Eating small fish—bones and all—has special health benefits, a recent study has found. Investigators in Japan who tracked the eating habits of 80,802 people over nine years found that women who frequently ate whole small fish had lower rates of death from cancer and other causes than those who did not.
The study was recently published in the journal Public Health Nutrition.
It’s well known that fish is a nutritious food, thanks to its omega-3 fatty acids, proteins, and vitamins, and eating entire small fish is even more beneficial than eating filets of larger ones, according to the study....
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