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Make That 11 Reasons Salmon Makes Me Gag
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In a lawsuit filed on Monday, a man said he ordered salmon salad for lunch from Shaw's Crab House in Chicago in 2006 and fell violently ill. He later passed the giant (three yard sticks long!!!) parasite, which a pathologist determined came from undercooked fish, such as, yes, salmon.
So, which current top reason not to eat salmon does a 9-foot (!!!) tapeworm knock off? The Environmental Working Group estimates that 800,000 people in the U.S. face an excess lifetime cancer risk from eating farmed salmon. Would you rather have cancer or a tapeworm? Studies have also shown that children born to mothers who eat fish are slower to talk, walk, and develop fine motor skills and that they have weaker memories and shorter attention spans (fish collect toxins). Hmm … brain damage or tapeworms? Tough choices ahead!
Oh, wait! Sorry for making a big deal about the fact that the tapeworm was 9 feet long. It turns out that tapeworms can measure up to 50 feet long. So I guess 9 feet is nothing to worry about. No big deal.
Take a look at our original Top 10 Reasons Not to Eat Salmon list here, and let me know what you think about this whole, um, adventure.
Posted by Joel Bartlett
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I presume he swallowed a parasite egg which much much much later grew into it's fully grown length.. ie. 10 feet in his gut..
it's not possible to chew and then swallow a fully grown parasite in it's entirety.. but then agian I'm not an expert into the lifespan and growth cycle of your average tape worm .. if this story is indeed true... then it is indeed 'food for thought'.. be careful what you eat.. everyone consuming less meat on a daily or weekly basis is good for all concerned.. your health, hte planet.. and last but no less .. the animals..
Posted by: yf | August 20, 2008 03:24 PM
wow, thats all I can say is WOW, I mean WOW..lol thats really crazy, do you think this guy will keep eating ANIMALS? if he does, then I guess he hasnt learned his lesson.
Posted by: Kat | August 20, 2008 03:38 PM
Just another reason/incentive to be vegan. There was a story on Animal Planet of a man who ate a fish he had caught that was not fully "cooked" and he also had a 9-footer crawl out of his anus. Whew!!!
Go Vegan!!!
Posted by: Ana | August 20, 2008 06:33 PM
Wow, fish have tapeworms, too? Although I'm a vegetarian, I would never eat sushi (if I still ate meat)(except I ate a bite once, which was a few years before I took up vegetarianism)! God bless the innocent animals who were ruthlessly slaughtered in the slaughterhouses across the world for food! May they be consoled in heaven forever. It's so sad that most people don't know how bad it is to take an animal's life just because you want to eat it. Even worse is the idiotic fur thing, ivory, hunting for pleasure, and all animal abuse. God bless the poor animals who suffer from these as well!
Posted by: Adam Buckley | August 20, 2008 10:58 PM
Parasites have as much right to eat me as I have to eat salmon. If I were as worried about parasites as you guys are I would never leave the house. I have probably been bitten by five hundred ticks and other ectoparasites this year. That being said, I do what I can to avoid them without altering my outdoor activities. Tapeworms gotta eat too. Parasites are part of nature and they are as beautiful and fascinating as any other critter. The toxicity of salmon has nothing to do with the salmon, rather the plastics of the plastic world you people strive to create.
Posted by: Christopher Cochran MD | August 21, 2008 11:56 AM
Key word here being...UNDERCOOKED.
Posted by: Tabitha | August 21, 2008 12:14 PM
I love how you focus on how: 'Oh my god! Meat gives you tape worms!' When this is not the only way. Any food can be contaminated with tape worm eggs. Be it Salmon, Eggs, Bread, or lettuce. You can obtain a Tape worm by swimming in the ocean in tropical areas! PeTa, make sure you give all sides of a story.
Posted by: Grayson | August 21, 2008 12:20 PM
yuck!!! and Kat I also saw that special on Animal Planet.
All the more reason to not eat any meat!!!
but Grayson you are right when you say that all foods can have these parasites. but at the same time it seems like we find them more in different types of meats.
Posted by: erika | August 22, 2008 09:23 PM
I agree with you Farmed salmon are the worst piece of fish meat you can eat. Farmed salmon lack omega-3 acids and are actually bad for you. Not only that, they break out of pins and destroy natural salmon habitats. Wild salmon are great tasting and good for you. I used to be a commercial fisherman in Alaska, and stil fish salmon for personal use. I have never heard of anybody becoming sick from eating fresh salmon. Farmed salmon need to be exterminated from our coasts to protect our wild species.
Posted by: Kyle Carson | August 23, 2008 01:15 PM
Best not eat the lettuce in your salad. Every piece of food from animal products to plant products poses some risk of contamination from anything.
There is possibly more of a risk from getting food-borne diseases from vegetables and fruit then from meat for the sole reason that veggies and fruit are often eaten raw.
Meaning they are not cooked and thus the parasites that came from the animal products used to grow the veggie (everything from a decomposing animal from years prior to manure) are not subjected to heat which often times kills them.
But yes, understand that parasites need to survive just like humans and animals. You take a risk of hosting one of these little guys whenever you pick up a piece of undercooked or raw food -- be it meat or veggie.
And I hope you would change that comment about women who eat fish.
Not all children of fish eating mothers are slow or have attention span problems.
The majority of us are bright and going on to do great things in the world.
If there is something mentally wrong with the child it usually comes from genetics -- not that I'm saying food doesn't have an influence on the future child's health.
But your statement was very generalized and does not apply to much of the current population.
Posted by: Sars | August 25, 2008 04:19 PM