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Nigiri. Maki. Sashimi. If you are one of the millions of Americans who have jumped on the sushi bandwagon, then you know exactly what these Japanese delicacies are.

Sushi has quickly become one of the most convenient, hip and healthy ways to grab lunch or dinner, and everyone from college students to business professionals can't get enough of it.

Even though it is recommended that we eat fish at least twice a week because it's rich in omega-3 fatty acids (which helps blood circulate in our bodies and reduces blood pressure), there is definitely a dark side to eating fish that is far more harmful to our health.

What is Sushi?

Sushi was originally created in Japan as a way to preserve fish, but it later spilled over to the Western world as an exotic and artistic way to prepare seafood.

Its main ingredients include vinegared rice, raw fish or shellfish and vegetables rolled up in seaweed. Even though most of the fish is raw, it can also be cooked and marinated in different sauces.

There are literally hundreds of different types of ingredients you can get in sushi, from eel and avocado to shrimp and cucumber, but by far the two most popular raw fish items to get are tuna and salmon.

How Can It Harm You?

It is true that the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish can have a positive impact on asthma, cancer and kidney disease, but there are also many toxic elements found in raw fish that can greatly damage your body.

Here are some dangers of eating raw fish or shellfish:

Mercury

Mercury is the most dangerous element found in uncooked fish. It is naturally found in small amounts in rocks and soil, but due to human activities such as burning fossil fuels and dumping pollutants into our waters, it has become increasingly damaging to the environment.

When factories dump harmful pesticides and other toxins into our waters, they are absorbed by the marine life in the water, and that includes fish. So, when we eat raw fish, we consume the mercury and it absorbs into our bloodstream.

Some harmful effects of ingesting mercury are:

• Damages the central nervous system, DNA and the brain
• Allergic reactions
• Headaches
• Sperm damage
• Birth defects

Even though the amount of mercury you can ingest from a piece of sushi is very small, if you eat sushi on a regular basis this can be a cause of concern for you.

Hepatitis A

Hepatitis A is caused by a virus that can inflame your liver and damage its functionality. Your liver is basically what fights infections and removes harmful poisons from your body, so if you contract Hepatitis A, it can greatly weaken your body's natural ability to fight off germs.

Hepatitis A can be contracted by eating the raw shellfish, such as crab and shrimp. Symptoms include fever, nausea and loss of appetite.

However, it is treatable. You can get a Hepatitis A vaccine shot to help prevent the virus from attacking your body. Or, if you do contract the virus, by taking proper medication and resting, you can fully recover.

Worms and Parasites

Even though sushi chefs are trained to identify worms and worm eggs in raw fish, they can still slip by the preparation process.

Most fish have some type of worm or parasite in the, but they are killed when the fish is cooked. So eating raw fish offers an opportunity for worms and other parasites to travel into our digestive tract and attack our intestines. This can cause abdominal discomfort, weakness of the limbs and fatigue.

But don't' worry, the probability of contracting worms and parasites from raw fish is often slim to none. Mercury is still the larger concern.

High Calories

Yes, sushi has fish and vegetables in it, which are healthy by our standards, but when combined with other fancy ingredients, they can add up to an unhealthy amount of calories.

A California Roll, which has imitation crab stick, avocado and cucumber in it, has about 350 calories in it, whereas the popular Spicy Tuna roll, which includes tuna, hot paste and red pepper flakes blended with mayonnaise, has a whopping 450 calories! Not exactly a light lunch.

This information is not meant to scare avid sushi lovers from eating their favorite meal. In fact, sushi's popularity will only continue to grow because it's such a tasty and convenient food to eat, and we're all about convenience here in America.

The purpose of pointing out these hazards is to show people that everything that we put into our bodies, especially the food that we eat, can have a dramatic effect on our eco-lifestyle.

In order to live greener, we need to take care of our environment so that whatever we get from it can keep us pure and healthy.

Trish Smith is a copywriter for Green Student U, Student Finance Domain and Study Abroad Domain, websites that are devoted to providing college students with helpful environmental, financial and study abroad advice.

Eat Late, Gain Weight: Time to Shatter the Myth

By Judith J. Wurtman, PhD, and Nina Frusztajer Marquis, MD

Authors of The Serotonin Power Diet

A few years ago I visited Argentina to attend a scientific meeting and to see friends who had lived near me in the states many years earlier. I was invited to their home for dinner and was told to arrive around 10:30 PM. Dinner was served at 11 PM, and I did not get back to my hotel until a few hours later. I soon learned that eating that late at night was the norm. No one would think of starting dinner before 10 -- at the earliest.

Yet many North Americans believe that eating late at night will lead to weight gain. People who try to watch their weight will often boast that they never eat anything after supper, and the meal is often finished by 6:30 (lunchtime by an Argentinean clock). But as you might suspect, my friends, along with most of the people I saw in Argentina, were very thin. I was told that in Buenos Aires, the average woman wears a size 2 dress.

So why does eating late in the U.S. make us fat and in Argentina keep them thin? The reason we put on the pounds if we eat late at night in contrast to our friends in the Southern Hemisphere has nothing to do with the timing of supper. It has everything to do with the food eaten before supper is served or after it is eaten as well as the size of the meal in-between.

Like us, the Argentineans tend to snack a few hours before dinner; otherwise the time between lunch and dinner would be impossibly long. But the similarity ends there. In the U.S., many people, at snack time, visit coffee cafés and munch on huge pastries. The fat-laden oversized coffees alone can easily top 600 calories. In contrast, the Argentine snack, which is eaten around 7 PM, may consist of a tiny cup of espresso and a miniature croissant or a few small cookies.

In Argentina, despite the late dinner hour, most portions are tiny compared to what we eat. The exceptions are steak and other meats that are served in generous amounts. However, I noticed that thin diners rarely ate the whole serving. For example in a restaurant I was served pasta as a main course (and the portion was so small it would have been considered a side dish in the United States). Dessert at this particular meal was a small pear. There is another plus to dining so late: no after-dinner snacking.

Many in this country who eat an early dinner will then fill the time until bedtime with frequent forays into the kitchen. But they are rarely checking to see if the dishwasher has finished its cycle. Instead they are checking to see if some of those leftovers are still in the refrigerator or trying to remember where in the freezer the cookies were hidden. Often late-night grazing consists of high-calorie foods or foods eaten mindlessly while watching TV or a combination of both.

Then there are those who restrict their daytime eating for various reasons, including being too busy, not planning for meals, or trying not to eat in an effort to lose weight. The result is that by evening the person is famished and eats everything in sight with little regard for making healthy options or controlling portions. If you must eat dinner late because of work, school or social engagements, you may typically munch away your hunger before ever sitting down to the meal. Many of our clients who dine late say they also eat an earlier supper in the form of snacks.

So what can you do about this? Moving to Argentina is not the solution. But controlling your appetite is. There is a natural way to stop eating which does not rely on going to bed right after supper. The brain contains a natural appetite-suppressing switch. And the brain chemical, serotonin is the key to this switch.

Serotonin is produced in the brain only after certain carbohydrates are eaten in the right amounts and at the right times. Eating a carbohydrate snack in the mid to late afternoon is a perfect remedy for turning off your appetite. It seems that there is a world-wide craving for carbohydrates in the afternoon, possibly because serotonin levels may be lower at that time. In fact the lower serotonin levels is what makes many people experience a grumpiness, impatience or lack of focus at that time. Having enough carbohydrate to trigger serotonin production will subdue your appetite and put you in a better mood. It is interesting to note that the English tradition of late afternoon tea with a carbohydrate snack has satisfied their afternoon carbohydrate cravings for centuries. In Switzerland, coffee shops are filled with shoppers having coffee along with a tiny pastry or a small piece of chocolate (this is the country of chocolate after all). And the Swiss often have a very light dinner of soup, salad, yogurt or a fruit and bread a few hours later. So instead of turning the late afternoon carbohydrate craving into supper at 5 PM, try an international approach. Have something to drink, decaffeinated coffee or tea for example if caffeine that late will keep you up at night. And do have a low fat but tasty carbohydrate snack along with it. There are now rice or soy crackers that are low in fat, fat free tiny meringues, or if you really want a savory treat, what about two or three vegetable sushi rolls? The latter are found in supermarkets, convenience stores and food courts. We usually don’t think of eating rice as a snack but as a wrap around crunchy vegetables, it makes a nice change from pretzels.

And don’t overlook having a cup of fat free hot chocolate with lots of marshmallows melted on top. Marshmallows are a very low fat carbohydrate snack that we usually forget to eat. A couple of graham crackers with the hot chocolate will keep your appetite under control and make dinner time a pleasant wait.

Copyright © 2006 Judith J. Wurtman, PhD, and Nina Frusztajer Marquis, MD

Author

Judith J. Wurtman, PhD, has been recognized worldwide for decades of pioneering research into the relationship of food, mood, brain, and appetite. Dr. Wurtman received her PhD in cell biology from MIT and took additional training as an NIH Postdoctoral Fellow in nutrition/obesity. The author of five books for the general public, she has written more than 40 peer-reviewed articles for professional publications.

Nina Frusztajer Marquis, MD, received her master's degree in nutrition from Columbia University and her medical degree from George Washington University. Her articles on weight, stress, and lifestyle have appeared in numerous publications. With Judith Wurtman, she founded the Adara Weight Loss Centers in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she lives, and in Boston, where Dr. Wurtman resides.

They are the authors of The Serotonin Power Diet: Use Your Brain’s Natural Chemistry to Cut Cravings, Curb Emotional Overeating, and Lose Weight. Published by Rodale. January 2007; $24.95US/$31.00CAN; 1-59486-346-6.

For more information, please visit www.serotoninpowerdiet.com

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I fed my kitty a piece of raw salmon, is that ok?

I am having salmon sushi for dinner tonight and I got a little piece of salmon out of one of the sushi pieces, washed it under the tap (No soap obviously, just water, I'm not that stupid ) and then put it in Kimba's little food bowl and he yummed it right up! I'm guessing he will be completely fine, the little troublemaker, but just to be safe, I'm asking if I'm right. So, am I right? Will he be completely fine? Lol.

He's 9 weeks old.

Cats eat raw meat all the time, when I was a kid one day I found my cat had eaten all of the guts out of a mouse and he was fine, other than the fact that he was fat.

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