The Australian Women’s Weekly Food

OMEGA-3 FROM THE SEA

Love your fish and chips? Try a few healthier options available to you to get your weekly seafood quota. Full of the healthy omega-3 fat, packed with protein and flavour, discover the joy of perfectly cooked fish.

SEAFOOD AND OMEGA-3

To reduce the risk of heart disease, the Heart Foundation recommends that Australian adults consume about 500 milligrams of omega-3 from marine sources every day. You can achieve this by eating two to three 150 gram serves of oily fish every week. The Heart Foundation recommends that people with heart disease also supplement their intake with fish oil and omega-3 enriched foods and drinks. Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) are omega-3s that are found primarily in oily fish, such as Australian salmon, blue-eye trevalla, blue mackerel, gemfish, canned sardines, canned salmon and some varieties of canned tuna. Other fish such as barramundi, bream or flathead, and seafood such as arrow oysters, squid, scallops and mussels, are also good sources of omega-3.

KNOW YOUR OMEGA 3-RICH FISH

Ocean blue-eye and Blue-eye trevalla are very

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