|
|
Article: Weekly limit on oily fish in health alert
- Article from:
- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 24, 2004
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 2004 Evening Standard - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
|
OILY fish is good for you - as long as you don't eat too much,
consumers were warned today.
Government experts have for the first time published guidelines
detailing just how much oily fish is safe to eat.
The Food Standards Agency said eating oily fish is important and
stressed that most Britons do not eat enough to get the maximum
health benefits.
But the FSA also warned that women of childbearing age and girls
should not eat more than two portions a week because of toxic
chemicals linked to illhealth, including some cancers. Men, boys and
other women should eat no more than four portions a week.
FSA chairman Sir John Krebs said: "Eating oily fish is a simple
way for people to reduce ...