Seafood

High risk of contamination makes seafood dangerous; people should avoid it for own health if not animal welfare

Seafood has been implicated in so many outbreaks of illnesses that data is collected by official agencies in every country

Fresh versus frozen foods: Studies show the nutritional value of both is almost the same

When it comes to choosing between fresh and frozen foods, fresh straight-from-the-farm foods are always everyone’s first choice, though some settle for frozen when the situation calls for it, it is a common belief that any fresh vegetable is more nutritious than a frozen one

Underwater annihilation: Purple sea urchin swarm wreaks havoc along US West Coast

The explosion of sea urchins is the latest symptom of a marine ecosystem that’s out of whack in the Pacific Northwest.

High levels of arsenic in seafood are worrisome; studies show even harmless forms of chemical may be toxic

Seafood and seafood products contain high levels of arsenic compounds. The chemical element is mainly found as arsenobetaine. DMAsV or MMAsV can be found in various types of fin-fish, crabs, and molluscs. Arsenocholine, which is mainly found in shrimp, is chemically similar to arsenobetaine.

Fish breeding often involves use of antibiotics, chemicals which harm human health and alter ecosystem

Antibiotics affect all the flora and fauna around the fish farms and alter the ecosystem. Nobody is safe anymore. First you eat the fish. Then it eats you.

Watch: This sushi joint in Mumbai serves sushi burritos with an Indian touch

Yugo Sushi is not your normal sushi joint. The outlet's Bombay Roll combines butter chicken with sushi and burrito in, possibly a first-ever, coming together of these disparate food items. Japanese sushi chef, Yugo Tokuchi, is the man behind this sushi joint. He was a video game producer in Tokyo before he moved to Mumbai with his wife Martha in April 2017.

Hyderabad-based seminary issues fatwa against prawns, asks Muslims to avoid eating them

An Islamic seminary based in Hyderabad Jamia Nizamia has issued a `fatwa' that Muslims should avoid eating prawns, saying they don't fall in the category of fish.

Watch: This sushi joint in Mumbai serves sushi burritos with an Indian touch

Yugo Sushi in Bandra serves traditional Japanese sushi with an Indian touch.

Amid India's concerns on CPEC, seafood from Pakistan lands on Chinese dining tables

The transportation of seafood is being seen as the beginning of the larger Sino-Pak project CPEC which will increase China's presence in Pakistan.

Eating seafood meal once a week can help you stay sharp

Including seafood or other foods containing omega-3 fatty acids at least once a week in your diet may protect against age-related memory loss and thinking problems, says a study.