Don't buy raw tuna

[TylerDurden]

Here's an article, among 100s of others, which states that raw tuna(sushi/sashimi) is most likely to come from endangered bluefin tuna:-

"Raw tuna in sashimi and sushi is most likely to be bluefin, which is severely threatened in the Mediterranean and overfished in the Atlantic and Pacific."

taken from:-

http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23705343-details/Life+after+tuna/article.do

Bluefin tuna is way overfished. I'll grant that alternatives like farmed salmon are a bad idea as well, but please try to find wild(but environmentally-conscious) choices, instead.

[Raw Kyle]

We should have some environmental threads. I would like a list of companies to buy from that are more friendly to the environment.

Also I'm against buying bottled water for that reason. Way cheaper and more environmentally friendly to filter tap water, and it's just as safe and healthy if you get a good filter.

[goodsamaritan]

The Japanese eat a lot of sea food,  they have a BIG population,  bigger than UK, bigger than the Philippines.

I've heard rumors that blue fin tuna is fatter and of better quality so the Japanese import most of the blue fin tuna from our waters.

In manila, the tuna we get from the fish port and the wet markets are all yellow fin tuna... so the yellow fin tuna I eat is not endangered.

I only tasted blue fin tuna when I visited the province of Palawan.

[TylerDurden]

We should have some environmental threads. I would like a list of companies to buy from that are more friendly to the environment.

It's an idea. I do this on a very small scale as I deliberately buy most of my raw seafood from a fishmonger who strictly adopts environmental practices(ie he doesn't catch certain species out of season). This isn't done so much out of concern for the environment but because I've noticed that his raw seafood tastes way better than the equivalent from any other source.

Also I'm against buying bottled water for that reason. Way cheaper and more environmentally friendly to filter tap water, and it's just as safe and healthy if you get a good filter.

Well, I'm a bit reluctant re this. I buy bottled mineral-water in great quantities. I don't even bother going out of my way to buy glass bottles. The only filtered water I've drunk so far is distilled water which turned out to be a bad idea(I would drink far too much of it as I wouldn't get that "stop" signal one gets when eating too much food or water - and I heard of numerous issues resulting from its consumption).

Plus, I suppose I would need to buy alkaline ionizers etc. as well. Seems a hassle when mineral-water is so freely available.

*I fully concede that you're right re mineral-water being environmentally-unfriendly, it's just that  mineral-water(along with a few other harmful things like going by plane) are things I find difficult to do without.

[Raw Kyle]

Why would you want alkaline water? What's the difference? A lot of natural water streams have water slightly acidic, slightly alkaline, it doesn't seem to matter in the wild. As long as you have a decent filter that filters out the chemicals that are intentionally and unintentionally put in there I think you'll be fine. You'll also save thousands of dollars in just a few years.

[TylerDurden]

Why would you want alkaline water? What's the difference? A lot of natural water streams have water slightly acidic, slightly alkaline, it doesn't seem to matter in the wild. As long as you have a decent filter that filters out the chemicals that are intentionally and unintentionally put in there I think you'll be fine. You'll also save thousands of dollars in just a few years.

I prefer alkaline mineral-water as it tastes so much better(I particularly like PH 7.8 to 8.4) neutral or acidic mineral water generally tastes foul(except the very occasional rainwater I drink from rainwater tanks). Also, alkaline mineral water is is more like the mineral-water found in mountain-streams/rivers(alkaline water means water rich in minerals).

[Raw Kyle]

Alkaline water means high pH. It might also have minerals, but they aren't synonomous. Have you tried much filtered water?

[TylerDurden]

Alkaline water means high pH. It might also have minerals, but they aren't synonomous. Have you tried much filtered water?

My only experience was with distilled water which was poorly absorbed by my body(at least my thirst was not properly slaked so that I was forced to drink far more of it). Distilled water is also notorious for causing mineral-loss via leaching of nutrients, so I dropped it.

[Raw Kyle]

I've never drank distilled water and don't equate that with filtered water.

[Raw Rob]

Hey kyle,

What kind of water filter do you use? How does it get rid of the fluoride and chlorine?

I drink sparkling mineral water. I buy it in glass bottles and recycle them.

[Raw Kyle]

I just bought an Aquasana under the counter filter. It has 3 stages of carbon filtration. I don't know much more than that. Just about any filter takes out chlorine, you can tell from the taste. Some water doesn't get fluoridated, I know mine doesn't because I work for the water company here. There is some natural fluoride sometimes in the water.

My biggest problem with bottled water is that it's so anti-local. The whole business is built around simply bottling water from one geographical location and shipping it to another. Even without the waste of the plastic/glass bottles you still have the fact that you're shipping water, a heavy product, around the world burning fuel when all geographical locations could just use their own water supplies.

[Josh]

Hah...no hardship to give up raw tuna. That stuff is rank.