2024-12-16 11:00:00
The consumption of seafood in Spain multiplies during the Christmas holidays, being a excellent source of vitamin B12necessary for the formation of red blood cells and the correct maintenance of the nervous system and defenses. Furthermore, seafood provides very few calories and there are a thousand interesting ways to prepare it. But on the other side of the coin there are excesses, potential poisoning if we don’t buy them and cook them correctly.
Therefore, experts recommend its intake as it is a more than interesting food for health, even if they suggest carrying out a series of precautions to avoid alarms: one of these is to consume it during the day, in case there is a risk of poisoning, which has “surprised” us awake. We spoke with the nutritionist Carmen Fanjulexpert of Las Caldas Villa Termal by Blau Hotels on the subject.
The healthy properties of seafood, in the right quantity
“Fish, consumed in its right quantity, is a food that gives us precious quantities of minerals necessary for the proper functioning of the body. At the same time, it also offers us vitamins and many proteins, as well as not being a fatty product”, begins the nutritionist.
However, it is very common during these Christmas seasons to engage in excessive eating, without limit quantities and without seeking nutritional variety. One of the most present foods on almost all tables, without a doubt, is seafood, although it is important to know that their abusive consumption can have undesirable consequences for our health.
As Fanjul tells us, “we shouldn’t over-consume seafood because many guys do very high cholesterol contentas well as purines and proteins of an allergenic nature.
Possible negative effects of seafood abuse
The nutritionist warns us so that we know exactly the consequences that the abuse of seafood can cause us. “Seafood contains a number of substances such as to histamine, thiamine or phenylethylamine, which in many cases cause a toxic reaction in our body, which usually causes severe headaches.
Another risk we run with abundant seafood intake is allergic reactions“due to its large amount of proteins, as well as the feared anisakis parasite. Both circumstances can cause adverse reactions on the part of the body.”
On the other hand, the purine content of shellfish «is contraindicated especially in people with high levels of uric acid. In these patients, excessive intake of shellfish can trigger the so-called ‘gout’, characterized by acute pain in the joints”, as if small crystals were present that constantly sting.
To finish with the possible problems linked to excessive consumption of seafood during the Christmas period, which although not fatty, contain cholesterol. This happens especially in Shelled shellfish such as squid. The unsaturated fats they provide, on the other hand, may compensate slightly by improving the body’s assimilation of cholesterol.
Here’s how we can prevent shellfish poisoning
Among the most appropriate hygiene and cooking measures to avoid poisoning (we have already talked about stuffing ourselves before), there are scrupulous hand washing before and after handling seafood. It is also important to avoid cross-contamination by separating raw and cooked foods.
As regards the purchase, it must always be made in authorized places that offer us all the guarantees, and we must do it at home keep the cold chain below 4-5 degrees of temperature. That prawns and scampi never have black spots is another essential precaution, as is discarding them if they give off a bad smell, or if the head separates from the trunk with simple rubbing.
Consumption of seafood must always be well cooked, after pureeing a few days of freezingor grilled, subjected to high temperatures that eliminate any germs that could cause vomiting, diarrhea, stomach pain and even fever.
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