General awareness of what constitutes healthy food and what constitutes junk food is on the rise, and if we are to compare it to the general awareness of the issue of only a decade or two ago, the increase is really quite amazing. Study upon study has been published in recent years detailing-with scientific exactitude-what the good and the bad are in the average diet, and how to maximize the former and minimize the latter. A conclusion that has been present in virtually all of these studies: consuming more seafood, effectively incorporating it into our regular diets is one of the most significant changes we can make. Of the varieties of seafood being touted as particularly beneficial to our health are those with low levels of artificial contaminants, like wild Alaska salmon.
The great thing about salmon caught in the wild and teeming waters off the coast of Alaska is that the ecosystems they occupy are still relatively free of pollutants-unlike the open waters being prowled by other fisheries, or the waters of artificial fish farms (especially the latter!). Wild Alaska salmon, just like the vast majority of fish caught in the pristine Alaskan waters, has negligible or directly nonexistent levels of PCBs, mercury, and other contaminants that are particularly common in fish raised and harvested in fish farms which, unfortunately, are providing a lot of the fish that we find in our supermarkets and seafood stores. That is why it is so important to check the label on any seafood product to make sure that it was caught in the wild.
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Herbs, greens, fruits, berries, nuts, seeds, roots, and mushrooms that people have been using for food and home remedies for thousands of years abound in backyards and local parks, escaping notice unless they’re sold at high prices in health food stores or green markets. Featured as ingredients in restaurants that pride themselves on local sourcing, these wild foods also pop up in gardens, to be summarily destroyed as “weeds.” Yet many of these common, free renewable resources are better-tasting and more nutritious than the produce you normally buy.
Here’s how to learn about this fascinating subject correctly:
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As soon as spring comes upon us nature begins to deliver her abundance. But when thinking of wild foods most people tend to be reminded of Autumn and the wild fruit and mushroom harvest available then.
This is probably because many people are almost entirely ignorant of wild greens. The wild plants that can be harvested (often in your own back garden) and consumed.
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