Tilapia is Garbage...UGH

while I'm not a fan of tilapia either, that article reeks of bullshite

It's ok to not like something just because you don't like it

I agree that tilapia sucks, but the article is a bunch of bullshite about fish farming. The author wants us to eat wild caught fish, but that has just as many drawbacks as farm raised fish.

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The issue with farmed fish is that it’s significantly unhealthier than the wild counterpart.

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Yeah, this is way to broad a statement to be considered factual.

Also, the more important comparison would be crappy tilapia vs fast food.

That is the more likely substitute. It's better for the fast food diner to eat tilapia then another night at McDonalds.

Life IS too short to eat crappy tasteless fish though when there are so many better fresh local alternatives

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BugAC

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Yes, Tilapia would not be my first choice at the fish market. There are definitely more flavorful fish out there. But it is fish and has less fat than hamburger. Just because it is farmed, does not automatically make it bad. There is nothing wrong with feeding a fish soy beans. They are a plant, just like algae and water plants.

The way we harvest fish, the day may come where there are no more wild fish. Then Problem Solved. Folks will fight each other to buy tilapia then.

Tilapia is garbage but article you linked also seems like garbage.


About the only valid claim in that article is "increased exposure to antibiotics and pesticides" from eating farmed raised Tilapia. But you get that risk with all farm raised foods including plants. The GMO and imflamation claims seem like total bull shite espcially with no source documentation.

FWIW, I avoid Tilapia like the plague simply because it taste like dog shite. But I do love farm raised catfish and farm raised salmon. In fact, farm raised catfish is likely much healthier than the wild caught version. I mean, the farm raised versions are raised on a dog food diet, not exposed to heavy metal contamination and even if they are they don't live long enough to accumulate toxins in their meat like wild caught catfish.

I've never had it. I've always heard it's the worst fish you can eat. It's basically a shite fish.

Its not as bad as that basa/pangus crap

Nothing pisses me off more than a Gulf Coast restaurant that serves pangus

I've had Tilapia before and I enjoyed it. True story.

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I've never had it. I've always heard it's the worst fish you can eat. It's basically a shite fish.

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It's hip to hate Tilapia. There's nothing wrong with it. They are vegetarians. Should be the favorite fish of this board.