El sushi It has become a very fashionable dish worldwide and has been very well received, as this famous Japanese dish offers many health benefits, Thank you to your omega fatty acids and low amount of calories, making it ideal for DietsHowever, like everything in life, when excessive consumption is committed, it can have health consequences.
Usually these raw fish dishes meticulously prepared for the most demanding palates, they are low in fat and high in Omega-3 essential fatty acids, of proven effectiveness healthy on the heart and brain, but as with any food, consuming it in excess even though it is very healthy can be harmful to health.
As published in The Reader's Digest under the title "Foods that harm, foods that heal"It is estimated that an average of 10 small portions of sushi, where they are combined fish, rice and vegetables, reaches less than 500 calories Usually the caloric content It also has a lot to do with the way it is prepared, which makes it very healthy since it is consumed raw and with dressings that reduce fat or facilitate its digestion and elimination.
Eating fish several times a week can reduce the risk of dying from a heart attack by almost a third and sushi offers this possibility, according to specialists from Harvard Medical School.
Eating too much sushi, considering that it has few calories and is healthy, means that you are committing a nutritional error, since it is usually also combined with seaweed and all these excess seafood can present the risk of high levels of mercury, due to the pollution of the seas and that both fish and marine plants absorb indirectly.
Although mercury poisoning is rare, if sushi or any other fish high in mercury are consumed, up to 4 times a week, but if this amount is exceeded, enough mercury could accumulate in the diet to unbalance health, according to the medical magazine ""Salud""Another of the rare risks of a excess sushi in the diet is food poisoning, when its preparation is wrong, since it is very easy to become contaminated without it being prepared properly or professionally, as it is raw meat and whose deterioration is very fast when it loses the cold chain.
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