JJ Virgin4x NYTimes Best Selling Author, Certified Nutrition Specialist, Fitness Hall of Famer

The BEST SUPERFOOD You Can Eat

27 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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In this segment of her video "The BEST SUPERFOOD You Can Eat," JJ Virgin highlights wild fish—particularly salmon—as a nutritional powerhouse. She explains that eating wild fish provides omega‑3 fatty acids (EPA and DHA), vitamin D, and creatine, and notes that salmon contains a higher level of the essential amino acid leucine compared to other fish. Virgin describes omega‑3s as nature’s anti‑inflammatory agents that may support muscle growth, bone remodeling, joint health, and reduce muscle soreness. She quantifies the protein value, stating that a 5‑ounce serving of wild salmon delivers 36 g of protein and 2.7 g of leucine, making it an efficient way to meet protein and amino‑acid targets. Overall, the excerpt positions wild salmon as a balanced source of essential fatty acids and nutrients beneficial for muscle, bone, and joint health.

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Wild fish. Now, when you're eating fish, you are going to get the omega-3s, right, from the fat. You are going to get vitamin D. You're gonna get creatine. By the way, fish, especially salmon, fish also has creatine. So salmon also has a really nice, uh, higher level of leucine compared to some of the other fish out there. And you're gonna get a great balance of essential fatty acids. So really when I think about fish, I think about EPA and DHA. And there's a lot of buzz right now about EPA and DHA potentially supporting muscle growth. We know it reduces inflammation. I kind of think of, of omega-3s as nature's anti-inflammatory. Can help support with bone remodeling and joint health. And of course it can also help reduce muscle soreness. But just 5 ounces of wild salmon give you 36 grams of protein and 2.7 grams of leucine. So easy way to hit your targets there.