Food as Medicine – Optimize Your Diet with Shrimp

Food as Medicine – Optimize Your Diet with Shrimp

You are what you eat, and these days what you eat is very important to your overall health, well-being and direction of life stability. The food we put into our bodies has a direct impact on how we feel. Research shows that dietary habits influence disease risk. While certain foods such as burgers, ice cream, and pizza may trigger chronic health conditions, such as diabetes and obesity. Others offer strong medicinal and protective qualities.

“Food as medicine”, is a common phrase health care professionals use to describe disease prevention and management programs that consist of medically tailored meals or groceries that are designed to help patients treat illness or improve their health.

One of the most popular proteins in medically tailored meals is shrimp due to its low calories, carbs, and fat content makeup. It also provides high amounts of other nutrients, such as fatty acids like omega-3, that aren’t abundant in many other foods. Omega-3 has been shown to reduce triglycerides, blood pressure, and resting heart rate. They are small in size, but they break down into a decent amount of protein. Ten medium-sized, cooked shrimp—steamed or boiled—provide almost nine grams of protein. Whether you’re interested in adding shrimp to your everyday diet for health reasons or simply because it tastes delicious, it is important to know where your shrimp is coming from.

There’s a reason why the majority of seafood consumers buy frozen shrimp from a local grocery store or market – because it’s convenient and people think they know where the shrimp come from. However, just because you purchased shrimp locally doesn’t mean it’s local. In fact, nearly 90% of shrimp eaten in the U.S. was imported from oversea countries like China, Thailand, or Vietnam.

Oftentimes, seafood from other countries is treated with antibiotics due to its high susceptibility to disease and commercial fishing done outside of the U.S. is not well-regulated. Some people might be surprised to know that only a fraction of seafood imports are properly checked. The U.S.

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Customs Service and NOAA Fisheries, which also oversees seafood imports, inspect as much as 40% according to the Food & Environment Reporting network.

The U.S. does not permit the use of antibiotics in shrimp and other shellfish sold across the nation. Using antibiotics in shrimp has not been confirmed to have any major adverse health effects. However, it has been linked to antibiotic resistance, which can cause outbreaks of diseases that do not respond to antibiotic treatment.

Purchasing shrimp from a knowledgeable and reputable supplier who can answer your questions about the shrimp’s country of origin and handling practices is highly encouraged. NaturalShrimp has spent many years developing and commercializing a technology that will reliably produce a weekly crop of premium-quality shrimp using a high degree of automation within an indoor environment. The enclosed, salt-water systems, use patented technology to produce fresh, naturally grown shrimp, without the use of antibiotics or toxic chemicals. Visit NaturalShrimp to place your freshly harvested gourmet-grade shrimp order today!

⁴ Zabarenko, D. (2019, March 22). With imported seafood flooding us, are inspections enough? Food and Environment Reporting Network. Retrieved December 4, 2022, from https://thefern.org/2014/07/imported-seafood-flooding-us-inspections-enough/

Gary Shover

I am one of the few lucky recipients that received some of the most beautiful shrimp during a shipping trial…. and when I say lucky and beautiful, I am not exaggerating.The shrimp arrived in a sealed Styrofoam container and the temperature was 37 degrees. I then went to the store and purchased some regular shrimp. Sadly, the guy working the counter did not know where the shrimp originated from. After cleaning both the store bought shrimp and the Natural Shrimp I set about cooking and did so with a skillet and the grill…. The taste of Natural Shrimp was outstanding when compared to the store bought shrimp the taste comparison was as different as night and day. The texture and taste was shrimply outstanding… The store bought shrimp was gritty and had little flavor versus NaturalShrimp that was tasty and buttery smooth. After eating Natural Shrimps product, I will never eat store bought shrimp again and gladly rate this a 5 star product.

Randy Tye

I live on the Gulf Coast and regularly purchase fresh caught wild shrimp right off of the shrimp boat and I have had the pleasure of eating Natural Shrimp numerous times. There is no comparison in the quality. Natural Shrimp is gourmet quality and I highly recommend it.

Allen Frank

I have had the pleasure of tasting the Natural Shrimp on 3 separate occasions. I normally buy my shrimp from a small shop located in San Leon, Texas on the Gulf Coast right on the water that gets their shrimp ” Right off the boat”. I like that since I know they are American caught shrimp, and the boats are tied up next to the store. I can honestly say that the Natural Shrimp is BY FAR taster and has NO odor than the shrimp I normally buy from the store. They have a sweet and buttery taste. As a big plus there is no need to de-vein the shrimp also. There is NO visible vein to remove…..I can honestly rate these tasty shrimp as a HUGE 5 STAR.

Steve & Deb Salmen

My husband and I drove 12 hours to purchase shrimp from Natural Shrimp. We were not disappointed in our purchase. The shrimp was extremely clean, no odor and had a good flavor. We’re looking forward to purchasing more in the near future. 5 stars!

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