Health Benefits Properties and Preparation

Health Benefits

The Important Benefits of Seafood

At Sea Best, we may be a bit partial, but we believe that seafood is one of the best foods you can put in your body. Not just because it tastes great and offers a variety of preparation methods, but because of what it does and what it doesn’t contribute to your diet. We’ve been dedicated to spreading the good news about seafood for over fifty years. Now it’s time we pass a little seafood wisdom on to you, so you can join the millions of people who rely on seafood for delicious meals that contribute to their healthy lifestyles.

Reward your body with seafood.

Enjoying seafood is a great way to give your body exactly what it needs, without a lot of the harmful elements that are contained in other foods. The protein, vitamins, minerals, fat and calorie levels in certain fish and seafood are great fuel for a healthier lifestyle.

Seafood is a rich source of protein that is naturally low in fat and calories.

The health benefits of eating seafood make it one of the best meal choices for growing children, active adults and seniors. Seafood contains a large amount of quality protein; lean fish muscle contains the same amount of protein by weight as beef or poultry, but with far fewer calories.

Seafood is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids, which can lower health risks.

Omega 3 fatty acids are known as essential fatty acids because they are required in the diet to stay healthy. Other fatty acids can be produced by the body and are therefore not essential. The human body can’t produce Omega 3 acids, so we need to get them from the foods we eat each day. Reports show Americans generally eat too much saturated fat and cholesterol and too little of the good omega-3 fatty acids. Omega 3 fatty acids present in seafood can lower the risk of many diseases. These “good fats” help keep our bodies from over-producing hormone-like substances that can contribute to heart disease, cardiovascular disease, blood clots, strokes, arthritis, asthma, obesity, hypertension and other related disorders. Omega-3 fatty acids are essential for normal brain function. Plus, they help you to control your body weight.

Omega-3 fatty acids are especially good for children:

• Omega-3 fatty acids provide many benefits, including improved cognitive function and memory.
• One study showed children who had increased amounts of omega-3 fatty acids performed better in school, specifically in reading and in spelling, and had fewer behavioral problems.
• Research has shown eating seafood rich in omega 3s(but extremely low in mercury levels) during pregnancy may contribute to vision and cognitive development in their babies and help them carry their babies to term.

Researchers recommend incorporating seafood into your weekly meal plan as part of a healthy diet.

Leading health organizations like the American Heart Association urge adults to eat a variety of seafood– especially oily fish like mackerel, lake trout, herring, sardines, albacore tuna and salmon–at least twice a week.

Fish is an excellent source of vitamins and minerals.

Seafood contains B complex vitamins, particularly, niacin, B12 and B6. Fish and seafood can also be an important source of calcium. Other minerals in seafood include zinc (crustaceans), iron (shrimp), copper (crabs and lobster), potassium (scallops and clams), iodine, phosphorus, and selenium (all seafood in general).

Seafood contains all nine essential amino acids our body must get from food.

Properties and Preparation

Fish and Seafood Flavor Profiles

Cooking Tips/How to Prepare

Sea Best makes preparing your favorite seafood easy. Select the Sea Best product below to get simple step-by-step cooking instructions.

• Ahi Tuna
• Arrowtooth Flounder
• Breaded Butterfly Shrimp
• Breaded Calamari
• Breaded Clam Strips
• Breaded Coconut Shrimp
• Breaded Popcorn Shrimp
• Breaded Scallops
• Catfish
• Catfish Nuggets
• Cod
• Flounder
• Grouper
• Haddock
• Crab
• Lobster Tails
• Mahi Mahi
• Ocean Perch
• Orange Roughy
• Pollock
• Salmon
• Scallops
• Shrimp, Cooked
• Shrimp, Raw
• Snow Crab
• Swai
• Tilapia
• Whiting

Watch seafood preparation in action with the Sea Best Chef. You can cook right along with him as he shows you how to make a perfectly simple seafood dish.  Click here to find videos.