Want to lose weight but you just can’t get the meat out of your meal? Why not try the magic of tuna?
The Tuna is a salt water fish. Not only is it famous in Asia in the form of sushi, it is also popular worldwide, usually contained in cans.
The health benefits of tuna are the regulation of blood pressure, coronary artery disease prevention, and also prevention of Alzheimer’s disease, and we all owe this to the omega-3 fatty acids present in this wonder fish.
Not only does it take care of your vital organs, muscle builders and body formers love this fish for its protein content and its low fat content. As many body builders know, protein is the key to build muscle. Amino acids, the simplest form of protein, are the building blocks of muscle, therefore, protein should always be present in the diet.
Among all the foods in the world, the food which has the most amount of protein content is animal meat and legumes. But between legumes and meat, meat has more protein. The problem of those who want to build muscle but do not want to acquire extra fat will be the source of this protein. Beef, chicken, and pork has great amounts of fat, even in the leanest parts of the animal. The problem with those animals being bred to be food is that they are being fed well enough to grow large and fat that every part of their body will have fat.
How about the tuna? Since tuna is not bred (because they are being caught from the sea), they live and grow according to their own rhythm, with no owners to force them to eat food and to hold them captive. You will see that the fat content of tuna is so small, you can eat a whole tuna and not worry about the fat you put into your body.
Here is a tabulated form of the nutrional content of tuna.
| Fish, tuna, fresh, yellowfin, raw |
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) |
| Energy | 108 kcal (452 kj) |
| Carbohydrates | 0.00 g |
| Dietary fiber | 0.0 g |
| Fat | 0.95 g |
| Protein | 23.38 g |
| Vitamin A | 60 IU |
| Thiamine (Vit. B1) | 0.434 mg |
| Riboflavin (Vit. B2) | 0.047 mg |
| Niacin (Vit. B3) | 9.800 mg |
| Pantothenic acid (B5) | 0.750 mg |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.900 mg |
| Folate (Vit. B9) | 2 mcg |
| Vitamin B12 | 0.52 mcg |
| Vitamin C | 1.0 mg |
| Vitamin E | 0.50 mg |
| Vitamin K | 0.1 mcg |
| Calcium | 16 mg |
| Iron | 0.73 mg |
| Magnesium | 50 mg |
| Phosphorus | 191 mg |
| Potassium | 444 mg |
| Sodium | 37 mg |
| Zinc | 0.52 mg |
| Manganese | 0.015 mg |
No matter how tuna is prepared, a lot of people love it. May it be canned, raw (in the form of sushi), or roasted, it is a friendly form of meat for all ages, even kids will love it. So if you are looking to have a healthy diet without giving up on meat, try to go for tuna, the wonder fish.
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