosaur pee argument is a fifty fifty thing for me. It all really comes down to whether or not one insists that the water molecules have to be exactly the same and not have dissociated and reformed many times in the intervening scores of millions of years. So *shrugs* I'm not quite the scientist to be able to determine that! Does water keep me alive? Indeed it does.