Even if you're a vegan you should consider Oysters. They are the most concentrated natural source of Zinc, do not have a central nervous system, and oyster farming actually helps clean the environment. Diets that are mainly vegetarian have too high of a copper to zinc ratio, so Oysters are a good way to offset this.
Also sardines are a really good, cheap source of Omega3 fatty acids, Calcium, Vitamin D, and B12, which also all might be low in such a diet. Also unlike much larger fish such as tuna, they contain much lower levels of Mercury and other heavy metals and are much more likely to be sustainably fished.
"Two common ethical objections to the consumption of animals is that they feel pain (and that causing pain is wrong), and that their cultivation is environmentally harmful. On both of these, oysters are significantly closer to plants than animals."
The problem with sardines is that they taste awful to most people. The industry is struggling, and the biggest sardine packager in massachusetts closed down this year.
The mercury argument is not correct. I believe all the credible research studies done have suggested only pregnant women and children are susceptible to the "high" mercury levels in canned tuna.
Independent of consensus on the threshold concentration for Mercury poisoning, What I explicitly stated is that sardines contain lower levels than tuna, which IS correct. By definition of them being a smaller fish with a shorter lifespan, less heavy metals and pollutants of ANY variety will have accumulated within them.
Also for environmental sustainability if we examine the Seafood Watch's website, we notice both farmed Oysters and Pacific Sardines on the Super Green List in the Best of the Best category http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_he... [ Further examination: On sardine page, only choice is "best choice". For tuna, everything is generally "avoid" unless it is "trole or pole" caught. ]
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Seems low on Zinc, Calcium, B12.
Even if you're a vegan you should consider Oysters. They are the most concentrated natural source of Zinc, do not have a central nervous system, and oyster farming actually helps clean the environment. Diets that are mainly vegetarian have too high of a copper to zinc ratio, so Oysters are a good way to offset this.
Also sardines are a really good, cheap source of Omega3 fatty acids, Calcium, Vitamin D, and B12, which also all might be low in such a diet. Also unlike much larger fish such as tuna, they contain much lower levels of Mercury and other heavy metals and are much more likely to be sustainably fished.
> Even if you're a vegan you should consider Oysters.
Perhaps you mean, "Even if you're a vegan and you don't feel like being one anymore you should consider oysters."
"Two common ethical objections to the consumption of animals is that they feel pain (and that causing pain is wrong), and that their cultivation is environmentally harmful. On both of these, oysters are significantly closer to plants than animals."
---Wikipedia
Other discussion: http://ideas.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/08/why-shouldnt-vegan...
That was incredibly interesting.
The problem with sardines is that they taste awful to most people. The industry is struggling, and the biggest sardine packager in massachusetts closed down this year.
The mercury argument is not correct. I believe all the credible research studies done have suggested only pregnant women and children are susceptible to the "high" mercury levels in canned tuna.
Independent of consensus on the threshold concentration for Mercury poisoning, What I explicitly stated is that sardines contain lower levels than tuna, which IS correct. By definition of them being a smaller fish with a shorter lifespan, less heavy metals and pollutants of ANY variety will have accumulated within them.
Also for environmental sustainability if we examine the Seafood Watch's website, we notice both farmed Oysters and Pacific Sardines on the Super Green List in the Best of the Best category http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_he... [ Further examination: On sardine page, only choice is "best choice". For tuna, everything is generally "avoid" unless it is "trole or pole" caught. ]
I object to the notions sardines taste fundamentally bad, I think Alton Brown's Avocado-Sardine sandwich was one of his few works of genius: http://www.seriouseats.com/2010/01/alton-browns-sardine-avoc...