[net.veg] Should a veggie eat fish?

nax@svax.cs.cornell.edu (Gobo) (03/14/86)

	From a standpoint of health and nutrition (no moral high grounding,
	please), is it recommended that a vegetarian eat seafood? I have
	some (+)s and (-)s in mind:

	(+) It's been reported that certain fatty oils present in
	fish help in lowering the risk of heart desease. Are these
	oils present in similar amounts in any veggie foodstuff?
	Have any studies been done where they compared vegetarians
	versus nonvegetarians?

	(?) I've heard nutritionists recommend the regualar eating of
	fish, possibly for others reasons than (+) -- was this message
	really meant for the meat&potatoes set?

	(-) What about mercury or other toxic substances in seafood?
	Are fish grown on "farms" untainted? Are they ever given 
	anything like a steady diet of antibiotics or hormones?

	
	Thanks for the information,
	Nax	cornell!nax