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Article: Future fish
- Article from:
- Joe Weider's Muscle & Fitness
- Article date:
- February 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright Weider Publications Feb 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Per capita, bodybuilders probably eat more seafood -- namely tuna -- than any other segment of the population. Fish is packed with muscle-building protein and omega-3 fatty acids (which are associated with reduced risk of coronary heart disease), and is low in fat.
Over the past 30 years, however, a devastating decline has reduced both the numbers and types of fish that were once so plentiful in American waters. Man is again at the center of this ecological hurricane, responsible for overfishing and dredging the waters, expanding the urban environment, and taming the wild rivers with hydroelectric plants and dams for irrigation. Waterways have also been fouled with toxic wastes, causing ...