I am from the South and I cannot feel my left side!

[MillCreek]

http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/food/diet-nutrition/2010-12-23-friedfish23_ST_N.htm

Interesting mass media account of an article published in Neurology this week.  Correlation is not causation, but it will be interesting to see if further research shows a link.  I have not yet read the source article, but I would be interested to know the stroke incidence rate in coastal communities on the East and West Coast where more fish is also consumed.  It may not be as commonly done deep-fried as it is in the South, though. 

[vaskidmark]

Eating fried fish may have more to do with chlesterol levels than with anything else.  And without a comparison between "average" levels correlated to overall diet - not just fried fish consumption - for the entire cohort as well as known differences between blacks and non-blacks, this is just so much more dietary witchdoctor mumbo-jumbo.  The "stroke belt" also, IIRC and from folk-lore, seems to have a higher consumption of dietary fat and a lower consumption of leafy green vegetables (no, kale and turnip greens are not vegetables but merely things even goats will not consume) than the rest of the country.

What I want to see is a peer-reviewed article documenting beyond any refutation that pork fat is essential to human life.

stay safe.

[MillCreek]

I would love to see a peer-reviewed article published in NEJM, JAMA or the Lancet showing the frequent consumption of bacon causes increased life span and virility.  I would even volunteer to be in the study group and get the free bacon.  Not the control group that gets tofu, though.

[El Tejon]

Fish should be raw, not fried.

I eat non-fried fish and gulp down fish and krill oil and so far so bad consequences . . . water, water, I need water to breath!

[grampster]

Badgers are known to eat raw fish....and substitute "so" for "no".

[TommyGunn]

Fish should be raw, not fried.

Are you Japanese?   

[MillCreek]

I am not, but I enjoy a good piece of sushi.  In recent years, Seattle has really increased the number of good sushi places locally. 

One of the best sushi places I have ever been at was in the city of Moses Lake.  For those who don't know Washington, Moses Lake is a medium-sized town in Eastern Washington about 100 miles west of Spokane, and about 20,000 people live in the area. 

Their chief claim to fame is an old Air Force base with very good and very long concrete runways.  Back in the day, Moses Lake was host to B-47s, B-52s and an Atlas missile wing.  Moses Lake is an emergency landing strip for the space shuttle.

Because of the very nice air base, low air traffic and frequent dry and sunny weather, Moses Lake has become quite the training ground for airlines buying new Boeing jets, especially 747s.  Boeing has built an elaborate simulator lab in south Seattle, and the actual air time training is done in Moses Lake.  For a while Lufthansa and various Japanese airlines were buying 747s by the bushel.  The German and Japanese flight and ground crews would be in Moses Lake for a few weeks getting checked out on the new jets.  Consequently, a couple very good European/German and Japanese restaurants opened in Moses Lake and had a thriving business serving the crews in training.  I was in Moses Lake giving a lecture at the local hospital and was taken to dinner at one of the sushi restaurants.  It was pretty good.  I was also told that the crews really enjoyed the local Mexican restaurants, since Mexican food is apparently hard to come by in Germany and Japan. 

[Bogie]

When considering fried foods, and cholesterol, one should realize that most of it is created in your own body - not consumed. The anti-cholesterol drugs don't work with what you're eating - they work on your body's mechanism.
 
IMHO, the best thing to do is eat to normalcy, not to excess. And don't worry. Worrying makes the blood angry.
 

[RoadKingLarry]

Fish should be raw,

If you wanted bait...

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

If you wanted bait...

^^  i am 1/2 japanese and endorse this!


kale and turnip greens are not vegetables

heretic!

[Monkeyleg]

I think I'm turning Japanese.

[roo_ster]

kale and turnip greens are not vegetables

heretic!

I'll bring the firewood...

Not to toot my own horn, but my turnip, mustard, and collard greens have elicited positive comments from "women who know greens."

[charby]

Fish should be raw, not fried.

I eat non-fried fish and gulp down fish and krill oil and so far so bad consequences . . . water, water, I need water to breath!

I'll catch some bluegills and I want to see you eat them raw.

[TommyGunn]

I am not, but I enjoy a good piece of sushi.  In recent years, Seattle has really increased the number of good sushi places locally.  ........     

Oh, I have enjoyed sushi a lot in the past.  Especially tuna! 

[RocketMan]

I'll bet none of you sushi lovers like nato.  I don't either.  Got it by surprise one time.  

(Me lurvs good sushi, btw.)

[MillCreek]

No, the fermented soy beans leave me some what cold. I had them a couple of times as part of a traditional Japanese breakfast.  Give me bacon and eggs any day.

[go_bang]

Bluegills go down easy when they're under an inch and a half long.

[RocketMan]

No, the fermented soy beans leave me some what cold. I had them a couple of times as part of a traditional Japanese breakfast.  Give me bacon and eggs any day.

I bought some sushi at a basement market in a department store in Hachioji, JP one time. It was a place where I regularly bought food.  I didn't realize that that particular sushi had nato in it.  It was...interesting.
I tried various types of nato at the urging of some of my Japanese coworkers back in the day. Some were more palatable than others, but it is not something I would buy on my own.

[cambeul41]

Before we started dating, my formerly Japanese wife asked whether I ate natto.  I had no idea what it was, so I went to an oriental foods store to get some.  I reported back that, yes, I ate natto. After 20 years of marriage, natto is a staple in our freezer, and the store owner is still on our Christmas card list.

Before someone asks, "What do you mean "formerly Japanese"? One becomes formerly anything by becoming something else.  She is now a "small-l" libertarian leaning, pistol-packing American engineer, who loves to smash stereotypes about Asian women.