Welcome to the Nutrition Diva Podcast. I'm your host, Monica Reinagel. And as you may

know, a lot of our episodes are triggered by questions from listeners, including this

one. Lindsay recently wrote in to say, I was at my local grocery the other day, debating

whether to buy farm-raised Atlantic or wild-caught salmon. And being a fan of the Nutrition

Diva podcast, I immediately went to your episode archives and found the answer to my

question there. But then I noticed that that episode was from 2014. I know that nutrition

science changes a lot. And I was wondering if there are any updates on the differences

between farm-raised and wild-caught fish. So one advantage to having 15 years worth of

archives is that there really aren't a whole lot of food and nutrition topics that we haven't

talked about. But Lindsay is right to wonder whether things might have changed in 10 years.

So today I have an updated answer to the question of whether to buy farmed or wild-caught fish.

Obviously, there are a lot of good reasons to include fish or other seafood in your diet

on a regular basis. Eating at least two servings of fish or shellfish per week appears to reduce

the risk of heart disease, delay the onset of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. And,

if you're pregnant, might even make your baby smarter and healthier. And it can offer some

protective benefits against depression. However, as Lindsay discovered, when you get to the fish

counter, you've got some decisions to make. In particular, should you buy wild-caught or farm-raised

fish? Now, I bet many of you assume that wild-caught fish must be a lot better for you because

it's more natural. But is this necessarily the case? And what about environmental issues

and sustainability? Over the past 50 years or so, the global demand for fish and seafood

has quadrupled. And that's driven in part by things like population growth and rising incomes,

as well as the perceived health benefits of eating fish, and the desire to eat less meat from

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