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Look at food borne parasite rates for fish in the world, and what percent occur in Japan. In the US, all fish intended for raw consumption must be frozen in on
by kromem 5y ago
Look at food borne parasite rates for fish in the world, and what percent occur in Japan.
In the US, all fish intended for raw consumption must be frozen in one of two ways that kill any parasites.
In Japan, this is not required.
Salmon is extremely high compared to tuna in parasites. In fact if you eat it regularly cooked, you've almost certainly seen little white worms at some point (though you may have dismissed it as just fat or something). I've found them even in farm raised salmon.
So in an environment where there's no freezing of fish to kill parasites, it's not particularly surprising that fish that more frequently ends up with parasites isn't popular.
In fact, just read over this Wikipedia page, which hits everything from salmon being high in parasites to the impact on raw consumption:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_disease_and_parasites https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish_disease_and_parasites
A choice quote: "A study in Seattle, Washington showed that 100% of wild salmon had roundworm larvae capable of infecting people."
- daniel-cussen 5y agoYeah I saw those things a few times. Frankly parasites, I don't want parasites in any capacity. I don't want them dead I want them gone, no cadavers either. Like other posters are saying, better to eat no fish.
- brailsafe 5y agoIt seems a little gross, but it's almost certainly a worse choice to not eat any fish if it'd otherwise be a normal part of your diet.
- 88840-8855 5y agoWhy would you not eat them dead? The are not dangerous dead, have no taste and you won't even know if nobody would have told you online.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoIt's all protein in the end as long as it's dead :) . Our ancestors ate so much worse stuff (and better too!) than us and kept procreating and surviving.
- robocat 5y agoI think you are just repeating the definition of survivorship bias.
- daniel-cussen 5y agoI doubt they did, there were many fewer people and mostly many fewer megafauna, so many fewer parasites.
- xyzzy_plugh 5y ago> In Japan, this is not required. I don't doubt this but who imports non-flash frozen fish? All the tuna and salmon I've seen at auction/market is flash frozen on the boat.