Instead, the worry with fish is a singular one: mercury poisoning. Fish certainly has health issues of its own they're just different than those possessed by red meat.
And, it's certainly safer from a food-borne illness perspective than, say, undercooked chicken's potential for salmonella or campylobacter. All in all, fish doesn't have any health risks associated with it, right? When fish is sustainably raised or caught, it dodges a lot of these issues (not to mention the health risks too much beef can pose). Dish of salmon and vegetables - Alle12/Getty Imagesįish is a great way to have light meals using proteins with less of an ecological impact than something like red meat, which has an enormous climate impact.
